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10 Outstanding Travel Instagrams: Week of February 6

February 10, 2012 at 10:17 AM | by | Comments (0)

We're kind of obsessed with browsing Instagram for travel inspiration and, every other Friday, we'll bring you 10 of our favorite shots that impart major wanderlust. Don't forget to follow our own shots on Instagram under "jaunted," "hotelchatter" and "vegaschatter."

· Photo via photosbylinda — God, Budapest looks so good in black & white.

· Photo via contax_h — Awesome escalator symmetry at HKG.

· Photo via nytimesfashion — The night before NY Fashion Week...so lovely at Lincoln Center.

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Around the World in 5 Minutes of Time-Lapse Video

February 6, 2012 at 11:42 AM | by | Comments (0)

Okay, so we're definitely a little bit late on discovering this awesome time-lapse travel video, but trust us that it's worth a look, or a re-watch if you're all like "whatever that's so two seconds ago."

Truly this is the best way to start off a week, getting a healthy dose of creative/destination/photography/introspection inspiration.

Here's the deal: Kien Lam (user kiendlam on YouTube) quit his job and took off on a round-the-world trip, capturing it all to condense into this nearly 5-minute time-lapse video. That's 343 days, 17 countries, 19 flights, 58 buses (!!), 18 boats and 6,237 images to summarize. It's official—we definitely don't have the patience to pull off great time-lapse photography such as this, which is why it's great that we have Mr. Lam for indulgences in armchair travel.

The full video:

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Virginia is for Lovers and Lomographers: Win a Trip with a Single Photo

February 3, 2012 at 8:41 AM | by | Comments (0)

Raise your hand if you occasionally get a little nostalgic for actual film cameras and the days of tangible prints. See, that's the thing about the internet though, is we can't see you raising your hand or physically join in because while we love us some iPhoneography and DSLR fun, every so often we're still reaching for our throwback Lomography camera. And apparently so is the entire state of Virginia, since their freshest tourism endeavor involves pitting real photos from Lomo cameras against each other for chances to win all-expenses-paid, experiential trips to the state that is famously "for Lovers."

Contest

Here's the deal: the Lomographic Society has turned out a "Virginia is for Lovers" special edition of their newish 35mm La Sardina camera, and to celebrate, anyone with a Lomo camera is welcome to submit a photo to the contests to win a Virginia trip. There'll be a contest every month, starting now through December 2012, and each has a specific theme for your photo. Right now, it's "Love Surrounds: Show us the people that mean the most to you."

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Four iPhone Photo Apps We're Freaking Out Over Right Now

Where: Singapore
February 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM | by | Comments (0)


Three Singapore art deco buildings we captured and then combined using Diptic

Okay, sure we're totally obsessed of late with iPhone photo-sharing app Instagram (find us by searching for user "jaunted" within the app!), but it's been a thing for us that, before embarking on a big trip, we'll not only download the best city maps and guide apps for our destination, but we'll also look around for new photo apps to up our iPhoneography game.

Thus, before hitting the road to Singapore, we bought four awesome iPhone photo apps that really worked so well, we were spreading their gospel by word of mouth. Now it's time to share them with you:

· Diptic
Perhaps you've seen these uploaded into Instagram and wondered "what the heck?" Yea, this app essentially allows you to combine several photos from your iPhone into one, combined spread much like setting up one of those old-school family photo frames that ends up dusty on a mantle. The layouts are flexible, and you can adjust each picture for size, color, brightness, etc before saving the finished triptych. See another example here.
- Cost $0.99 at the iTunes store

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10 Outstanding Travel Instagrams: Week of January 23

January 26, 2012 at 10:25 AM | by | Comments (0)

We're kind of obsessed with browsing Instagram for travel inspiration and, every other Friday, we'll bring you 10 of our favorite shots that impart major wanderlust. Don't forget to follow our own shots on Instagram under "jaunted," "hotelchatter" and "vegaschatter."

· Photo via peterharders — TAM over Rio. Stunning capture.

· Photo via thepurplepassport — A solid argument for visiting Abu Dhabi

· Photo via gatwickairport — Gatwick from above in 1983. Fascinating.

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10 Outstanding Travel Instagrams: Week of January 9

January 13, 2012 at 4:51 PM | by | Comments (0)

We're kind of obsessed with browsing Instagram for travel inspiration and, every other Friday, we'll bring you 10 of our favorite shots that impart major wanderlust. Don't forget to follow our own shots on Instagram under "jaunted," "hotelchatter" and "vegaschatter."

· Photo via nickwooster — A painting-like capture in Florence.

· Photo via southwestair — Southwest knows how to pull off an office prank.

· Photo via izkiz — Where we'd all rather be right now.

