Packing Guides
I spent ten years of full-time travel to find the best personal item travel backpacks that maximize carry-on space, are easy to access and carry (trolley strap, please!), and fit beneath an airplane seat. Ranked by best overall, best budget, best camera backpack, best for strict airlines, best for one-bag travel, and more.
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Travel photos can quickly overwhelm shelves, walls, and storage space if you display too many at once. These travel photo display ideas cover gallery walls, photo books, digital frames, and minimalist ways to showcase memories without cluttering your home.
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Building a travel photography setup in 2026 takes more than just a good camera. From lightweight mirrorless gear and portable accessories to reliable eSIM connectivity for instant uploads, this packing list covers the essentials modern photographers actually use while traveling internationally.
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A strong photography portfolio can do more for your career than upgrading your gear ever will. This walks through what to include, what to leave out, and how to position your work so clients take you seriously and reach out.
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Here’s why analog media feels more meaningful than digital. Learn how to create stronger travel memories with simple, tangible habits.
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Gear protection accessories travel filmmakers depend on when working in extreme conditions, from impact-resistant cases to moisture control systems designed for remote, high-risk environments.
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From scouting light and locations to editing, storage, and delivery, these 11 apps form the backbone of a travel photographer’s workflow. A practical breakdown of what earns space on your phone when shooting across borders and time zones.
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From sunlit resorts to private gatherings, Slim Aarons photography continues to shape how luxury interiors feel and function. Framed prints offer visual depth while reinforcing a sense of movement, culture, and escape, and the result is a home that feels considered rather than decorative.
Travel Guides
Beautiful cruise routes across the world combine striking landscapes, clear waters, and distinctive architecture. Panoramic horizons and vibrant colours create opportunities for unforgettable images. These journeys reward those seeking scenic depth and high-impact visual experiences.
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Create, film, and edit travel videos and travel vlogs that attract viewers and hold attention with a structured, story-driven approach, in 2025 and beyond. Plan techniques, filming methods, audio strategies, and editing principles that transform raw footage into compelling narratives, optimize content for search, retention, and platform performance while maintaining authenticity and presence.
Wedding And Honeymoon
Your engagement photos deserve a location that enhances your story and style, and to truly be happy with them forever, your photos should reflect YOU. Coast-to-coast destination ideas for finding the perfect place to reflect who you are as a couple.
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Planning your travel video camera bag for 2026? From travel cinema bodies to content creator and vlogging cameras, these are the best cameras and accessories I use - plus the smartest budget picks and lightest compact gear built for life on the move. All of my professional and affordable picks after 10 non-stop years as a professional travel filmmaker.
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Elevate your family Christmas cards with professional photo tips anyone can follow to craft beautiful family holiday cards. A checklist of everything you should consider to create cards that feel personal, timeless, and ready to display on every mantel.
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Blurry photos don’t have to be lost forever. A tutorial on how to unblur your photos online in minutes with advanced sharpening tools. You can restore detail, reduce noise, and achieve clear, high-quality results without being a professional photographer.
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Struggling with blurry photos? Your Images don't have to be lost. This step-by-step guide explains how to fix soft-focus or motion-blurred images using phone enhancements, AI restoration tools, and photo-editing apps, without needing to have advanced editing skills - even on your iPhone!
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Shaky footage ruining your edits? CapCut's AI-powered stabilization tool smooths your clips in seconds - no pro gear or steep learning curve needed. Learn how to clean up your video and elevate your edits with smart, seamless tools.
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What should be in your camera bag for travel photography in 2025? After ten non-stop years as a professional travel photographer, these are the best cameras, tripods, and accessories I use - plus the smartest budget picks and lightest compact gear built for life on the move. This is what is worth carrying on in your suitcase all around the world.
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How I turned a love of photography and travel into a full-time, sustainable business - and a decade later, I’m still at it. The real, unfiltered, step-by-step guide to how I built a creative career designed for freedom, longevity, and actual income, and what you need to do the same.
Travel Guides
Unique beaches around the world that you won't believe exist. Whether it’s dramatic cliffs, unusually colored sand, hidden coves, or surreal landscapes, these one-of-a-kind beaches and a complete bucket list of ocean-loving travel.
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Booking a resort in the Maldives is a dream - a paradise private islands, overwater villas, all inclusive restaurants, the crystal clear aquamarine water and sugar white sand. The Hard Rock Hotel Maldives is a very unique property with some huge benefits: photos and all the details.
