A few days down south - Charleston & Savannah

Lucky enough to escape the latest Nor'easter I spent the last few days down south in Charleston. Since I had to be there for a photo retreat, it presented the perfect opportunity to see this Southern Belle. My first morning I drove to Edisto Island, home of the famous Botany Bay Beach. This is where you often see pictures of the dead trees on the beach. I was lucky enough to get there after the gate opened which is about 30min before sunrise and...

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A Brief Taste of the Canadian Rockies

Having been here for almost two days, weather has been anything but cooperative in Jasper. The sunset shot at Medicine lake was rained out, though it did provide for a very moody black and white. Sunrise the next day at Patricia lake wasn't much better with heavy patches of clouds obstructing the entire mountain range. After hopelessly waiting around for 2 hours I finally call it quits. On my drive towards Banff the clouds lifted slightly though...

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Ireland - The Emerald Isle

Today was a beautiful sunny day as I drove to Connemera. By noon I arrived at Kylemore Abby, a beautiful gothic style victorian abbey situated by the water. It was built by a man named Mitchell Henry for his wife when they fell in love with the area on their honeymoon. At one point King Edward VII even considered buying it, but reconsidered saying it was too grand for a king!  From afar it looks like something out of a fairy tale, with...

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Northern Ireland

After arriving at Dublin I jumped in the rental and made my way up to Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. The 3hr drive was pleasant enough though nothing special since I was on the main road. Once there, with the exception of paved roads, I found the area quiet similar to Scotland with its rolling hills and livestock all around. The actual Causeway was hard to describe. On the one hand the formation was quite impressive given its size and height,...

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