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Two Minutes of a Tilt-Shifted, Time-Lapsed Lisbon, Portugal

January 6, 2012 at 11:19 AM | by | Comments (0)

Confession! This member of the Jaunted team has visited every Western European country except Portugal and Denmark. Yes, even the little ones like Andorra and San Marino are checked off our list. Still it seems we need to correct this and get to Portugal before the wanderlust imparted by the video above wears off.

This is the cutest 2 minutes and 49 seconds you will possibly have today. Utilizing time-lapse, tilt-shift techniques and HD, the short film from Mario Rui Fernandes is a vibrant, happy look at the lively public spots of Portugal's capital, Lisbon. He jumps from tourist hotspots (we want to go stand on that map mosaic!) to scenes from local life, such as a commuter train station.

Keep your eyes open for our particular favorite moment involving a lone snorkeler. Happy Friday!

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Can't Ever Get Enough of Travel Photography

January 3, 2012 at 6:49 PM | by | Comments (0)


Some of our recent shots on Instagram

Yo. We already told you last week that we're now on Instagram (username: jaunted), but we thought we'd give you a fair warning that things are about to quadruple in awesome as we prepare for a late winter and spring insanely packed with international travel. That means more awesome, behind-the-scenes travel shots on Instagram from our writers...wherever they may be on this blue globe of ours.

Not only that, but here's a few additional updates we've noticed among the travel brands on Instagram:

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Airlines and Travel Brands to Follow Right Now on Instagram

December 27, 2011 at 1:09 PM | by | Comments (0)

And just like that, social photo sharing app Instagram is super hot. Sure it's only just celebrated its one-year anniversary as an iPhone app, but recent contests and exposure given to it by brands and influential figures in social media have pushed it over the edge. Heck, we jumped in head first! And we're freaking loving it. (Follow us by searching "jaunted" & "hotelchatter" in the app).

It's not just people posting images of their kids eating birthday cake or close-ups of kitty paws, either; Instagram seems to be spreading most rapidly among those interested in design, architecture, analogue photography, nature and—of course—the rest of the world. This is where travel images enter the game, and the airlines are paying attention.

We ran a fine-toothed comb through Instagram to find the airlines you need to follow now, and who else to watch:

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Jaunted is Now on Instagram and Google+. So Yeah, Get on That.

December 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

One question: do you have an iPhone?

If YES: Sweet. You can easily see the original photos we're adding to Instagram by simply following us on the free app (our name: Jaunted). Instagram is social photo sharing, but we're playing it nice by only posting some of our own best aviation and travel shots. These are photos you won't see here on the site; they're kind of special-edition images in that way, if you think about it. Anyway, here's one to show you what we mean. Nice, huh?

If NO: That's okay. While the world waits for Instagram to launch on Android, you can totally still catch some of our shots and other (non-boring) updates on our new Google+ account right here. Add us to your circles! We promise to be cool about it.

[Photo: Jaunted]

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Neighborhoods to Know and Go: Chicago's Andersonville (in Instagram)

Where: Clark Street [map], Chicago, IL, United States
December 13, 2011 at 12:38 PM | by | Comments (3)

We're going to give it to you straight. There once was a time—not too long ago at all—that the north side Chicago neighborhood of Andersonville was known as an area where girls who like girls settled down and raised their kids and altogether made the area a desirable and safe place to stay forever. We're happy to report that the spirit of inclusiveness prevails, but a bloom of craft beer bars and brunch-happy restaurants have brought in a more mixed crowd and—dare we say it—tourists way tired of the Michigan Avenue crap.

Andersonville is where to come if you want to leisurely stroll while window shopping, sipping some excellent coffee and reminiscing about college with a friend you haven't seen in years. There will be occasional breaks to coo at babies in their strollers, pet Dachshunds in quilted tartan coats and impulse buy entire pieces of vintage furniture. God it's just so great when you really need to be in or are already in a warm and fuzzy mood, no matter the season.

Without further ado, our personally picked top spots to hit in Andersonville:

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Over Two Minutes of Time-Lapse, Tilt-Shift Video Fun at Frankfurt Airport

Where: Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany
December 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM | by | Comments (0)

As if you needed any more reasons to lust over airline lounges, we must say that some of the best photos and videos come from them. Proving this yet again is YouTube user Ross Johnson, aka Tumbles94, who emailed us to say that he's again used his perch in one of the Lufthansa lounges at Frankfurt International to capture mesmerizing tilt-shift, time-lapsed videos.

For this third installment—see the first two here and here—Ross spends a good long time shooting the 747s and smaller jets that scuttle around the tarmac, plus the drones of the support vehicles.

Note the changing light as the day progresses, and the shadows the clouds cast. Riveting stuff, and many thanks to Ross for continuing to produce these.

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