Top 7 Toddler Friendly Sydney Beaches
Searching for a safe, calm beach for your toddler – with maybe a playground or two? Check out our list of Top 7 Toddler Friendly Sydney beaches. We share our favorites as well as...
Wollongong Day Trip Itinerary (with Kids!)
Summer holidays offer the perfect opportunity to escape the hectic Sydney CBD and explore the calm of the South Coast. Our most recent adventure was Wollongong, a small city nestled in the shoreline 90km...
Top 3 Family Friendly Aoraki Mt Cook Walks
With a packed New Zealand itinerary, we only spent one night at the naturally stunning White Horse Hill campground. However, we did not let the limited time curtail our ability to check out all of the...
Beginner Family Photography – A Photo Tips Year In Review
Every “best” photo I take ends up falling in the rankings. This is consistent with most areas of life – practice and learning brings improvement. For example, look at the photo below: Now compare...
5 Must-Do Experiences for Your Queenstown Bucket List
Queenstown is a central hub for our favorite outdoor adventures on New Zealand’s South Island. It is a brief, scenic flight to Milford Sound, and you can jump in the car for a drive to Lake Wanaka....
When & How to Use Shutter Speed In Photography
Beginning photographers often overlook the shutter speed. I know that I walked around for ages in aperture priority mode. When I switched to manual, I found myself setting the ISO and aperture first, and solving...
Is the Merlin Premium Annual Pass Worth It?
JZ and I love maximizing value with annual passes. They make local, and somewhat expensive, attractions a more relaxed experience because they become part of our regular weekend rotation. Our first year in Sydney, we chose Taronga zoo, one...
Aperture Priority Mode – When and Where to Use It
Deciding on which aperture creates confusion for even experienced photographers. The more I learn about it, the more questions I have. The simplest explanation is aperture determines how much of an image is focus, and the easiest...
3 Beautiful Hikes in Milford Sound
Milford Sound is one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations with everything from kayak to helicopter tours around the Fiord. However, the beauty and majesty of Milford extends far beyond the water –...
Basics of ISO – 5 Tips & Tricks for Less Grainy Photos
Are you struggling with grainy photos at night or indoors? This distortion is caused by a higher ISO. Here’s an analogy that might clarify the relationship of ISO to photo quality. Have you ever...
Walking North Head Sanctuary – Essential Public Transport Guide
Now that we have finished up the coastal walks on the southern side of Sydney (although the locals would call it the Eastern Suburbs) we set our sights North. As we have mentioned before,...
Bracketing Photography Tutorial – Never Miss a Moment
If you want to make sure you capture every moment – read on for our bracketing photography tutorial. I outline what bracketing is, when it can be helpful and how to enable it on...
