Social Shorthand online story format

I recently came across a captivating online reporting/story format that uses photos and video to an interesting effect.  I thought I'd give it a try.  Here is the result. http://social.shorthand.com/Fairplay740J/n2YJvSgud/favorite-recent-photos The BBC Travel story that captured my attention has many more format features. It is probably an upgrade or the Pro version.  That story is …

Biking in The Netherlands – 10 – Kudelstaart to Aalsmeer to Amsterdam

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day  Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this series HERE.] LAST DAY at last!  I'm not in a hurry to end the trip, just …

Biking in The Netherlands – 06 – Alkmaar to Haarlem

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day  Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this series HERE.] Monday 20 April 2015.  Second day of biking.  We bike from Alkmaar south and …

Biking in The Netherlands – 05 – Purmerend to Alkmaar

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day  Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this series HERE.] Our first day of biking at last.  In the morning we have a 1hr+ …

Biking in The Netherlands – 04 – Meet the Biking Tour

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day  Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this series HERE.] FINALLY we are ready to start the bike tour.  We meet the group and …

Biking in The Netherlands – 03 – A Walking Tour of The Hague

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [This series of posts is about our recent 3-day sightseeing plus 7-day  Bike & Barge, Holland:Tulip Tour in the North and South Holland Provinces of The Netherlands.] [See a list of all posts currently in this series HERE.] Hang in there bi-cy-clers and pedal-interested.  A day of walking today, meet the Bike …

Restaurants, Union Station Denver

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Food] During our recent visit to Union Station Denver and The Mercantile Dining & Provision restaurant we browsed several of the other good restaurants there.  Here are some but not all of them:   Am I a foodie?  Shucks no, I just like to eat.  If I was …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2009: Travel

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos are mine, L.Q. cover courtesy L.Q.] A mix of travel literature and photography.  Hopefully one or the other will be appealing. I trust Travel will be …

Mercantile Dining & Provision Restaurant

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Food] I don't usually blog about restaurants (see my TripAdvisor instead) unless they are part of a vacation but Mercantile Dining & Provision in the Union Station Denver was Drop... Dead... Delicious!! We arrived 11:30-ish for lunch, beating the busy lunch crowd (from downtown offices I presume) that …

Union Station Denver

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] This was not a photography expedition.  Photos were taken with a Canon ELPH100HS and enhanced for brightness in iPhoto.   The Great Hall: What others wait for I'm not sure. The recently refurbished station has many fine new restaurants that attract downtown employees and tourists alike.  There …

Into the Drake Passage – Sailing to Antarctica on Bark Europa

Lesley Carter has started posting about her fantastic journey to Antarctica. There are two posts prior to this one and more to come. They are a fascinating read. http://bucketlistpublications.org/2015/02/06/into-the-drake-passage-sailing-to-antarctica-on-bark-europa/

Chihuly Glass at Denver Botanic Gardens

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery OneDrive photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info on right.] These photos taken with Nikon D5200, 18-55mm lens. They all seem to zoom nicely, especially the extras on OneDrive.  Click, zoom, click, enlarge, repeat, rinse, repeat. PLAY! Color.  Lots of color. See more HERE. See …

Paonia Wine Weekend June 2014 – Pt. IV and last

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [See all Paonia Wine Weekend posts here.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to …

Paonia Wine Weekend June 2014 – Pt. III – Wines and Wineries

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [See all Paonia Wine Weekend posts here.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to …

Paonia Wine Weekend June 2014 – Pt. II – Wines and Wineries

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] M'lady and I spent a long …

Thar’ be Dragons in the Sky – iPhone sunset Denver 23 July 2014

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Sunset] Hey!  I'm trying' to read here, and THIS is going on!!  Too bad I don't have a better camera.  😉 (Zoom and play on these.  When you've zoomed so much it's fuzzy, think "a painting"!) I was starting to read Lapham's Quarterly Summer 2008: Book of Nature.  Now it's too …

Paonia Wine Weekend June 2014 – Pt. I

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] M'lady and I spent a long …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. VI and last – Ford-Edison, Sunken Gardens St. Petersburg

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. V – Museums

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] I must get …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. IV – EPCOT

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] EPCOT Wikipedia will …