Friday, May 30, 2014

Travel Tips: Selfie

I read about some people who get every Post Office in the United States for their hobbies. I also read about some people who want to get all the 50 states. What do these people use for the evidences? Some of them collect the stamps at the post offices, and send some postcards there.

However, now we have a new simple way: Taking "Selfie."

Here are Two things: Take Selfies with...

Wherever You Get Favorite Spots
When you are on your travel, you find a lot of interesting, curious, and strange sites. You can take selfies with the view. (In some locations, taking pictures is strictly prohibited. Please keep the rules, and be happy!)

When You Got New Friends
One of the happinesses of travel is meeting new friends. Now people usually have some SNS accounts such as Facebook and Instagram. You can ask your new friends to take some selfies together and keep the selfies with some notes.

Only try these things, your memories becomes more and more obvious. Your happy experiences are not only for the moment, but for your inspirations of your lives. Possibly this gradually change your future lives.

 "#SELFIE" (2014)
by The Chainsmorkers


If your phones are not with the Global Positioning System(GPS), they are able to record not only the dates you take, but your locations on your selfies. I believe you can remember all situations with them. Also, when you map your selfies, the GPS data on your selfies works great!

Friday, May 16, 2014

Travel Tips: Online Photo Service

10 years ago, we used film cameras when we traveled. We needed to keep all the films during our travels. It was useless because we always needed to bring them on board and keep them safe. Now these troublesome things are mostly gone. Everyone can use small SD cards for their smartphones and digital cameras, and store these photos online for the future uses.

Usually, people share photos with the social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter. It's a good way to show their precious moments, but if you want to send actual photos for someone you love, no worry, internationally, you can do it from your destinations with online services.

  1. USE DEVELOPPING SERVICES ONLINE
    This is simple. There are a lot of photo developing service providers in the world. In the United States, many drug stores have photo developing services. They also accept your digital photos online. You just sign-in to the sites, upload your photos that you want to gift, and fill the application, all your processes are done.

  2. USE SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE & STORAGE
    If you use some online photo storage services such as Snapfish, you can also store your photos online, print them, and create some items such as a photo book with your favorite photos. You can send them as a gift to someone you love. With some social networking services, you can order photo print, and send to someone else.
Usually, these internet services internationally work. If your destination is a different country, you can use the service as if you are at home. This is the goodness of the Internet world.

 "Picture of You" (1997)
By Boyzone

It's a good way to keep your precious moments with some photographs. However, it's not enjoyable if you adhere to take photos. Sometimes, "just keep in mind" is the best because it's your precious moment. If you encounter a special moment, your serendipity is on... maybe!