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April 16, 2018Africa Photography Tanzania by Ian

Global Orphanage Construction

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African Safari

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  • “If you can’t fall in love with the San Juans during the third week of September, you can’t fall in love.” - Pam Houston ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It may not be the San Juans but, I think the same holds true for Lake Superior in the first week of October. . . . . . #myeequilt #enlightenedequipment #travellighter #campingdonelight #superiorhikingtrail #getoutandhike #thespurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #thisismyminnesota #capturemn #minnesotaexposure #minnstagrammers #minnesotaphotographer #exploremn @minnesota.usa
  • “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” - Elbert Hubbard ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That's what I told myself when I awoke early one morning before sunrise...and couldn't fall back asleep. I was already up and getting up for morning macro shots had long been on my mind...might as well get out and get on it! . . . . . #nikonD850 #macro #morningdew #lookclosely #thespurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #thisismyminnesota #capturemn #minnesotaexposure #minnstagrammers #minnesotaphotographer #exploremn @minnesota.usa
  • “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” – Lloyd Alexander⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A little something I've been thinking about lately. I ask a lot of questions and don't get many answers, must be at about genius level now.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #summerisover #lastflowers #macro #NikonD850 #thespurtrail #onlyinmn #thisismymn #thisismyminnesota #capturemn #minnesotaexposure #minnstagrammers #minnesotaphotographer #exploremn ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @minnesota.usa
  • I may not have been going on much for long distance adventures this summer, but I have been finding lots of cool little things right here at home. So for at least a while, I’ll be sharing some small cool things from the backyard. Enjoy the adventure everywhere! . . . . . #macro #nikond850 #adventurebackyard #findyourspurtrail #onlyinmn
  • “All of my life I have been happiest in motion - on a plane, in a boat, on a dogsled, in a car, on the back of a horse, in a bus, on a pair of skis, in a cabbage wagon, hoofing it down a trail in my well-worn hiking boots. Motion improves any day for me; the farther, the faster, the better. Stillness, on the other hand, makes me very nervous.” - Pam Houston⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be not still today! Happy Friday and find something to do that moves you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mad shoutout to my @michigamicrossing buddies @danielbonner4 and @strickler76 for raising $10,000 paddling across this beautiful Lake Michigan to raise money for awareness of our natural resources, watersheds, lakes...basically all of the things. Keep it up dudes!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #takethespurtrail #nofilter #photooftheday #fodorsonthego #nikonartists #thespurtrail #didyouseethat #traveldeeper #theglobewanderer #roamtheplanet #BDteam #travelblogger #liveauthentically #leavinghome #theglobewanderer #nikond850
  • I don't typically post wedding pictures on this Instagram account.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not for any negative reason, simply that I try to use this space to inspire others to travel, see the world and meet it's people.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So here's why last weekend fits this mold. January, 2012, I was traveling solo around India. My last stop was New Delhi, and I had joined a #couchsurfing meetup group of other travelers to get together and get dinner.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of the things I love the most when traveling, is meeting photographers. But not other tourists...locals with a camera. At this meetup it just so happened I would meet an Indian journalist that was covering the event. We hit it of, chatted about all things travel and humanity, and stayed in touch. I told her I was a wedding photographer and she said when she got married she would give me a call.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fast forward over six years, and I find myself in New York City, in Brooklyn's Botanic Garden. Because in this world, some people still do mean what they say. I was photographing her wedding, after all those years. It was so wonderful to see these two come together, and to bring their families from such different parts of the world into it as well. Also, just to note, I only want to go to Indian wedding dances now.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The takeaway I hope you get from the story is this. You really, truly, never know who you are going to meet. After that, you never know how these interactions will shape your life in the future. No matter how technology, language, population, culture, or whatever changes; the one thing that has always been the same is humanity's ability and need to connect with others.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I leave you with a quote from a card I received eon's ago from a dear friend #littlewendybird "Friendships are like houseplants. You have to water them from time to time." Don't forget to water your plants, and don't feel like you can't add a new one every once in awhile.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #friendships #newyorkcity #brooklynbotanicgarden⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #nikond850

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