Crystal Stafford,

Tamarindo Wins

I couldn’t make it down to the beach today for sunset because it was raining. I stayed here, cozy in my apartment, listening to my favorite song, the thunder and rain. There is nothing more soothing to me. So instead of another Nosara sunset photo, here is one snapped with my iPhone back in October …

Crystal Stafford, Nosara, Costa Rica

The Dream in Me

I wrote a song a couple of years ago, and this photo is the manifestation of its wish. The dream in me finds the dream in you. Sunsets and magic, can we dream by two. And then the dream came true. Magic 132/365, The Dream in Me, Nosara, Costa Rica, May 12, 2018 Sunsets and …

Crystal Stafford, zebra, Namibia, Etosha

Zebra Love

There are so many zebras in Etosha National Park. Everywhere you go they are there and I love them. I could spend months in that park. This is a photo I took at sunset one evening. Magic 126/365, Zebra, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Deadvlei

Deadvlei

This is a photo of Deadvlei, the cousin of the famous Sossusvlei. I took 954 photos in this one small valley alone during my trip to Namibia. Granted, these were mostly HDR photos so divide that by three. But still, that’s a lot of photos. That’s the reason that I haven’t developed them yet. One …

Goodbye New Zealand

There are some landscapes that are so beautiful that you don’t even need a fancy camera and lens to capture it. New Zealand is full of such landscapes. This is a photo I snapped from the air plane as I was leaving using my iPhone. My trip to New Zealand was a whirlwind. I went …

Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia

108 Today

I made a new year’s resolution to post a photo a day this year and today is my 108th post. I am celebrating this because 108 is a sacred number in Hinduism and Buddhism, there are 108 beads on a mala, and the distance of the earth from the sun is about 108 times the …