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Lisa Michele Burns

Hello! I'm the founder and photographer behind The Wandering Lens. With 19+yrs experience as a professional travel and landscape photographer, all advice found on this site is from my personal experience, or that of contributors, on the road. I hope it's useful for your own travels and would love to hear in the comments about your trips and experiences around the world.

Camera Care: What To Do When Your Camera Gets Wet

Water and cameras don’t mix well at all. Whether it’s drops of rain, humidity or you’ve gone and dropped your camera in the water by mistake, a wet camera is not ideal. I’ve written...

Iceland Photography Workshop – February 2017

Iceland Photography Workshop with The Wandering Lens! In a land where glaciers meet volcanoes and rugged cliffs lead to icebergs resting on a black sand beach, photo opportunities are never ending. Iceland should be...

Santorini Photo Locations – Iconic Places + Beaches

Santorini Photo Spots + Beaches Dreaming of a romantic trip to Santorini with your camera? Rugged cliffs rise from the Aegean Sea toward white washed villages perched overlooking a volcanic caldera. Santorini is the glamourous...

Naoussa, Paros Island – The Cool Kid of The Cyclades

Paros Island is where white washed fishing villages, rocky coastlines and olive plantations meet the sparkling Aegean Sea. I like to think of it as the chilled out little sister to the more popular...

Glamping in the Cook Islands: Ikurangi Eco Retreat

Let’s begin with the thought of camping…now add in all the little luxuries you could ever want for a night sleeping outdoors. Furthermore add visions of a tropical island lagoon, lush rainforests and twinkling...

How my Career + Gear Evolved as a Travel Photographer

Written in 2016 (but still relevant!) – please see the end of post for an updated link to the gear I currently use! Remember when photography meant taking 24 photos per roll of film?...

Aurora Hunting: Where to Photograph the Northern Lights

Best Places to See the Northern Lights and Photograph Aurora The Northern Lights and Aurora are a weather phenomenon worth braving chilly conditions to see. It’s always been palm fringed shores, colourful seaside villages...

Visual Hotel Review: Hotel St Moritz, Queenstown

great rates hereArriving in darkness I knew we were in for a sunrise like no other on our first day in Queenstown. Like kids on Christmas morning, we ran straight to the window to...

Postcards from Hong Kong: A Photo Diary

Hong Kong offers a multitude of scenes, you can find markets, islands, theme parks and nature walks. Getting lost amidst the high rise buildings is like being in a futuristic world whilst taking a...

PHOTO TIPS: Getting Creative with Shutter Speed

Learning to adjust your cameras shutter speed is one of the first steps to controlling how a photo is created. Knowing how fast or slow you want the shutter to be will help the...

New Zealand: The Red Jacket Journal

New Zealand is a country fit for outdoor adventures. As the snow covered landscapes unfolded before our eyes and the mountain peaks appeared one after another, we let out the usual ‘eeek’ of excitement...

Santorini Sailing Day Trip in the Caldera

Stepping on board a crisp white luxury catamaran as the village of Oia sat pretty on the cliffs above and the water below glistened in the sunlight. It was always going to be a...
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