How to Not Look Like a Tourist, but Still Get the Picture

Posted on May 15, 2012 by lyonsroarforgod

One of my big things when I travel is that I don’t want to look like the typical “tourist”…different clothes, awestruck look on my face everytime I see a new thing, inevitable camera firing away at everything. Yet, the more I think I about this, how can you avoid it? I mean, you can try your best to dress similarly to the native population, and adopt similar cultural mannerisms, but you NEED the pictures. When I get home, I get so much pleasure from looking at all the pictures again. They capture the moments; moments that you might forget otherwise. So the camera stays…they’ll just have to know I’m a happy tourist. Here’s Amy with her Princess camera….she started young. 🙂

Slainte, Lisa

Right Place, Right Time, Right People

Posted on May 11, 2012 by lyonsroarforgod

In life, in photography, in just about everything, timing is important. It can mean the difference between good and bad outcomes, between the right word or an insensitive one, or an average versus a special picture. My husband and I are only amateur photographers, but I think he captured one of the special kind of photos on this day. Amy and I are chilling out in the field after exploring a church ruin, and Nina is curious as to what her Dad is doing crouching down low in the weeds and wildflowers. Right place, right time, right people. Have a beautiful weekend, with wonderful timing and just the perfect people.

Slainte, Lisa

The Best Donkey I Never Really Knew

Posted on April 28, 2012 by lyonsroarforgod

Sometimes you meet people or animals on your travels that you wished you had the time to get to know better. If you actually lived there, they would be the ones you would make sure to take the time to say “hi” to, to visit, to pet through the fence everyday on your way by. This little donkey is one of those. He hangs out near the boats at Lord Brandon’s Cottage on the Gap of Dunloe tour in Ireland. He seemed so happy to visit with us, and he really was as furry as he looks.

I hope this little guy is still doing well; he really brightened our day! Enjoy your Saturday. Slainte, Lisa

Turning Over a New Leaf

Posted on April 27, 2012 by lyonsroarforgod

My yard is full of new leaves…some of them are just a week or two old, full of greenness and newness. Looking around, I see green, green, and more green, and with all that color, I see hope and new life and renewal. They remind me that in Christ I am a new creation; the old has passed, the new has come. (2 Cor. 5:17) God is all about new beginnings…”do-overs”….Thank goodness for that; I tend to need a lot of them in my life. 🙂 Enjoy the green today! Slainte, Lisa