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1. Wonderful captures! I enjoyed your snapshot journeys. Thanks for sharing. :-D

   • Thanks, Jackie. Happy to hear you enjoyed the photographs. :-)

2. Great series Mufidah. Love the moped photo.

   • Thanks, David. The Vespa photo is also one of my favourites. I took quite a few Vespa shots in Burgos — like many European cities a lot of people have bikes and scooters so they can zip around the city quickly.

3. Very cool images!

   • Thanks, David! I’ve taken about 800 Instagram photographs since we started our travels, so it was hard to choose which ones to use for this post.

4. What wonderful photographs, Mufidah. Beautiful compositions as always!

   • Thank you, Karen. Much appreciated. :-)

5. I like your detail shots of the various places that you visited. Great collage of instagram photos.

   • Thank you, Linda. I see you’ve been to some fantastic places yourself, and I expect you must have a wonderful collection of photos from your travels!

     • Yes, I do. Sadly, most were taken in the days of film. I need to scan more of those photos.

       • Yes, do. It’s time consuming, but worth it. :-)

6. Great series, just love the Restaurante Hotel image!

   • Thanks, David! It’s one of my favourite images, too. :-)

7. Great great pictures! I love Instagram, if only because it lets people relax and take pictures they might be curious about without the “stigma” of a big DSLR. Cool door? Snap a picture. Neat street corner? Grab a shot. You’ve captured some really beautiful things here! Thanks so much for sharing!

   • Thank you , Dana, Yes, I agree — there are certainly times I feel happier using my phone rather than my DSLR.

8. Look at you on Freshly Pressed! Congrats : )

   • Thanks, Melissa! I’m happy to have been Freshly Pressed. :-)

9. Particularly love the scooter and signal box Mufidah. And so happy you have been Freshly Pressed :D

   • Yes, the scooter’s one of my faves too. The signal box is a recent image and I was really pleased with how it turned out, given the limitations of an iPhone 4 combined with it being a night shot. And, as I said to Melissa, I’m very happy to have been Freshly Pressed and to be able to fly the flag! :-)

10. You make me so jealous. I am an aspiring photographer, but I am having a really hard time capturing images that truly scream “ME!” You have done an admirable job of doing just that, so I commend you on it. Excellent work.

    • Thank you, Sam. The best thing to do is to take as many photographs as you can. And that’s what’s so brilliant about digital photography, we don’t need to worry about how much film we’re using. So take yourself out to some place you find inspiring. Go alone and spend the entire day wandering around taking photographs. If you’ve got more than one camera, including your phone, take two and spend time using each one, feeling the difference in how you interact with your camera and subject. Keep doing this and you’ll find your individual style will develop — rather like a 35mm film photograph being processed! :-)

      • Thank you so much for your advice! I really think it’s going to be a wonderful experience if I follow what you’ve told me. :-)

        • I look forward to the results. :-)

11. Beautiful photos – I especially love the shot of Plaza Mayor in Burgos. I love Instagram, and it’s always so inspiring to see how others use it to capture their travels.

    • Thanks, Laura. I find using my iPhone and Instagram is a brilliant way to document our travels whenever I don’t feel like carrying around my DSLR.

12. Are you really a nomad? If so, you are surely strong to visit all of those countries but if not, your pictures are still good. I like it when you captured from higher ground to take a wide scenery. Keep up the good work.

    • Yes, I am a nomad! At least for now. My partner and I have been slow travelling since May 2012 and intend to continue for quite some time. Good to hear you like the wider shots. Thank you, Anwar.

13. The door knocker is excellent. So is the Fiat Dino. Great Pictures

    • Thank you, Jose. And for saying which are your favourite images. The Fiat Dino was a surprising find in the middle of a small French town. I shot it from a bunch of angles, but this was my favourite.

14. brilliant snapshots!

    • Thanks, Cos. Happy to know you liked them. :-)

15. stunning shots…remarkable work…loved the burgos and UK collections the most…congrats on freshly pressed and thank you for sharing your work.

    • Thank you. :-) Good to know you liked the Spain and UK images the most. I have hundreds from our time in Spain, so many that we’re putting a book together, a mix of both Sean’s and my Instagram photos. Whenever we do eventually get to Turkey, I imagine we’ll have a wonderful time photographing Istanbul, to name the most obvious place!

      • oh yes, Turkey will be wonderful…when a non-photographer like me has so many pics on it (that I could blog a bit on it ) am sure, you will embellish it even more with your clicks.
        look forward to seeing that soon. Thanks.

16. Lovely capture!! I wish I could do similar tricks with my DSLR

    • Thank you, Jayanta. Instagram is fantastic for instant tricks, but you can do so much more with a DSLR, especially if you get up to some post-processing tricks!

17. Great photos shots and a nice post!

    • Thank you! And for stopping by. :-)

18. These are gorgeous…Love that you mix it up from wide shots to tight details. The skies in some of these really add drama.

    • Thank you, Caitlin. And happy to know you like the mix — I do enjoy capturing both the sweep and the details. And if the sky obliges with some drama, all the better!

