Eiffel Love…Bokeh Style

Posted on February 7, 2012 by thetravelingpear

I just had to share some of my Bokeh photography I did in the wee hours last night. Bokeh for those not familiar with photography terminology is an out of focus image or blurred image. Basically it’s a technique that can produce some really ascetically pleasing images if you know what you’re doing! Like this one… Now, […]

Dateline Paris 1900: The Astounding Moving Electrical Sidewalk

Posted on February 5, 2012 by thetravelingpear

Originally posted on Parisian Fields:
In 1900, if you were lucky enough to have a ticket such as this one—and almost fifty million people did—you were in for an astounding treat. Paris and France went all out to make the Paris Universal Exposition the biggest and best yet anywhere in the world. Although the Exposition…

Parisienne Farmgirl Magazine

Posted on January 11, 2012 by thetravelingpear

Hey there Pear followers! I just wanted to give a shout out to a new blog and online magazine I happened upon the other day. It”s called Parisienne Farmgirl and it’s the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen. The name itself makes me smile! Writen by a lovely lady and momma of 4 cute little […]

Blog Promises

Posted on January 5, 2012 by thetravelingpear

5 days into the New Year and I’m making some promises. Over the last few months the blog has been somewhat neglected due to my lack of motivation and creativity. The spark just wasn’t there…hmm I wonder why? However, that’s all changing. After dedicating the last few hours to reviewing our million or so photos […]

It’s a birthday

Posted on January 1, 2012 by thetravelingpear

The Traveling Pear turns 1 year old! Whoa…what a year! While writing our first blog 365 days ago and dreaming of spending New Years in Paris (which we WILL DO one day), I couldn’t have imagined then the path our lives would take in 2011. It was a year of epic moments to say the […]