Casting a Long Shadow

When you have significant influence over other people or events in the world, you are considered to “cast a long shadow”. Today, in the social media world, these people are just called influencers. Regardless of whether we would be considered to be influencers, we do follow several people who are and use them as role models. It isn’t easy to tell how far your shadow actually reaches as it is just a metaphor and not something truly tangible. Often times, people have greater influence than they actually realize. What if you could actually see the shadow that you cast? We love the way shadows provide a different perspective at times and perhaps seeing your own influence would change your perception of the things that you do on a daily basis.

Inadvertently Capturing Our Shadow in Iceland
Balancing Rock in India
Shadows Stretching from the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Light and Shadows in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Colonial Building and Shadows in Pennsylvania
Shadows Across a Trail in Colorado
Temple Column Shadows in Edfu, Egypt

 

Glass Towers Around the World

We spend most of our time when we’re traveling focused on taking photographs of historic buildings and churches in the oldest parts of a city. While the architecture and style of these buildings are certainly quite beautiful, they aren’t always a true representation of everything about a city. Obviously, we always want to maintain the historic feel of the cities that have been around for centuries, but that doesn’t mean that the local people who live there don’t want to modernize and feel like they are part of the modern world. It is certainly a balancing act and you will often find the newer, more modern sections of a city, separated away from the old town sections in a way that almost creates a sense of two different cities, the old and the new. Obviously, most cities in the United States have skyscrapers with smooth glass windows creating unique reflections, but examples of these same styles can be found around the world. We’ll always be focused on the historic buildings when we travel, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t capture some of the new buildings as well.

Sunrise Reflecting on a Skyscraper in Frankfurt
Modern Hotel in La Paz, Bolivia
Glass Building in Cologne
One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) in New York City
Glass Tower in Amsterdam
Reflections of Vienna
Reflections on Skyscraper in Chicago
Reykjavik, Iceland
Glass Building in Pittsburgh
Sunset Reflection in Cairo, Egypt
Las Vegas
Cityscape of Panama City, Panama

 

Weathered Over Time

Wherever we go, we enjoy seeing how nature changes the world that we live in over time. Whether it is water flowing over rocks for years wearing it away until it changes them over time or volcanoes erupting and creating new land where it didn’t exist before, the forces of nature are fascinating to see. These changes can be quite dramatic when viewed from a distance, but even when seen up close the textures reveal the effects of nature. We have chosen a few of our favorite photos that demonstrate the power of rock slides, waterfalls, and volcanic eruptions.

Rocks Smoothed by a Waterfall
Rugged Peaks and Rock Slides
Stones Eroding to Sand
Very Surreal Landscape in La Paz
Lava Field in Iceland