For the Love of Art and Music The $91,000.00US Martin D-100 Deluxe
For the Love of Art and Music The $91,000.00US Martin D-100 Deluxe. One of my other passions in life is music and guitars. Unfortunately, my first passion, photography, almost always keeps me so busy I have little time getting my guitar fix in. I recently met the owner of one of my favorite stores… Read More »
NE Explorer Jeanne Sturges Gets Cuba Editorial in Tulsa World
NE Explorer Jeanne Sturges Gets Cuba Editorial in Tulsa World. This past April, a small group of Natural Exposures Explorers traveled to Cuba on a so-called person-to-person educational permit. Little did we know that eight months later President Barack Obama would make the United States and Cuba so newsworthy. Obviously, it… Read More »
The Gifts of Books for Kenya School Kids
The Gifts of Books for Kenya School Kids. Kenya is just around the corner and once again we’ll be working with our local Kenya guides to supply textbooks to a local school in Kenya. On our last trip two years ago, our group donated $1000 to one such lucky school. Henry… Read More »
Lucky Winner of the Lumix FZ1000
Lucky Winner of the Lumix FZ1000. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all Natural Exposures’ Explorers Blog readers and any others who visit us here on the Corkboard. We started this beautiful snowy morning here in Montana sending out our most recent NE newsletter to all the folks who have… Read More »
Polar Bears Have Smelly Feet
Recently, scientists have discovered that polar bears have smelly feet. Not sweaty-gym-socks-smelly, but scent-trail-smelly. Turns out polar bears paws leave a chemical trail wherever they go. Other polar bears can glean information from those scent trails. Megan Owen, research scientist for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, wrote for… Read More »
Flickr Selling Your Photos With No Compensation To You If You Agreed To Creative Commons
Flickr Selling Your Photos With No Compensation to You If You Agreed to Creative Commons! Well, I hate to say I told you so, but Yahoo, which owns Flickr, has just done what I’ve been worried about from Facebook and other social media sites. Flickr is now selling prints from the hundreds… Read More »
Net Neutrality. I’m Trying to figure this out. What’s your opinion?
Net Neutrality. I’m Trying to figure this out as an artist, journalist, and business person. THE VERGE puts billionaire Mark Cuban on the hot seat over Net Neutrality. I have to say I’ve been confused on the Net Neutrality issue. I’ve been reading all I can on this subject to… Read More »
Patagonia’s Big Fall Super Sale With The Lumix LX100
Patagonia’s Big Fall Super Sale With The Lumix LX100. One of the fun things we do for some of our Invitational Photo Tours is buy our Explorer’s outer gear they might not otherwise have or know they should get. One of our favorite outdoor retailers, for all around high quality outdoor… Read More »
Latest Natural Note Makes Some Folks Angry!
Each month I like to share one of my favorite photos that goes out to our email list of editors, art directors, and travelers as something we call a Natural Note. Typically it’s a beautiful scene with flowers, animals, landscapes, or something similar. Every now and again I like to stir… Read More »
Ecotourists May Help Save Malayan Tiger
Ecotourists may help save the Malayan tiger according to local conservationists. That’s good news for both those that love to travel and photograph wildlife, and tigers. Malayan tigers have been on the Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. They’re listed as “endangered” and the population… Read More »