A Vacation to Remember - Picture Perfect

Hey travel gurus!

 A vacation that lasts past its occurrence usually requires some help as our brains are not supercomputers. While the most important moments in our lives don't necessarily need a photo to help us remember them, pictures can be a great method to help  us relive a specific moment or scene in a travel experience. Photographing can be a great way to keep track of important or sentimental happenings during your trip. Pictures are also a great way to look back on a vacation and they allow you to pinpoint certain moments during the trip that mean a lot to you.

Pictures are also a great way of sharing fond memories or precious moments with other people, which is clearly proven through the boom in social media platforms specializing in just that - sharing your moments.

Taking photos on a trip however requires balance because you don't want to look back and realize that you experienced your weekend in Europe through your camera lens rather than experiencing and  perceiving the environment through your own senses. Pick and choose your moments. For example, if you happen to meet Angelina Jolie during your road trip to California, taking a picture to remember the moment (and more importantly use as proof when telling your friends about the encounter) is a must-do. But if you're in a tropical island getaway and witnessing the most beautiful sunset of your existence, a picture isn't necessary. To your friends, it will look like just another sunset pic, and while trying to take the perfect picture to post on Facebook, you'll be missing out on a once in a lifetime experience, ruined yet again by your unhealthy technology addiction.

Photographing can a double edged sword in that its use can both help and harm your travel experience. Be sure to utilize its power with caution and use your own rationale. Before you whip out your phone at the slightest inkling of an Instagram-worthy picture opportunity, just ask yourself whether or not you want to enjoy this moment in the moment or would you rather give that up to be able to have proof of it in a picture later on. Whatever your preferred method of memory storage, make sure it makes you happy and is truly picture perfect to you. 

Do what makes you happy gurus and until next time

Taz