Understand Photography

How the ‘98 World’s Fair led to a destination wedding 16 years on by Tom Tracy LISBON I’ve long since forgotten how I stumbled onto it in those early days of internet surfing, but in the late 1990s I saw ...

4 Day Everglades Photo Adventure (January/March 2015) 4 Day Everglades Photo Adventure January 15, 16, 17, 18, 2015 or March 19, 20, 21, 22, 2015 Have fun, travel, and improve your photography! The Everglades, called Pa-hay-okee, the grassy water, by the Seminoles, ...

A chance to see where it all began — and still is happening By Tom Tracy JERUSALEMWhen I first visited the Holy Land, in 1996, there were a series ofhorrific city bus bombings and one of these deadly events took ...

Oahu’s bustling beachfront a gateway to Hawaii’s cultural capital by Tom Tracy HONOLULU From the lobby of the newly-renovated Sheraton Waikiki, with its focus on Japanese visitors to Hawaii, I could see that what I heard about weddings here was ...

Even in winter, volunteers can take you to the Windy City’s best neighborhoods, historic sites and cafes. By Tom Tracy. Walking past an Italian restaurant Spiaggia on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, a favorite eatery of this city’s political establishment and society ...

by Tom Tracy Some of the most important decisions about travel photography for a given project are made well before you leave home, beginning with what to bring and, importantly, what not to bring. Over the years I have found ...