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James Bond is invited to a high stakes poker game at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Living out the movie (sans Daniel Craig) with a film at the hotel location, and Bond Girl dress dreams.
Wedding And Honeymoon
For our Cabo Wedding, Instead of a Photobooth, we bought disposable Fujifilm 35mm film cameras for the most fun party photos! Here are all the details on where to get the best deal on single use cameras, and 5 tips to make the most of your film photos!
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We couldn't travel to Italy last summer, instead we recreate our time in Tuscan Villas and coastal villages for a photoshoot with Vespa!
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Instagrammable Places in Sedona? It's all in the red rock nature and hiking trails. Sedona is one of the most gorgeous outdoor destinations in the Southwest, with so many amazing locations for incredible photos. These are the best of the best - with coordinates.
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Looking for something new and creative for this yea's Christmas photos? Whether you're a couple, a family, or shooting solo, I've pulled our best holiday photoshoots over the years - and some photography tips!
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An unforgettable experience of Day of The Dead and Tequila, Mexico brought to life on film.
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As a full-time travel blogger and travel photographers, one of the most common questions we get asked over and over again is, what do you shoot with? In this post is our exact tried and true cameras, lenses, drones, accessories and the essentials we cannot shoot without (starting at $8!) Plus - more trusted affordable camera options if you're looking for a great bang for your buck.
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We have a brand new photography preset out - and we're giving it away for Free!
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We travelled Asia North to South in with Grand Hyatt for out newest World of Hyatt campaign, to tell the brand's stories through some of the most scenic spots in Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Bali.
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11 new individual presets, each made to match a feeling of a place in the world we've travelled to the past few months. This pack is baked in summer sun and even better than the first!
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Everything is better with friends! We spent a few days running around this tropical playground, on white sand beaches and in crystal aqua waters.
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Dreams from a summer in the sun.
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Positano was the very last stop on our 6-week European Summer Tour, and one of the most magical places I have ever seen.
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On our Road Trip through Italy we stopped for 2 quick nights in Monterosso . We booked a little airbnb up in the hills, bought fresh pastas and pesto and $4 wine and ate on our tiny terrace overlooking the city. It was an Italian summer daydream.
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2 Years and 2,000,000 Images later - We are introducing the Essential Collection - our first pack of presets. 10 unique color styles fine-tuned through a few trips around the world, this preset pack has everything you need to make your images shine.
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How do you create a tourism video for the place you were born and raised? Fill it with all the moments from your childhood.
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A shoot week with Elephants, Wineries, Loi Krathong, Secret Temples, and a Thai supermodel in Hua Hin, Thailand
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A morning moment with Leslie Francesca Jewelry and Hairdreams
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A film collaboration with Andaz Delhi, showing the art, beauty, and wonder of Delhi, India
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A day out in the streets of the Capital of Vietnam
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A week at sea for a boat-jumping, site-seeing, zip-lining, clear-water-seeking amazing time.
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Today, October 14th, marks the first anniversary of the trip that started it all - our Away Lands Inaugural journey. These are a few of the images from our fall abroad that have been lost in the archives, until now.
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This month marks one year since Amy and I started Away Lands. Today, we're proud to announce the launch of our new website thanks to the help of our friends over at TakeShape. In honor of our accomplishments, here is a quick video recounting some highlights of our travels to date.
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Morocco is difficult to describe - dusty, overwhelming, vibrant, buzzing, hot, foreign, and just full of color and life. And just so incredibly beautiful.
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We kayaked out to this tiny island to see what we could find, and ended up on this beach that looked like another world.
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We rode out of the city of Siem Reap and into the countryside to see a glimpse of authentic life in Cambodia.
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Being a part of the Barcelo Stories campaign was the blogger summer camp that we never knew we wanted - and the most fun project we've had to date.
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Our first days of freedom after leaving New York – a project quite a while in the making.
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We followed The Alchemist's trail, from Andalusia, Spain down to Marrakesh and across the Sahara - for some of the wildest experiences of our life.
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We are so, so excited to share this video from our trip to Thailand and Bali and the launch of AwayLands! This is our launching point, and from here, there’s nowhere to go but everywhere.
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The sun doesn't set anywhere else like it does in California
