My Blog Debut on Aartrijk: The Vacation Photo, Then & Now

The fish market in Catania, Sicily

I am doing some freelance work for an insurance branding firm named Aartrijk. While the writing primarily concerns insurance - sales, branding, white papers, etc. - we are asked to periodically produce an off topic blog for the Aartrijk website.

Here is an excerpt of my debut blog piece for Aartrijk and a link to whole piece. I hope you enjoy it and a few of the photos. By the way - I'm open to any freelance or other offers.

My first real vacation was to San Francisco. I flew on TWA (an age indicator) with a connecting flight in St. Louis. After getting stuck there for eight hours because of engine trouble, I arrived at SFO at 2:30 a.m. No cell phone then, I couldn’t reach my friend waiting for me at the airport to tell him about the delay. I got a taxi to his place and he was none too excited to see me that early in the morning.

With my Minolta 35-millimeter SLR camera, I took lots of pictures, well over 300 — all slides. I opted for slides then because I read the colors are so vibrant. I viewed them later with a handheld viewer, but never invested in a slide projector...

Please click here to view the rest of the blog piece.