Photography & Travel
Typically, I shoot with a Nikon D-90 although most day-to-day shots are with the iphone. |
“I have no hobbies.”
That about sums up an extemporaneous speech from my freshman year of college. We’d drawn topics out of a hat and while I was glad to get “Talk about your hobbies” instead of “Explain bat fishing” (no joke), I was left at a total loss as to what to discuss. You see, back then I cultivated no real hobbies beyond reading, writing, napping and homework. Luckily, I’ve picked up a few more interests in the last decade and change.
One of my favorite pursuits lately? Photography! For my birthday many moons ago, Mr. T bought me my first digital SLR and it’s been true love ever since. Although I’m not a gearhead, I do salivate over the B&H catalogue. I adore acquiring new lenses and gadgets. But most of all, I love exploring the world through a viewfinder. This is helpful as most of my photography revolves around projects and travel as you’ll see below.
I’ve arranged travel and photo posts loosely by events/projects, trips/travel and extended trips such as the Hopscotch Honeymoon. At the end is a loooong list of links for the Daily Pixel photo project I completed in 2012 which was a take-a-picture-everyday challenge. Also, a ton of my photos revolve around airplanes and aviation, so most of those posts are grouped in the “Aviation” tab. Enjoy!
Events and Projects:
- The Daily Pixel photo project: A year in review
- Giving an inner-city school some TLC: “Giving back” feels really great
- Spring 2011 photo snapshot
- A (cell phone) photo review of 2011
- Decking the halls, a photo tour
- Becoming the 1%: Photos of ASU’s graduate commencement ceremony
- Stalking hummingbirds, my new profession
- Hunting airports in the Sacramento Valley: Dead reckoning and turning green
- Southwest Flight 812: Final reflections and photos
Trips and Travel
- Celebrating the PhD: A sister trip to Disneyland
- Glorious December days at Dillion Beach
- Flying solo at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (and other Islands of Adventures snaps)
- 48 hours in Germany: What I learned going abroad for the first time and reenacting Southwest Flight 812
- Ridiculous amounts of fun: A mother-daughter Disneyland adventure, in pictures
- Going to Hawaii “on business”: Photos and things
- The Malvinis take Manhattan (and parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, too)
Pacific Northwest tour
- Visiting the Pacific Northwest, a photo preview
- First anniversary fun, part I: Meandering around McMinnville, Oregon
- First anniversary fun, part II: Evergreen Aviation and the Spruce Goose
- First anniversary fun, part III: A stop-and-go in Walla Walla
Alaska Adventures:
- Hello from Alaska!
- Bumming around Moose Pass and Cooper Landing
- Trail riding in Seward
- Trouble takes a party bus Whittier
- Scenic cruising and the Hubbard Glacier
- Incredible Glacier Bay National Park (plus, whales!)
- Skagway, the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway, and bears, oh my!
- A helicopter ride and glacier walking in Juneau
- Turning 30 and (not drowning) kayaking in Ketchikan
Hopscotch Honeymoon
- Part I: Sacramento to Sedona
- Part II: A brief stop in Santa Fe
- Part III: Eureka Springs, Arkansas
- (Early) Thoughts from the moon
- Part IV: Visiting Mark Twain in Hannibal, MO
- Part V: Oshkosh b’gosh! part 1
- Part VI: Oshkosh b’gosh! part 2
- Part VII: Oshkosh b’gosh! part 3
- Part VIII: Oshkosh b’gosh! part 4
- Part IX: Oshkosh b’gosh! part 5
- X: Traversing Traverse City, Michigan
- XI: Romantic Mackinac Island
- XII: Quick stop in Keokuk
- XIII: Crashing in Colorado Springs
- Part XIV: Ending the moon in Moab
- Things I know about B&Bs
- The honeymoon is o-v-e-r
- Moonwalking
The Daily Pixel 2012