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This is from a trip I took looking for images in the South Georgia farmland just north of Tallahassee. It is beautiful country. Call me crazy (or lazy) but I like that car level shot. It can be taken right out of the front windshield. I close the aperture on the camera and shoot with a large depth of field. Of course I don't do that all the time, but I have a whole folder in my photo database that I have labeled "car shots". After all isn't this the only view that most of us have of the countryside?
I have always been a looker while traveling. My kids, on the other hand, have used all that privileged time traveling to watch movies on the vcr in our high top van. That was before they had all those portable tvs on the back on the headrest of every seat. But I have to admit there is no quieter way to travel with children. And we had a bunch. The funny thing is I have recently seen movies that I know every line of dialog and have never seen the movie. "The Goofy Movie" and "Three Ninjas" are two examples. I was watching "The Goofy Movie" recently and realized I had imaged a completely different movie. But that's what the Dad gets to do. He is driving and watching the scenery and thinking 'that would make a beautiful painting'.
If you are taking a family vacation this summer and you are traveling through some pretty country think about MAKING your children put down their Ipod or movie or cell phone or game or whatever and taking a look at what is outside. At least for a little while.
Happy Travels.
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