We went in July last year. I took my Nikon Z50, the 18-140mm, and the 50-250. 95% of my images were with the 18-140; I used the 50-250 on the puffins (you can get pretty close) and it was a perfect combo. This wasn't a 'photography' trip per se, but a vacation and the Z50 really performed well. We were very active - horse back riding, glacier lagoons in a RIB boat, hiking, etc. and I wanted to travel light. Absolutely no regrets.

I've been using Zenfolio for 9 years and really liked it but am now switching over to SmugMug. Zenfolio has started "mandatory" archiving of photos after one year and that just doesn't work for me. Plus their performance has been suffering the last couple of years. I'm in the process of building my SmugMug site now and really like it. I don't sell my photos - strictly for personal use and to allow my real estate customers to download their photos. It's also fairly inexpensive (half of Zenfolio for the features I use).

For you SmugMug users, can you add captions to individual photos? Or password protect any of your galleries?

I've used Zenfolio for about 9 years and am also tired of the price increases. And now this archiving mess is just the last straw. I've heard SmugMug is good. Anyone had any experience with it? I'm not looking to sell photos, but want a nice website where my family can view photos and customer of mine (I'm a real estate photographer) can view and download the images I take for them. I also need to be able to add a password to selected folders for my customers.

I have the same challenge whenever I travel. Two things: First, when you arrive at your destination, sync up all of your cameras to the same date/time. That's never "perfect" but it will certainly help. When after you import your photos into LR, you can sort by Capture Time. THEN....the second part. Using LR, if any photos are out of chronological order, manually re-arrange them. Then use the Lightroom Library -> Rename function and rename them in that order. Then you can sort your photos by file name either within LR or when they're exported. That will maintain your chronological order. It's a bit of a hassle, but it works. One other tip - I setup separate folders for each day I'm traveling. It makes it a bit easier when I'm re-arranging as I can work with 60-80 photos per day vs. 500-1000 for the entire trip.

The photo is very nice and I really like the poetry that goes with it. Gives you pause to think about times gone by. Nicely done!

I have four systems: A 5-year-old MacBook Pro, a 4-year-old iMac desktop, a 5-year-old iMac Pro Desktop, and a new MacBook Air with the M1 chip. All upgraded fine except the 4-year-old iMac desktop (the non-Pro version). I've had all kinds of problems with it since upgrading including dreadfully slow response, the black screen of death, iMessage works intermittently, etc. I ran Clean My Mac several times and it seemed to help, and it seemed to get better with time - yeah, I know, very odd. I upgraded two months ago and I just decided this morning that I'm going to rebuild the whole thing from the ground up. The performance isn't acceptable and I've hit all the Mac forums trying to figure out what might be wrong, but it seems to be all over the place. Note that this system is Intel-based. I haven't seen any problems on any of the forums with the M chip systems. Good luck!

Nice work! May I ask what software you used to create this image?

That’s exactly why I don’t travel with a Mavic air anymore. Plus most people do not take kindly to drones anymore, because so many people have flown them irresponsibly.

I have one drone, also, a Mavic Air 2, but this looks much smaller and might be good to travel with. I don't travel with the Mavic Air as it takes time to stop, start the controller, start the drone, get it in the air, take the photo, then reverse all that. This looks like you turn it on, it takes off, and it's fast. I'll take a look at those videos on YouTube.

I stumbled across this on (of course) Facebook. Has anyone heard of a company called HoverAir? They have a drone-type camera that you can apparently push a button and have it take off to take your picture from the air. It looks like it folds up to quite small. It has a $399 price tag on it, so not a "toy" but I've never seen this and just wondering if any of you might have run across it. Curious as to whether it might be categorized as "fun and it works" or "a waste or time and watch for amputated fingers" kind of thing. Here's a link to their website: https://thehover.com/products/hoverair-x1-self-flying-camera-combo?variant=46001310007581

I have both Luminar Neo and ON1 Photo RAW 2024. I've used both for many years now and each have their specific uses. ON1 is making a huge push toward being "THE" digital editor and asset management system that people might want to migrate to. It includes a tremendous number of filters and presets, and of course you can create your own. IMHO, I think their development module is better than Lightroom in that it offers more ways to process your images. I'm a fan....

Not a compact camera, but you *might* want to consider a GoPro Hero. I bought one many years ago for just such trips and have upgraded over the years. I now have the GoPro Hero 11 and it really takes excellent photos - and you can use it in the water and underwater. I took it to the Bahamas last year and got some good pics of our family swimming with stingrays. The BIG drawback: There isn't really any zoom or control over your settings. Or let's say it's marginal at best. But I set mine on Auto and was very happy with the photos. I carried it on a lanyard so my hands were always free unless I was shooting. On dry land, I used my Z6ii. As far as a compact camera, I have a Sony RX100 VII and it does take excellent photos. I've never really needed more zoom than it provides.

From Budapest a few years ago.....

I've been using BackBlaze for two years and am very happy with it. I've had to pull some files from those backups a couple of times and have had no trouble using it. Once you set it up, you can forget it. And a bonus (for me at least) is you can backup external drives, so I have that setup, also.