14 REASONS I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY Working as a travel blogger during the past four years, I’ve noticed a distinct trend in my tendencies. Whenever I have to slough through the never-ending tasks entailed in running a website in this hard-core Google Panda-Penquin update world, I’ve noticed quite clearly certain tasks that make me say, “Ugh, …
NEWS- My 2nd Article Published on Matador Network I’m excited to announce that my second article 9 Reasons I Will Always Love Japan has been published on Matador Network. Even better, this post is generating some stir… It’s been shared nearly 7000 times on FB – in just a week. My Matador editor says this …
NEWS: I Just Got my First Smart Phone! Yippie! I finally own a smart phone! A Samsung Galaxy Core II. The phone is marvelous! And I feel like I’ve suddenly been blasted into the modern world. I know, I know, it is about dag time for me to be using a smart phone! (Especially considering …
NEWS: I Just Started Matador U Advanced Photography Course This summer I started my courses at Matador U Travel Media School. In late June I kicked off my training with Fundamentals of Photography. Wow, did I learn a lot in that course! In fact, I’d go so far as to say it took my photography …
10 Ways SE Asia Changed my Habits and Lifestyle For the past 17+ years, I’ve spent most of my life traveling, living and working around SE Asia. Not surprisingly, the region has greatly impacted who I am as a person, my habits, outlooks on life and lifestyle choices. At the same time, I have also …
NEWS: My First Article Published on Matador Network! I’m excited to announce that my first paid article for Matador Network is now live here: 6 American Habits I Lost When I Became a Nomad in SE Asia As the title implies, I’ve written about how my extensive travels around SE Asia changed several of my …
PHOTO GALLERY: My Best Photos with Deep Depth of Field SEE PHOTOS WITH DEEP DEPTH OF FIELD One very desirable attribute of several genres of professional photography is a sense of spacial depth, referred to as a Deep Depth of Field. This is particularly true of landscape photographs. But it can also be important for …
My Latest Photography Skills – Update on my Matador U Photography Course I’m currently halfway through my first photography course at Matador U Travel Media School: Fundamentals of Travel Photography. All I have to say is: OMG! I am learning soooo much! Thus far, the course has taught me improved photographic skills, several new techniques (including …
Morning at a Florida Beach For several miles along beach stretches known as Passe Grille and St Pete Beach, inviting walkways through grass-tufted dunes lead out to Florida Gulf Coast’s pristine sands. Miles upon miles of wide, platinum-white powdery beaches reach northward and southward along the Gulf of Mexico. In the following shot, famous Don …
Evenings at Sunset Beach – Photo Essay Florida’s Gulf Coast faces westward across the vast Gulf of Mexico towards southern Texas. Several hundred miles of fine white sand beaches provide idyllic settings for gorgeous panoramic sunsets the whole year round. In July and August, Florida’s turbulent, quickly-changing weather creates particularly dramatic sunsets along this …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
