Jupiter pays a visit

Last September 26 wonder | wander | women joined our fellow space lovers in greeting Jupiter. This is one of my favourite planets: the striped gas giant with its Great Red Spot captured my imagination as a child, and later I read Arthur C. Clarke's short story "A Meeting with Medusa", where an astronaut undertakes a lonely exploration of Jupiter.

Image from nasa.gov

cherry blossom time

The wonder | wander | women have definitely watched too many Japanese films. We've seen many historical sword battles or the slow grieving process of a family losing a loved one. Meanwhile in every film, cherry trees (or sakura) in full bloom shed petals like tears in the background, reminding us about the transient beauty of human life.

back in Edgewater

wonder | wander | women are back Stateside in Edgewater, New Jersey - our family base over here.

This pocket of quite sits on the banks of the Hudson River, overlooking the magnificent Manhattan skyline across the water.

Phone Photography: shooting from the hip

Both the wonder | wander | women have jobs that require a lot of pictures. Often we're lucky enough to have a professional photographer or experienced Instagrammer on site to provide pictures for our copy. Increasingly though, we're becoming used to just pulling out our standard smartphones and taking the pictures ourselves.

We look at so many selfies and unpracticed 'foodstagrams' that we might forget we're living in a great democratic age for amateur photography. It's never been easier to create a visual record.

But a casual snapshot does not make a good story. A photograph needs drama and dynamism, especially when illustrating a blog post or company tweet. We picked up some good tips from our experience and from helpful colleagues and wanted to share them here.