Frozen in Time

On May 17, 2018 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge5 Comments

Have you ever wished that you could stop time? For those of you who are old enough to remember, there was an old Twilight Zone show where a man has a magical stop watch that will freeze time for everyone but himself. There probably isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t wish we had our own magical watch, but obviously that is never going to happen. The closest thing that we have to stopping time is through photography, where we can capture a moment in time and relive it forever. One of the things that we enjoy is seeing photographs of water that was in motion, but has become instantly frozen in the lens of the camera. Seeing these images are probably the closest that we will have to stopping time, so until we find our magical watch, we will have to make the most of the time that we have.

Another View of Geysir Starting to Erupt

When the People Move On

On May 15, 2018 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge, South America5 Comments

No matter where you travel, you will often find towns and cities where the people have left in large numbers because they couldn’t make a living where they were. They aren’t necessarily ghost towns, but they will be in time if nothing changes to keep the people from leaving. This is true no matter the country or part of the world. There is something very sad about seeing these places, but you certainly can’t blame the people who have left in order to try and make a better life for themselves and their families. There are times when these places find a way to transform themselves and revitalize their economies and there are other times when they simply disappear into history never to be heard from again. When we happen to come across one of these places with their dilapidated buildings, we try to take the time to document them through photography. One of our favorite such memories was visiting one such village, Chimboata, during our time in Bolivia.

The Places Where You Never Thought You Would Go

On May 3, 2018 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge5 Comments

When we were children, many of us dreamed of what it would like to be an explorer and to visit strange and unknown lands. Then we grew up and as we like to say, life got in the way. So we spent our time building careers and raising children and traveled to as many places as we could, but all without leaving our own country. Then, when our children moved out on their own, we started to venture out and start exploring the world. As like most people, we started out by going to places that were more familiar to us like England, France, Spain, and Mexico. Lately, though, we have gone to places that we had never really considered. This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is Unlikely and at this point we have been to many places that had you asked us ten years ago we would have never imaged ourselves visiting.