Category: Digital

Barkam to Thuchen

We explored Barkam for a few hours and headed up the mountains to Thuchen.  The drive was spectacular as evidenced by these shots out of the van window.  Prayer flags, amazing mountains, clear skies – just beautiful!!!!

Into Tibet – Barkam

We travelled the Diwen Expressway to Barkam.  Known as the ‘Tunnel region’, there were 27 tunnels under mountains.  Not all tunnels were labelled with their length, but we estimate that there was about 60km of tunnel.  Amazing engineering feat!  Between the tunnels were bridges over lakes, raging rivers and hydroelectric power generation. 2km bridge between tunnels 5… Continue reading Into Tibet – Barkam

Rime Buddhist Institute

This week I had the privilege of spending two days in the Rime Buddhist Institute, supporting their curriculum development process and, of course, taking photos!! The Institute includes a beautiful Buddhist temple.  These images capture a number of views of the temple, empty and during inspiring teachings by Khentrul Rinpoche. These are a few of… Continue reading Rime Buddhist Institute

AppsApril#30 InstaFilters

I have added InstaFilters to my Instagram folder – it shares into Instagram (and others), integrating simply.  Opening screen (above) is simple and elegant. There are 30+ filters and effects in the app.  Quite a range! Filters are easy to use … I played with it at the Stirling Market on Sunday. Here are some… Continue reading AppsApril#30 InstaFilters

AppsApril#29 PowerCam

PowerCam is another easy to use app with a lot of options.  Opening screen is straight forward … There are options to edit photos, choose from the gallery, collage and capture.  Choosing to go into the camera one is given options to colour splash, panorama, face time, tilt shift or magic  shot.  Settings enable one… Continue reading AppsApril#29 PowerCam