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FIND A FLAG
March 08, 2025 - Hi Everyone
There you are in another country, but your viewer or audience does not know this...so help them. Give them...
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PERSON OR NO PERSON
February 08, 2025 - Hi Everyone
Here is a quick post with a simple question, person in the photo or out. The choice and challenge is yours...
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DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA
January 08, 2025 - Hi Everyone
Today my site is 11 years old. Thank you to everyone for your interest and support.
I was taking some phot...
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PEOPLE OR NO PEOPLE
December 25, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Here we have two photos taken from roughly the same spot. The question is people in the shot or kept out? T...
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LOST PHOTOS
December 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Every now and again you read about the "Lost Songs of x" or the "Lost Episode of Y", well I have the "Lost...
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THREE STEPS TO A BETTER PHOTO
November 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Well here is an interesting lesson for this months BLOG entry. There you are about to take the photo, but s...
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JERSEY
October 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Jersey, the small Island is somewhere I have always struggled to photograph. I don't know why, I keep tryin...
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HAMBURG
September 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
After many years I recently spent a few days in the wonderful Hamburg, Germany.
Below is not a photo of th...
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FLAMENCO IN MADRID
August 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
When in a new location it's quite nice to do something that captures the spirit of the country. In Argentin...
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MOUNT ETNA SMOKE RINGS
July 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
So there I was, walking up Mount Etna, at least the first part, the second I took the bus. And boom...smoke...
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WAITING IS BETTER
June 08, 2024 - Hi Everyone
What I have learned recently is taking the time.
Over the last six months I have taken photos in Italy, Fr...
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WINTER OR SUMMER?
May 26, 2024 - Hi Everyone
If you are able to get to the same position at different times of the year why not challenge yourself to ta...
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DRAMA
April 28, 2024 - Hi Everyone
The weather was closing in with visibility dropping. I just felt the drama of the moment and took a quick p...
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WAIT FOR PEOPLE
March 28, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Well this photo is all about the person. Without the skier it would be nothing. So next time you have a lan...
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STAIRCASE BLUR
February 28, 2024 - Hi Everyone
I just love a staircase, the lines and often the chance to capture a bit of blur!
Ok this is not the bes...
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SNOW
February 10, 2024 - Hi Everyone
Well the weather is set to snow over the next few days so I thought I would have a topical photo. I have to...
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JUST TRY
January 28, 2024 - Hi everyone
This is not the quality of photo I wanted but it is a good effort. The light had just illuminated the mount...
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10 YEARS OF WWW.GREATTRAVELPHOTOS.COM
January 07, 2024 - Today is the 8th Jan 2024 and it is 10 years
since I started www.greattravelphotos.com web site.
I've travelled the...
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TRY SOMETHING NEW
December 28, 2023 - Hi Everyone
The lesson for this blog is to try different things. Often they will fail but do try. Here I was walking un...
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WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
November 28, 2023 - Hi Everyone
So you find yourself in a one of the best museums on the planet but the real image is not of the works of a...
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ITS ALL IN THE EYES
October 28, 2023 - Hi Everyone
So the context is I'm in Rome near the Pantheon, a simply brilliant area with a cool vibe. I notice a profe...
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HOLIDAY PHOTOS ARE OK TOO
September 28, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Often we take photos on holiday and they are rubbish. But you know sometimes we capture something that is a...
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CAPTURE THE FEELING
August 27, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Here we have a photo taken at the world famous Shibuya Crossing, a multi directional people crossing point...
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IF YOU LIKE IT, SHOOT IT
August 19, 2023 - Hi Everyone
If your eye catches something, your mind almost stops itself with a spike of ouhh I like that. Then follow...
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DO NOT FORGET BLACK & WHITE
August 09, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Here is a photo from a South American town. It was an autumn day and a bit grey. So instead of fighting aga...
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AVOID THE CROWDS
August 03, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Well here we have a photo of Christ in RIO. It's a great photo that makes me smile remembering a happy holi...
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BE READY
July 27, 2023 - Hi Everyone
So here we have Time Square New York, a simply brilliant place for street life and photos.
The key point h...
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GIVE A SUBJECT SPACE
July 23, 2023 - Hi Everyone
The photo learning for this blog entry is simple, give your subject space. Especially items that move, eg a...
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WHICH IS BEST?
July 04, 2023 - Hi Everyone
There you are on holiday and a great landscape is all around and you are just so excited you cannot stop ta...
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CLIMBERS IN THE DISTANCE
June 10, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Well here I am walking along with my compact camera or phone and I see this shot. However it's nothing spec...
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MOUNTAIN SUNSET
June 03, 2023 - Hi Everyone
I took over 150 shots over the course of a month to get this one...yes to get the shot you want takes time.
