Shutterfly offers jigsaws in a variety of shapes and sizes. Piece count can be from 30 to 1,014. I had them make a puzzle of a family photo collage and gave it as a holiday present to everyone. The cardboard/paper was a little thin but the quality was good and when put together, it looks great.
I use Shutterfly for all my personal books. You can upload any jpeg and any size to Shutterfly. You should upload the best quality you can. Shutterfly changes the quality to fit their process but I don't know to what. Select the Advanced Editing (upper right corner) to get the most flexibility. If you chose a Shutterfly per-determined layout, the photo may be cropped to fit the space. But I almost always make my own layout and then crop or expand the photos as I see fit to do. You can spread photos over 2 pages (especially great for panoramic landscapes). Then I add backgrounds (sometimes using a photo) and captions and away I go.
I am totally an amateur and use Sony's RX10m4 and RX100 VII. On a vacation trip shooting several hundred shots a day, I will go through 1 to 2 batteries. Also at sporting events, on burst mode, I'll go through 1 battery. But is a quick swap and replace. I have noticed that the battery life varies on type (jpeg, RAW, jepg + RAW) and number of shots. I have not seen any difference in auto, manual or other selections. Video, which I rarely shoot, uses a lot of battery power. When I go through my second battery, my wife yells at me that I have taken too many pictures.
Just like “Ronichas” I have a Western Digital My Passport wireless SSD. It does not need a computer. Every night I copy the photos for the day on to the drive. There is a slot in the drive for a card. Just insert it and the drive does the rest. It’s great but I am not sure they make this droive any longer. But I would try to find something like it.
Check out the tour books by Rick Steves. They are on his website or bookstores. My wife and I went to Bruges and Ghent (and other cities) last year. Great great books.
I use a Western Digital SSD. At the end of the day. I plug the SD card in directly or through an reader/adapter and they are automatically downloaded. Once I'm home I transfer the photos to my computer for editing and deleting. I do very little (usually no) editing while traveling because...I'm traveling and want to spend time enjoying the sights and sounds of where ever I am - not in the hotel room playing with my photos.
New York City is like any other big city in the world. Everywhere one travels there is crime, theft, murders. But there is more beauty than fear. I won't give the nay sayers in UHH the courtesy of responding other than to say I bet they don't travel around the world. Every city has it's issues but one has to be a smart traveler. Don't put yourself into a situation that you are not comfortable in (a dark alley at night). I grew up in the Bronx (a borough of NYC) and now live in CT. I go into the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens very often. I am still in awe of the beauty, size, people and architecture of the city. As others have said, there are many tours - walking and bus - to choose from. Pick areas that interest you (museum row, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Yankee Stadium, Times Square/theater district, etc.) and find tours. Or buy a book and a map and explore. Just remember - be careful, be smart and have fun. Just like other cities around the world, it is a great place.
I travel with both the Sony RX100M7 and RX10M4 and an extra battery for each. I use the smaller RX100 for times I am walking around a city at night or in a restaurant (less conspicuous). The RX10 is my day camera. My wife loves that she doesn't have to wait while I change lenses or camera bodies. I am not a professional but I am an avid traveler and all my photos are for me and my wife. The Sony gives me great photos as long as I take them properly (the quality of the photo is often the quality/skill of the person behind the camera).
To backup my photos, I copy them to an external drive and also to Dropbox. I create the same file names in both places so finding them is easy (as long as I remember the file name). It is not automatic and requires me to drag/drop files to copy them into two places. Dropbox has an annual fee but it is insurance against some sort of home problem - electric surge, fire, flood or just bumping into the drive). Anyway, this works for me.
schaferj1 wrote:
I spent two days there touring the falls from both sides. If you take the boat ride through the falls it is more like a fire hose than a mist. The boat provides dry bags and warns you before you enter the wet zone. I did not even attempt to use my camera with a sleeve during that part of the boat trip.
I agree with schaferj1. In fact three countries boarder the falls - Argentina (the most popular), Brazil (never been there but apparently very beautiful) and Paraguay (locals say it is the boring side). I too never used my "good" camera in the boats. Got some good shots with my iPhone and easy to keep dry and wipe the lens. Walking over the falls I used my Sony and never worried about mist or water. I just kept it protected and wiped it. Enjoy the views - they are truly spectacular. Remember, Iguazu means big water.
I have used three different methods (1) Dropbox, (2) Google Photo and (3) Shutterfly, depending on what the recipient wants to do with the photos and the recipients' skill level with computers (not photography).
Scandinavia is a beautiful place with many many sites to see and capture. I was in Bergen 40 years ago and again this past June. It has become very touristy. And remember it rains a lot. Bergen gets rain 300 days a year - not all day but parts of it. However, it is a very worthwhile trip.