Here are a few photos which have made it up onto the website already.
I hope to get a few new photos up every day, so check the gallery often for new additions.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Let the flow of photos begin
I am now trying to get into the full swing of editing and retouching photos from the trip. I will be adding them to my Peru Travel gallery as I complete them. Eventually after getting through the stills I want retouched I plan on throwing together a little film from clips taken with the GoPro. The GoPro was a great little addition to have along on the trip, a lot of fun and easy to take everywhere with you.
Here are a few photos which have made it up onto the website already.
I hope to get a few new photos up every day, so check the gallery often for new additions.
Here are a few photos which have made it up onto the website already.
I hope to get a few new photos up every day, so check the gallery often for new additions.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Lima
Tonight is the last night in Peru, we are ending the trip where it began the first morning, at cafe Zeta. Not only is the food good, they have a good wifi hotspot. We have not had Internet at the apartment for the past couple days, this is why there has been a lack of updates.
Last night we ate at one of the top 50 restaurants in the world, Astrid Y Gaston. We had an 11 course meal which lasted over 3 hours. The dishes were absolutely amazing, definitely some of the best food I have eaten in my entire life. We all left feeling fat and happy, our wallets lighter, but our hearts and stomachs fully satisfied.
One of the dishes, guinea pig in Chinese disguise. Absolutely fantastic. (my apologies for bringing up memories of childhood pets)
One of the desert dishes, sorbet with mango and coconut tapioca. Delicious.
The dinner was a fantastic experience, and we were fortunate to have two of our friends from the hike join us for the meal.
Tonight we had the best sunset of the trip, the sky was pretty clear and the colors were fantastic. I shot a few time lapses and we enjoyed the sunset from the rooftop terrace while drinking wine.
Tomorrow morning we head to the airport and say goodbye to Peru. It was an unforgettable time, I will share more photos as I go through them and actually have consistent Internet access. For now, I'm going to enjoy my last meal here.
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Last night we ate at one of the top 50 restaurants in the world, Astrid Y Gaston. We had an 11 course meal which lasted over 3 hours. The dishes were absolutely amazing, definitely some of the best food I have eaten in my entire life. We all left feeling fat and happy, our wallets lighter, but our hearts and stomachs fully satisfied.
One of the dishes, guinea pig in Chinese disguise. Absolutely fantastic. (my apologies for bringing up memories of childhood pets)
One of the desert dishes, sorbet with mango and coconut tapioca. Delicious.
The dinner was a fantastic experience, and we were fortunate to have two of our friends from the hike join us for the meal.
Tonight we had the best sunset of the trip, the sky was pretty clear and the colors were fantastic. I shot a few time lapses and we enjoyed the sunset from the rooftop terrace while drinking wine.
Tomorrow morning we head to the airport and say goodbye to Peru. It was an unforgettable time, I will share more photos as I go through them and actually have consistent Internet access. For now, I'm going to enjoy my last meal here.
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Location:Diagonal,Lima District,Peru
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Jungle Stank
The Inca Trail hike was an incredible experience. The hike was probably the most challenging physical feat I have ever undertaken. 26 miles over 4 days does not sound all that intimidating, but couple that with altitudes up to 13,800 feet, and it really becomes a challenge. Putting the physical demands aside, the hike offered stunning views and took us through some of the most scenic and beautiful places I have ever seen. Mother nature decided that we needed a healthy dose of rain throughout the hike, but even with the rain and clouds blocking what I'm sure were fantastic views, the hike was still far beyond my expectations.
A map of the path to Machu Pichu
A few photos as a little preview. It has been a bit overwhelming coming back and loading several days worth of shooting and having to sift through all of the images and videos. I'll post more as I go through, so please be patient.
We stopped for breakfast in a small town on our way to the hike. A couple rooftops with the beautifully lit mountain side behind them.
One of several waterfalls we saw along the trail.
A llama at Machu Pichu
After four days of trekking we all arrived to Macchu Pichu and many of us felt rather
bitter towards all the tourists who had arrived to by bus to view the ruins. The place was crawling with tourists smelling of soap and shampoo, complaining about how many stairs they had to climb. We all had trekked for 4 days to arrive here, no one had showered, and we were all ripe with jungle stank. Somehow we all felt like all these people had not earned this, that the trekkers should have first go at the site, and it should not open up to the other tourists till later in the morning. Our irritability may have had something to do with being up since 3am that morning, but I know that many of us felt it. In the end, Machu Pichu is indeed an amazing place, however, I think most of us agree it was the journey to get there that we will most remember. Walking as a small group through the mountains, visiting other ruin sites and having the place to ourselves, not tripping over throngs of tourists, those are the memories which will stick with us the most. This trip is further evidence that most things in life are about the journey, not the end.