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Le Gets France
April 10, 2023 - Hi Everyone
A night shot taken on a light show in a French forest. A wonderful experience that was really hard to cap...
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Copenhagen Visit
April 09, 2023 - Hi Everyone
A brief visit to Denmark and oh what a visit. I did feel inspired and just loved the contrasting light with...
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Nice.... to be back
April 08, 2023 - Hi Everyone
Firstly I've had a break away for a while but I'm back. I've generally stopped carrying a camera because...
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Malaga in the wet
May 11, 2022 - Hi everyone
Well travel is still not back to normal but its trying and so am I. A quick visit to Spain and Malaga gives...
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Rome Rome Rome
December 18, 2021 - Hi Everyone
Well its early December and where better to visit than Rome. The colours and the light were sublime and hel...
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Istanbul - Finally
November 03, 2021 - Hi
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to visit Istanbul. Maybe its the setting for Bond movies or the history...
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End of the summer
September 15, 2021 - Hi Everyone
Well life and travel have been a bit tricky, hence only a few photos this year. However I have just been to...
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Stockholm, Milan & Lisbon
October 31, 2020 - Hello everyone
Well for a site based upon travel 2020 has been a bit tricky, but lets not be too negative.
My enforced...
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Rome at Night
February 15, 2020 - Hi Everyone
Well a quick visit to Rome proved a great evening out. My trusty mini tripod and a bit of rain was brillian...
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Marseille Demonstration
December 16, 2019 - Hi Everyone
So there you are you find yourself in a French Demonstration, fireworks, crowds, smoke and noise. To be fai...
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Oslo - Photographer Rune Eraker
November 11, 2018 - Hi Everyone
Well firstly a bit of fun from Oslo and the fantastic reflections in a building. I thought the SELFIE below...
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Aberdeen and The Dead Sea
September 08, 2018 - Hi
A tale of two seas. Aberdeen and The Dead Sea. Wonderful weather allowed the beach at Aberdeen to shine. While the D...
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RAW power
July 17, 2018 - Hi everyone
Most people take photos in Jpeg format. It sort of works. However if you have the option to shoot in RAW it...
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My Photo of the year
May 13, 2018 - Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I've been busy. But I have new photos in Zurich, Oslo, Milan, Glasgow and Rome I h...
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More Travels
October 24, 2017 - Hi Everyone
A quick return to Copenhagen was a greeted with some sun light in the morning, see above.
A first visit...
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KL & Singapore
September 03, 2017 - Hi Everyone
A great visit to Singapore followed by a bus trip and a NEW DESTINATION...KL. A couple photos of France and...
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New Camera
July 09, 2017 - Hi
Yes a new camera, but not what you expect. I have just bought an Olympus TG-5... its a new model of a compact wate...
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Bucharest... first visit
June 01, 2017 - Hi Everyone
Sorry for not being around for a little while. I have decided to follow a great photographers top tip and...
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Highlife
January 30, 2017 - Hi everyone
Four photos of mine have been picked up by BA Highlife magazine and will be shown in the Feb 2017 issue. I...
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Prague some 10 years on.
November 25, 2016 - Hi
Well a quick night time visit to Prague after ten years or so proved quite enjoyable. It has a great centre to str...
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Paris and Camera settings
October 17, 2016 - So there you are, you have made it Paris. Ohh la la. Its wonderful. However you are now overlooking the Eifle Tower alon...
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74 Destinations and Counting
October 11, 2016 - Hi Everyone
Well a quick count has the web site upto 74 destinations, if you can count the North Sea as a destination:)...
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Rome and Berlin
September 10, 2016 - Hi Everyone
Well another visit to Rome proved some great photos. The best one is a lady with a bike... a grab shot bu...
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Hello Again
July 17, 2016 - Sorry for not posting recently. I have been busy but I am still here.
Most notable recent adventures were the Valley of...
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South Africa & Travel Advice plus the best steak in the world has been found
April 15, 2015 - Well a week long trip to South Africa was brilliant and I hope you like the photos. The weather was great which was a bo...
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Down to Australia
September 24, 2014 - Firstly I forgot to hit the publish button so last months Blog has just gone live Doh....
August saw a great trip to Fr...
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A New Design plus music
May 16, 2014 - Hello everyone
Well here we are a few months in and 499 photos are now online. I have updated the layout and added some...
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Las Vegas, South Korea, Bahrain & England NEW photos
March 27, 2014 - Hello Everyone,
Well for this months Blog I would like to highlight new photos from Las Vegas, South Korea, Bahrain and...
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Travel the world with great travel photos web site
January 13, 2014 - Today www.GreatTravelPhotos.com went live.
So join me as I travel the world looking for simply great images of people,...
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