As a “travel” photographer, you’d think I’d take more photos while<\/em> I’m traveling. I mean en route, as opposed to on location. But I don’t for several reasons. For one thing, my gear is usually all packed up to be as efficient as possible when moving through airport security, check-in, etc. I’m also aware that many countries have laws against photography in airports, from airplanes, around banks, of bridges, etc., etc., etc. Even when it would be legal, I tend to not bother with being so conspicuous as to shoot with pro gear in airports and train stations.<\/p>\n Plus, these days I always have my phone. With phones reaching 12 megapixels and more, they are now capable of capturing images of the same size as the DSLRs I was using just a year or two ago. Phones also draw less attention since everyone has them.<\/p>\n So I don’t typically do professional<\/em> photography in airports, but I do spend many of those hours of waiting in terminals by playing with the camera in my phone. It’s a fun little exercise, finding images I would never otherwise take. And the apps are interesting as well, converting the images into paintings, sketches, etc.<\/p>\n Here are a few of my airport and airplane window experiments from the last couple of years. Some were adjusted with the Snapseed<\/a> app, others use Waterlogue<\/a>, Etchings<\/a>, Whisky16<\/a>, or even Photoshop<\/a>. They’re wildly outside of my usual style and use of post-processing, but that’s the whole point. I’m playing, experimenting with composition, and tools I don’t normally use. 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