Japan for the Traveling Photographer, Part 3: Tokyo and Tsukiji
Tokyo is modern Japan’s capital, its largest city and a dynamic and fascinating destination. Travelers in search of “traditional” Japan sometimes bypass Tokyo in favor
Marie Tartar is an insatiable traveler, diver, hiker and photographer. She is one half of the photographic partnership of San Diego-based Aperture Photo Arts (APA). Along with her husband, Steve Eilenberg, she explores the world photographically, on foot and by fin, specializing in underwater, landscape, wildlife, travel and architectural photography. Her images have been exhibited at the La Jolla Athenaeum, San Diego Natural History Museum, Oceanside Museum of Art, Birch Aquarium and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. See more work at www.aperturephotoarts.com.
Tokyo is modern Japan’s capital, its largest city and a dynamic and fascinating destination. Travelers in search of “traditional” Japan sometimes bypass Tokyo in favor
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about WHY a photographer might like to travel to Japan. In this post, I’ll look at
Japan is a destination that has drawn us back again and again. We recently returned from our 7th trip over the last 25 years, the
Svalbard is a beautiful landscape destination, with jagged mountains, fjords, glaciers, and icebergs. At the same time, it is a terrific wildlife destination, one of
I remember perfectly when I first fell in love with icy landscapes. It was in Antarctica. I went for the wildlife (who doesn’t love penguins?!),
Traveling to a polar region, whether the Arctic or the Antarctic, instantly brings to mind glaciers, icebergs, and very possibly snow, sleet or rain. These
Happy New Year!!! In Part 1 of this post, we began our photographic explorations of Oslo at Bygdøy, where many museums devoted to Norwegian maritime history
(Editor’s note: The Photofocus’ column “The Traveling Photographer” is adding an author. Marie Tartar joins her friend Susan Kanfer in writing installments of the popular
In our last post, we discussed the where and when of being in a place to see the Northern Lights. If you missed it, find
In September, my husband (Steve Eilenberg, also an author here at Photo Focus) and I finally realized a long-time dream: seeing and shooting the Northern
(Editor’s note: Read Marie’s depiction of what led them to photograph the eclipse from two different places.) Marie’s Eclipse My eclipse day went like this:
(Editor’s note: Marie describes her and her husband’s vagaries in the waning hours before they were to photograph Eclipse 2017 that forced them to split