19. These photos are beautiful! I love your use of color! This is definitely a good use of instagram :) Thanks for sharing

    http://stepstochangetheworld.wordpress.com/

    • Thank you! Instagram is certainly a good adjunct to mobile phone photography. :-)

20. Wow! Very beautiful photos.

    “A Thumb and a Prayer”

    http://hitchhikeamerica.wordpress.com/a-thumb-and-a-prayer/

    • Thanks, Tim. Very kind. :-)

21. Your photos are fantastic! I definitely enjoyed them. I myself have been considering a nomadic lifestyle once I graduate college, and your blog just makes it seem that much more attainable. Thanks for sharing!!

    • Thanks, Madison. Do more than consider it, do it! Travelling for a year or more after graduation is an ideal time to start, and if you enjoy it and can figure out how to keep going you can then choose to make it your way of life. We’re doing things slowly, spending extended periods of time in one place rather than hopping from one destination to another, and find it incredibly inspiring, so I can absolutely recommend it. :-)

      • That sounds fabulous! I’ve been researching it A LOT and am pretty set on starting as soon as I graduate. Looking at your blog is making me so anxious!! (:

22. Your snapshots are so awesome. Do you have a favorite?

    • Gosh, that’s a hard question! They all evoke different feelings and memories. And, of course, it the answer would vary depending on when I’m asked the question. But, for now, I’ll say Red Vespa.

      • Thanks for your comment. Looking forward to seeing more from your travels. http://www.segmation.wordpress.com

23. Amazing shots, loved the cross eyes!
    How did you arrange the dynamic galleris do they pull directly from instagram?

    • Thank you, that’s one of my favourites, too. The galleries are a WordPress feature.

      • Thanks for the reply and the info. Keep up the good work

24. I love Sean standing in the water. So peaceful and beautiful, and interesting, almost abstract, the patterns of light and dark. Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures.

    • Thank you, Jessica. It was a gorgeous evening and the light just right. The next evening Sean decided to swim in the chilly waters!

      • What a terrific moment. Moments, actually! And the photo is beautiful because of your composition, too. Lovely.

25. It’s wonderful to capture every memory in lens. Nice work and beautiful shots.

    Kaye

    http://myeverydaystruggles.wordpress.com

    • Yes, it’s always lovely to look back at photographs as they do evoke so many memories. Thank you, Kaye.

26. beau-ti-ful. and you are blessed to be travelling.

    • Thank you, Sophie. It is a wonderful thing to be travelling, full of challenges but also so much joy!

27. Great photos, lovely quaint layout :)

    • Thanks, James. Layout is one of the gallery options. :-)

28. What amazing photographs, you have visited so many wonderful places.

    • Thanks, Paul. Yes, we’ve been fortunate to visit many lovely places. And the journey continues … :-)

29. Wow these photos make me jealous!! love your blog :)

    • Thank you, Chelsea. Good to know you enjoyed the photographs!

30. Those are amazing pictures. I really like the Burgos Cityscape. It sort of looks like a painting.

    • Thanks, PDF Burger! And for sharing why you like the Burgos Cityscape photograph.

31. Gorgeous photos of my city

    • Thanks, Lindsay!

32. the dynamic color contrasts are simply stunning! the phone booth and door knob are some of my faves!

    • Thanks, Gal! And for sharing which are your favourite shots. :-)

33. Love these – my ex-husband used to do experiments like this and I really loved what came out of it ~ well done :)

    • Thank you, Littlewings. Instagram is a great way to create different moods in an instant!

34. These are really beautiful snap shots you took! Orleans Cathedral, Signal House and Burgos cityscape are really nice capture. In particular “Lerma, Burgos Province” stands out in terms of composition and texture! Would love to see more!

    • Thank you so much for your kind comments. I was especially happy with Signal House as I was shooting on an iPhone 4 at night. Glad you like the Lerma photograph, too. I have fond memories of walking up that street. :-)

35. Awesome photographs! Those locations look beautiful. To quote Liz Lemon, “I want to go there”.

    • Thank you Green Elephant Person / Singing Panda Writer! No matter where you go I’m sure you’ll find awsomeness — it really is everywhere once you start looking. :-)

36. Beautiful snaps dear :) The scooter is already my wallpaper now.

    Keep looking for more.

    • Thank you, Pavan. I’m always looking for something to photograph. :-)

37. Instagrams are new territory to me. Seems I may learn something. Thank you. Will have a look at the manifesto while visiting. Best wishes, Gerry

    • Thanks, Gerry. Instargam is brilliant for its immediacy and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the experience of using it.

38. really very nice photography…………

    • Thank you!

39. Great series of photographs! Thank you for sharing : )

    • Thank you, Nina. And also for stopping by. :-)

40. Very artistic and emotive…

    • Thank you, Chris and Lauren. Sounds like you guys are having quite an adventure of your own!

41. such amazing photos! It takes me to a different world, I love it!

    • Thanks, White Stag! Good to know you enjoyed the photographs.

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43. Just beautiful! Can’t wait to see more of your captures in the near future.

44. Beautiful images with vivid colors. Although there are such amazing sites available to capture in my own backyard, yours make me want to travel much further…

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