
The color of travel
(Thanks to Ashley of No Onion Extra Pickles for the inspiration for this post.) I only shoot in color — black and white has never seemed an equal reflection of the exciting world I encounter in my travels. Spots of…

If these walls could talk – Machu Picchu photo essay
Before I got to Machu Picchu, Peru, I knew I wanted to keep people out of most of my photos. Including people in travel photos can deliver a sense of scale, time, place, or emotion. But, at a world wonder…

If you don’t like the weather at Machu Picchu, wait 5 minutes
This is not the view that you want to see when visiting Machu Picchu. Not at all.
10 best photos of the photogenic temples at Angkor
During our three-day bicycle exploration of the temples of Angkor, Cambodia, I took too many photos. The temples were a photogenic place to play around with my Canon G9 camera’s panorama and macro settings, though I admit I went a…
Lauren’s photo published in Everywhere Magazine
The Baron dances | Photo by Lauren Girardin, published in Everywhere Magazine At the same moment the man was burning a few days ago at Burning Man, Todd and I were just wrapping up a late-night Madrid tapa crawl with…