Emotional Imagery by Brandi Head Photography » Travel

El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico

brandi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:45:19 +0000

A few shots from our trek through the rain forest on Christmas Day 2009.

For all of you photographers out there, most of these were shot during the middle of the day in broad daylight, yet required an ISO over 2000. That is how incredibly dark the rain forest is. Amazing!

Snorkeling at Playa Flamenco

brandi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:15:32 +0000

Prior to our trip, I debated purchasing a new point and shoot. Our P&S was about 6 (or maybe more!) years old and its main function was a toy camera for Ethan or maybe a paperweight. So I set out to purchase a new P&S for our trip. I knew that I would want something waterproof because I certainly didn’t want to bring the D700 to the beach or out on the water. Aaron and I went through several reviews of waterproof cameras and just as we decided to purchase one, I had second thoughts. I wasn’t really impressed with the image quality from any of the waterproof P&S cameras on the market. Why spend $300 and be unhappy with the quality of the images? If I’m going to buy a new camera, I want it to be used often, not just for underwater shots. I did some more research on P&S cameras and ended up decided on the Canon Powershot SD780IS along with the Canon WP-DC31 Waterproof Case that fits the camera. I’m so glad that I went with that option over the waterproof camera. All of the pictures from our day at Culebra were taken with the P&S with the waterproof housing. And of course, I wouldn’t have these awesome reef photos if I didn’t have the waterproof housing.

Playa Flamenco on Culebra, a minor island of Puerto Rico

brandi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:10:58 +0000

We spent an entire day at Playa Flamenco, an outstanding beach on the island of Culebra. Culebra is one of Puerto Rico’s minor outlying islands, located off the Northeast coast of the main island. Geographically, it is part of the island chain known as the Virgin Islands, but politically, it is part of Puerto Rico. Playa Flamenco is rated by beachgoers to be the 2nd most beautiful beach in the world. I don’t dispute that at all. I just wonder which beach could possibly be more beautiful and perfect than Playa Flamenco. Next time we visit Puerto Rico, we’ll spend an entire week on Culebra instead of just a day. You have to take a 90 minute ferry ride to get to Culebra, but don’t let that stop you. Playa Flamenco is nearly deserted compared to the beaches on the main island, and 10 times as gorgeous.

Ethan agrees with the critics – this is definitely the best beach he’s ever been to!

A trek to Guavate to visit the lechoneras

brandi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:05 +0000

Caribbean Sea near Guánica, Puerto Rico

brandi — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:05:47 +0000

The mangrove swamps were pretty spectacular. We visited this beach on our first day, although we didn’t discover the awesomeness of snorkeling until later in our trip. Had we known how fun it was to snorkel, we would have stayed at this mangrove for a longer time. Instead, we went on the search for a beach more suitable for swimming and sunbathing.

And the same image in B&W because I think it looks awesome

The beaches on the Caribbean side of the island were just not as pretty as we expected.

Ponce, Puerto Rico

brandi — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:42 +0000