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Baja, Mexico

Dear Baja, I Adore You

April 15, 2013|| ,

Our annual Baja trip got a whole lot bigger this year. Instead of ten people, we rented two houses for a total of fifteen people.

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Lensbaby Double Glass Optic - Apple Orchards

How to Create Surreal Photos

March 25, 2013||

It’s no secret that we love creating surreal photos, so when Lensbaby offered us a chance to try out their Creative Effects Kit, we jumped at the chance to see what the Composer Pro lens could do.

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Old San Juan - Puerto Rico

Photogenic Puerto Rico: A Photo Journey Through San Juan

February 24, 2013|| ,

I was stunned by the beauty of Puerto Rico and returned from my recent visit with hundreds of photos of San Juan.

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Gemini Charters

Falling in Love with Maui

January 21, 2013|| ,

I didn’t get to know the real Maui during my first three visits because I stayed in tourist traps. I feel like I rediscovered Maui this trip and I can safely say I fell in love with paradise.

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An Instagram Journey Through Northern California & Las Vegas

January 14, 2013|| ,

Now that the iPhone has become one of our favorite travel accessories, we have been posting lots of artsy images on our Instagram and Facebook pages that never make it to the blog.

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Cinque Terre After Sunset - Riomaggiore

Best Travel Photos from 2012

December 29, 2012|| ,

At the end of each year, we like to reminisce about our travels and one of the best ways to do this is by looking at the best travel photos we took that year.

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McWay Falls Big Sur HDR Waterfall

McWay Falls at Sunrise - Big Sur

December 05, 2012|| ,

My friends thought I was crazy to set the alarm for just before 6:00am on our Thanksgiving camping trip to Big Sur. Little did we know, we would be getting a rude awakening regardless of the alarm clock.

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Bird's Eye View of Maui

November 26, 2012|| ,

A photo essay of a helicopter tour over Maui. Scott and I were both anticipating our helicopter tour in Maui to be one of the highlights of our trip. I have only been in a helicopter once prior to this experience, just a…

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Surfing Encuentro Beach, Dominican Republic

I'm On My Way To The Caribbean!

October 29, 2012|| ,

If you have been following along our tropical adventures so far, then you may already know I’m heading to the Caribbean this week! Our port stops include Jamaica, Haiti and Mexico.

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Oceanside Harbor Stormy Sunset

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - In HDR

October 25, 2012|| ,

With stormy conditions over the weekend, this seemed like the perfect time to take a trip to Oceanside Harbor, where water-loving rich folk park their fancy yachts. On this warm Sunday evening, I was thankful to find the harbor shops and…

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Who is Ordinary Traveler?

Christy&Scott

Ordinary Traveler is run by two pro photographers who are torn between two separate worlds - non-stop adventure travel & living a "normal" life in coastal San Diego.

Follow our journey while we juggle the day-to-day life of jobs, friends and family with extreme wanderlust; while testing the waters with our new surf bikini designs.

-Christy & Scott

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