A few photos as a little preview. It has been a bit overwhelming coming back and loading several days worth of shooting and having to sift through all of the images and videos. I'll post more as I go through, so please be patient.
We stopped for breakfast in a small town on our way to the hike. A couple rooftops with the beautifully lit mountain side behind them.
One of several waterfalls we saw along the trail.
A llama at Machu Pichu
After four days of trekking we all arrived to Macchu Pichu and many of us felt rather
bitter towards all the tourists who had arrived to by bus to view the ruins. The place was crawling with tourists smelling of soap and shampoo, complaining about how many stairs they had to climb. We all had trekked for 4 days to arrive here, no one had showered, and we were all ripe with jungle stank. Somehow we all felt like all these people had not earned this, that the trekkers should have first go at the site, and it should not open up to the other tourists till later in the morning. Our irritability may have had something to do with being up since 3am that morning, but I know that many of us felt it. In the end, Machu Pichu is indeed an amazing place, however, I think most of us agree it was the journey to get there that we will most remember. Walking as a small group through the mountains, visiting other ruin sites and having the place to ourselves, not tripping over throngs of tourists, those are the memories which will stick with us the most. This trip is further evidence that most things in life are about the journey, not the end.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
It has been a very busy couple days. Yesterday we arose at 5am to fly to Cusco. We arrived at Cusco airport and could almost immediately feel the effects of the altitude. Shortness of breath, walking up an airport ramp was unusually tiresome. We arrived at our hotel, Don Bosco, which is fantastic, a very unique place.
Cusco is a beautiful city. We spent yesterday and today exploring and getting ourselves acclimated to the altitude. We are feeling better today than yesterday, though still not 100%. Tomorrow morning the long Inca Trail hike starts...we shall see how that goes. It is one of the rare times I regret my path of photography. My camera gear alone weighs more than my friends entire packs.
Internet has been a bit slow, and I have not had much computer time. Here are a few photos from the past couple days. Forgive me since I will be silent again for 4 days while I am on the hike. Hopefully once back in Lima I will have plenty of time to go through and post more photos.
Scott drinking matte de coca
Church in the main square
Women in a market in Cusco
Cusco is a beautiful city. We spent yesterday and today exploring and getting ourselves acclimated to the altitude. We are feeling better today than yesterday, though still not 100%. Tomorrow morning the long Inca Trail hike starts...we shall see how that goes. It is one of the rare times I regret my path of photography. My camera gear alone weighs more than my friends entire packs.
Internet has been a bit slow, and I have not had much computer time. Here are a few photos from the past couple days. Forgive me since I will be silent again for 4 days while I am on the hike. Hopefully once back in Lima I will have plenty of time to go through and post more photos.
Scott drinking matte de coca
Church in the main square
Women in a market in Cusco
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Adios Ales
The adventure begins. We are sitting at O'Hare enjoying a massively overpriced beer, awaiting our flight to LA, then on to Lima. Hopefully more interesting post will be made once we actually do something notable.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
The Yak is Back.
Well, it has been far too long since I have updated the blog. I am going to attempt to revive this thing, mostly because I have a new adventure in the works. For two weeks at the beginning of March I am going to be headed to Peru with a few friends from college. Planning is coming together, an the time is drawing close. We are doing a 4 day hike on the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. This ads even more to the usual dilemma of what gear to bring. For the hike I need to get down to only the essentials, one camera body, 17-35mm, 80-200mm, 50mm, tripod, and Lee Grad Filters, batteries, cards and other little essentials. Even stripped down its going to weigh more than I would like...especially since our hike will take us up over 13,000ft in elevation. The laptop will hopefully accompany me on the trip (not the hike of course) so besides a few days of blog silence, I will hopefully be able to do my usual travel updates as the trip progresses. Stay tuned for that.
