A combination of drone and land-based photos from our last Miami trip. I tried to photograph the lifeguard shacks at different times of the day.
Iceland Glacier Runoff
Have I mentioned in the past that I love Iceland? We’ve traveled there twice, and I’d love to go again. The landscape photography opportunities are limitless, and every location is beautiful.
Bonaire Salt Flats
It’s been a minute since our last trip to Bonaire… I took this series of photos from the southeastern coast of the country with my drone. It is common to have lots of wind in Bonaire and this day was very windy. My drone didn’t love it
Garoar BA 64
During our last trip to Iceland, MJ and I stopped to look at this beached shipwreck. As it turns out, this is Iceland’s oldest steel ship. It was run aground in 1981 instead of scuttling it when it wasn’t safe to use anymore. And it’s been sitting there ever since.
Cayman or Aruba
I can’t remember where I took this photo. I think it is from Grand Cayman, but I’m not 100% sure. It could have been Aruba. As you’ve guessed, I took this with my drone.
Private Dining Spot
The upper level is a great private spot to grab a meal at the Las Hijas Beach Club in Playa del Carmen.
Aruba's Palm Beach
Love my drone…. video from my last visit to Aruba’s Palm Beach.
Las Hijas Beach Club
If you’re ever in Playa del Carmen, check out this place. We’ve eaten here a few times and highly recommend it. It’s right on the ocean with great views and the food is pretty darn good.
Miami Beach Lifeguard Shack
I’m taking a break from urban exploration and Ukraine photos for a second. Here is something a little happier.
I took this series of photos during a past trip to the beach. Per my normal routine, I got up early several mornings to capture the sunrise. This was a great morning and the lifeguard shacks helped make for an interesting subject. I also posted a behind the scenes video below of this morning.
Vestrahorn Mountain
During our first trip to Iceland, MJ and I didn’t go to this site. Honestly, I didn’t even know about it at that time. In preparation for the 2nd trip, I discovered it online and put it on our itinerary and I am so glad I did.
It was about 30 minutes off the main road to the end of this peninsula. It cost us about $7 each to get access to the black sand beach and dunes, plus we got a chance to visit the Viking Café. They also have a recreated Viking Village, that we didn’t visit since we spent all our time out hiking around the black sand dunes and capturing photos of the Vestrahorn Mountain in the background. Like most amazing geographic locations, photos don’t do them justice, which is true of the mountains this photo as well.
This is a must-see Iceland spot. As a bonus, when MJ and I were leaving the location, we came upon a wild herd of reindeer. That was a “first” for me.
Miami Beach Hot Spot
Up and down Miami Beach they have these amazing Art Deco Lifeguard shacks of all shapes and colors. I captured a bunch of photos as you can probably guess. I loved them all.
Private Party
While in Mexico, we ate at this seaside restaurant three times. During one of those visits, we got a chance to sit out here in this private area. It was a great spot to watch the sunset from while enjoying a great meal.
Playa Resort
I don’t know the name of this resort, but I loved the design. I took this via the drone at sunrise which provided the warm glow and deep shadows. Maybe someday I’ll stay at this location????
Playa Vibes
We had an amazing time in Playa del Carmen and I’m ready to go back right now. Here is a short video from our time there.
Sunrise Yoga
During our last trip to Mexico, the resort held a yoga session on the beach at sunrise each morning. I didn’t participate, but the yoga group helped provide an area of interest in this high angle drone photos so that it was an empty beach.
Betsie
Today I have a drone photo for you from the Point Betsie Lighthouse on the Lake Michigan coast in northern Michigan. This spot, among many in Michigan, is beautiful. It sits near the village of Frankfort and Crystal Lake.
Morning in Miami Beach
Here is a drone photo I took last spring while MJ and I escaped for a week. This was taken right after sunrise…. I loved the beach early in the morning before the crowds showed up.
Somewhere in Mexico
I honestly don’t remember where I took this photo. It was around Cancun somewhere, either south or north of the city. Regardless, I like the colors and warmth of this photo. Just looking at it, creates a desire to go back… like right now!!
Bonaire Flamingo
Blair and I explored this partially built, abandoned hotel the last time we were in the country of Bonaire together. Since then, I think someone has started to redevelop this site.
Either way, I loved the graffiti flamingo painted on this patio column.
Vik
This little church in the village of Vik is often photographed from numerous perspectives. There are a couple of cool rock formations in the ocean off the coast of Vik (behind the church from this angle). In the future, I’ll share a photo of this church from a different angle where you’ll be able to see them as well. In this photo, I was trying to frame the church with the purple Lupine wildflowers in the foreground. By the way, the Lupine flowers are everywhere in Iceland. Anyway, I hope you like this photo as much as I do.
