Travels with an iPhone
Just before Mark and I travelled to India I splashed out on an iPhone 6S. Actually, I didn’t… “splash out” implies something frivolous. It was a painstakingly considered purchase because honestly, is...
View ArticleHow to be a trash-less travel hero
For the past few months there’s been a blog post brewing inside my head. It starts like this: “The more I travel, the more I realise two things. One: people are inherently good, and kind and...
View ArticleCity sanctuaries in Bangkok
Bangkok: a city that’s crazy beautiful. It’s a storm of colours and lights and signs and sounds; a clashing of elegant temples and looming skyscrapers; a collision of Buddhist grace and flashy...
View ArticleCan iPhone photos be used in a magazine?
“Is the quality of a photo taken on an iPhone 6S good enough to be printed in a glossy magazine?” I tried to stay cool after wildly typing that message to an art director friend. An hour before I’d...
View ArticleTake better photos with your phone
The latest high-resolution smartphones have ushered in a new era. Even professional photographers on assignments for leading magazines are starting to realise that there are moments when a handy,...
View ArticleWelcome to our treehouse
Over the past six months, life’s changed a fair bit for Mark and me: we’ve morphed from wandering writers who lived out of our kitbags, to writers who lived tentatively in a quirky, recycled...
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