In other news I entered a local photo contest for Appleton Downtown Inc. I was fortunate to receive both first and second place in the judged competition, and on top of that received the peoples choice nomination, based on facebook votes, for the photo which won first place. A bit more than I expected, but a pleasant surprise.
First Place Winner
Second Place Winner
In other news I entered a local photo contest for Appleton Downtown Inc. I was fortunate to receive both first and second place in the judged competition, and on top of that received the peoples choice nomination, based on facebook votes, for the photo which won first place. A bit more than I expected, but a pleasant surprise.
First Place Winner
Second Place Winner
Monday, May 23, 2011
Digging Out
Street along the river in Hoi An, Vietnam
Spent the day trying to get a start on digging myself out of the massive pile of editing I am buried in. Slow, but steady progress is being made. No shooting tonight, thought I should play a little catch up instead of piling even more on the to do stack. Added a few new Vietnam photos to the Southeast Asia Gallery.
Also added a couple more to the Midwest Photo Gallery
Dam on the Fox River, Appleton, WI
Sunday, May 22, 2011
It's Electric.
Appleton saw a couple lines of strong storms move through Sunday evening, I was not back in time to witness the first, but felt it was my duty to take full advantage of the second. After the storms were just about past I headed out, where to? Shockingly, the river again. Shooting lightning is probably not the safest of endeavors, but sometimes you need to take a little risk. Spent some time hoping to not get struck down and walked away with one decent shot.
Spent most of the weekend down in Milwaukee visiting the sister. Saturday's weather left much to be desired, rainy and dreary, but Sunday's weather more than made up for it. Sunny and 80 degrees, finally the shorts awoke from hibernation to greet the summer sun. We headed to the Milwaukee Zoo to enjoy the weather and shoot some animals.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
That's alot of Dam power.
Last night I found myself wandering around the river again to do some shooting. While shooting the dam from the bridge, the dam operator asked if I would like to come shoot on the dam itself, of course I said yes, anything to get something a little different.
I donned the provided hard hat and carefully went out on the dam. I'm not sure what the real purpose of the hard hat is on the dam, I did not really feel an imminent head trauma threat, but more so the trip and fall off the dam and drown threat. Its definitely a unique perspective watching the water rage right underneath, you can definitely feel the raw power of the water. Spent some time, took some photos, chatted with the dam operator and learned a little about the workings of the dam. There is a lot more hydro-electric power being generated here than I had previously thought. All in all a pretty neat time, will have to think of a unique approach to shooting from there and go try again. I only had time to get one photo from the evening edited, perhaps more soon should I find the time to work on them, but for now I have places to be.
I donned the provided hard hat and carefully went out on the dam. I'm not sure what the real purpose of the hard hat is on the dam, I did not really feel an imminent head trauma threat, but more so the trip and fall off the dam and drown threat. Its definitely a unique perspective watching the water rage right underneath, you can definitely feel the raw power of the water. Spent some time, took some photos, chatted with the dam operator and learned a little about the workings of the dam. There is a lot more hydro-electric power being generated here than I had previously thought. All in all a pretty neat time, will have to think of a unique approach to shooting from there and go try again. I only had time to get one photo from the evening edited, perhaps more soon should I find the time to work on them, but for now I have places to be.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Summer? Are you here yet?
No work today, and no work yesterday, had some time to sit and tackle some editing. There are some new photos up in the Southeast Asia gallery to feast your eyes on, they will continue to trickle in as I find the time to edit, so check back.
Last night the weather was warm and calm, summer is finally within sight. I headed down to the river to a spot I just recently became aware of. The small park is secluded and quiet, and best of all you can get down to water level right next to the spill way. When I left home the clouds were nice in the east, I was hoping for them to light up nicely around sunset, but, nature doesn't follow a script, so it just means I will have to return to try again. Nothing spectacular, but here are a couple from the evening.
After some time at the dam, I headed back to the usual spot along the river to shoot a bit more.
Last night the weather was warm and calm, summer is finally within sight. I headed down to the river to a spot I just recently became aware of. The small park is secluded and quiet, and best of all you can get down to water level right next to the spill way. When I left home the clouds were nice in the east, I was hoping for them to light up nicely around sunset, but, nature doesn't follow a script, so it just means I will have to return to try again. Nothing spectacular, but here are a couple from the evening.
After some time at the dam, I headed back to the usual spot along the river to shoot a bit more.
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