Where We're At Now

Friday, February 4, 2011

Now that we're in a beautiful place like Bali, Indonesia, our camera decided that it was tired of traveling and taking hundreds of photos every day. The shutter slowly started dying and now won't open at all. We have been limited to our baby camera in the mean time. Every time we step out of our hotel room, we're reminded that we're [pretty much] camera-less, and it sucks big time. 



12 comments :

  1. I'm so sorry about your camera!
    On that note, I was wondering if I could be cheeky and ask a question/some advice about backing-up photos while travelling. I'm about to go away for a (much shorter) little back-packing excursion and I am nervous about having no method of backing up my photos...I'm scared that my camera will get stolen, taking with it all the photos on my memory card, or, if I use multiple cards that they will get damaged somehow. I won't be taking a laptop with me and I don't want to rely on online services but I do want to make a second copy of my photos on a regular basis. I have bought a device that connects my camera to my iPod but I wondered what your method of backing-up is while you are travelling?
    Thanks very much and I hope you get your camera fixed soon. I read your blog almost every day and your photos are amazing!

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  2. Welcome to Indonesia! You're gonna love Bali! It's impossible to not fall in love with the place. Looking forward to see your post about Bali in the future. Too bad your camera doesn't work :(

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  3. so sorry to hear about the camera. i'm sure there's a service center in bali. anyway, the way you take your photos is wonderful, so i believe whatever camera you use, the photos will turn out great.
    or perhaps it's a sign that you should come back again to bali one day. wishing you a pleasant stay,
    tifa

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  4. Oh no, I'm sorry about your camera. I've always wanted to go to Bali and seeing your wonderful photos would have been great. I hope you can remedy the situation very soon.

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  5. ahh, no way. that stinks! are you able to find somewhere to get it fixed?

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  6. Thanks for all the condolences in regards to our poor camera. All the places we've checked (since Thailand) take at least a week or more for servicing and we've been moving around too quickly. I'm sure we'll figure something out shortly. Or we'll go home... Just kidding.

    Ebee- We have laptops and a couple of external hard drives on which we backup all our photos. Using your iPod is a really good idea, I actually hadn't thought of that! Make sure before you go that you will have enough memory space on the iPod for a ton of photos. You can also get a portable hard drive card reader (google it) that takes the photos right off your memory card and some even have small LCD screens to view your photos. But the hard drive can get stolen just like the camera can. It's a risk we all take when traveling.

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  7. Guys NO! You must fix this! Your going to my favorite places now! Australia, Indo, come on dont quit on me now :( So jealous! I want to go there. Warm and beautiful with so many incredible colors. Dont stop taking photos!

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  8. Thank you for your advice, will definitely look into the card reader/portable hard drive x

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  9. Sucks that your camera died - but as much as I think having a super sweet camera helps I think that you guys have a great eye for story telling and composition - so i'm sure your shots with your baby camera will be pretty amazing as well.

    hope you'll share some of them!

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  10. Wow, that's really too bad about your camera. I couldn't imagine what I would do. Good thing it worked for most of the trip though!

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  11. I am so sorry to hear about your camera. I really love your posts and photos. Maybe you gotta go back to Bali someday :). Looking forward to see more of your travel photos! Cheers

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