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Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

AT#215 - Travel Photography

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2010

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to photographer Ralph Velasco about tips to keep in mind when you are taking pictures on your travels. We talk about: * telling a story * depth of field * giving your self assignments * giving a sense of scale * adding a human touch * reflections * avoiding the crowds * embracing the weather * seeking the unique picture * capturing the essence of a place Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

0:08.6

in my passport photo.

0:10.6

The Amateur Traveler episode 215. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 215.

0:14.0

Today the Amateur Traveler takes a little break from destinations to talk about photography. to see one more cathedral

0:23.0

in one more cafe

0:26.0

I know that I should be heading home

0:29.0

but maybe not maybe not

0:31.0

today

0:32.0

welcome to the amateur traveler I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get into

0:36.5

today's interview I do have one very strange news story to share with you. In a

0:41.6

story from CNN a man who wrote not a threatening note, but certainly an odd one and gave

0:47.0

it to a flight attendant, had charges filed against him.

0:50.8

The note that he filed, and I'm going to read what it said, I thought I was going to

0:56.0

die. We were so high up, the card said. I thought to myself, I hope we don't crash and burn, or

1:01.6

worse yet, landing in the ocean, living through it, only to be eaten by

1:05.2

sharks, or worse yet, end up on someplace like Gilligan's Island, stranded or worse yet,

1:10.4

be eaten by a tribe of headhunters.

1:12.1

Speaking of headhunters, why do they just eat outsiders

1:14.8

and not the family members? Strange, and what if the plane ripped apart in mid-flight and

1:19.2

we plummeted to Earth, landed on Gilligan's Island and and then lived through it, and the only woman there was

1:25.0

Mrs Thurston Howell, the third.

1:27.1

No Marianne, my favorite, nor no Ginger, just lovely.

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