VENICE CARNEVALE
Venice Carnevale is one of the best experiences you can have in Italy. The pageantry and costumes are a photographer’s dream. Come explore it with us!
WASHINGTON D.C. CHERRY BLOSSOMS
WASHINGTON D.C. CHERRY BLOSSOMS By Navin Sarma As winter winds down, we here in the Washington, D.C. area look forward to the harbinger of warmer days through the beautiful cherry blossoms that surround our city in late March and early April. A gift from the Japanese over 100 years ago, the cherry blossoms that surround…
HOW TO KEEP CUBAN CIGARS FRESH
HOW TO KEEP CUBAN CIGARS FRESH (after you’ve brought them back from the farm) By Michael Chinnici Smoking a cigar in Cuba is like a “rite of passage” into Cuban culture. Even if you don’t smoke (which most people don’t these days), you will likely feel compelled to take a few puffs of a world famous Cuban Cohiba cigar.…
Attending Carnevale in Venice
Attending Carnevale in Venice is something that every photographer should try to do. Photo Workshop Adventures is a great way to see this colorful festival.
RIAD FES
RIAD FES (Our “sister” hotel in Fes, Morocco) By Michael Chinnici You may ask… why two hotels in Fes, Morocco? For our Morocco Photo Adventures we have selected 2 sister hotels while in Fes. We enjoy the elegance of the new, modern Hotel Sahrai combined with the traditional and elegant Riad Fes, located in the ancient Medina.…
HOTEL SAHRAI
HOTEL SAHRAI (Our preferred hotel in Fes, Morocco) By Michael Chinnici For our Morocco Photo Adventures we have selected 2 sister hotels while in Fes. We enjoy the elegance of the new, modern Hotel Sahrai combined with the traditional and elegant Riad Fes, located in the ancient Medina. Our combination lends to an exceptional experience of old…
DO GOATS GROW ON TREES?
DO GOATS GROW ON TREES? by Michael Chinnici Morocco is a magical, mystical and romantic country. Snake charmers, dessert camel rides, chaotic Medina’s and more, all make Morocco such a unique country to experience through photograph. While traveling through southwestern Morocco on a recent Photo Adventure, I came across one of the most unusual sights.…
BHUTAN – GETTING TO THE TIGER’S NEST
BHUTAN – GETTING TO THE TIGER’S NEST by Ian Robert Knight High on the mountainside, not far from the small village of Paro, Bhutan, sits the sacred ‘Tiger’s Nest” temple. This Himalayan Buddhist temple has become the cultural icon of Bhutan. Tiger’s Nest is the popular name for the temple more properly known as…
BHUTAN – MONKS AND MONASTERIES
BHUTAN – MONKS AND MONASTERIES By Ian Robert Knight Bhutan measures it’s own worth by how happy it’s citizens are. In a way, many countries do that, but not to the same extent that Bhutan does. For Bhutan, it’s an official policy. While most countries have a ‘success’ measurement of GDP, Bhutan measures GNH,…
CAMBODIA – ANGKOR FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS – 8 TIPS
CAMBODIA – ANGKOR FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS – 8 TIPS by Ian Robert Knight Of all the places I’ve been in the world, Cambodia’s Angkor complex is one of my top favorites. I count myself lucky to have been able to visit the temples many times, and each time I go, I come away with new…