By Lisa Black
When you vacation, what do you take pictures of? (And don’t tell me you don’t take pictures, not now when everyone has a camera in their phone and their phone is never out of arm’s reach. If you’re failing to pictorially document every beach, cruise ship casino jackpot and stunning vista, then you’re not doing it right, and that’s all I’ve got to say about that.)
Pictures of your kids in the surf? Selfies of you and your sweetheart on the dance floor (at least until you age to the point where you no longer want a lens that close to your face)? The tent you pitched on the side of a bluff or the ski slope that nearly ripped a tendon?
There is no wrong answer. But there is, at least in my family, distinct differences.
I tend to go on ‘big’ trips with my two sisters. We come from a family of shutterbugs, so the constant clicking isn’t a surprise. Our subject matter sometimes is. We’ll all take group shots and recordings of places and items of historical significance.
However, my sister Susan, no matter where we go, will invariably return with fifteen close-up photos of flowers.



My sister Mary, on the other hand, likes to record the average working person.



And me, the would-be architect, I like buildings. Preferably with no human beings clogging them up.



What about you? What’s your style?

Lisa Black is the New York Times bestselling author of 16 suspense novels, including works that have been translated into six languages, optioned for film, and shortlisted for the inaugural Sue Grafton Memorial Award. She is also a Certified Latent Print Examiner and a Certified Crime Scene Analyst, beginning her forensics career at the Coroner’s office in Cleveland Ohio and then the police department in Cape Coral, Florida. She has spoken to readers and writers at numerous conferences, been a consultant on CourtTV and was a Guest of Honor at 2021 Killer Nashville.
Loved this, so totally true! 🤣
I laughed. Made me realize how important it is to me to correctly “frame” a photo. I’ve been trying to get more photos with us (myself and fellow travelers) in them. I think seeing people you know in special places makes the scenery more interesting.
Great photos!!! I figure that you, Lisa, will be using your knowledge and depictions of those settings in your next great novels – right?
These are wonderful photos! Precious! I like to snap photos of scenery, one-of-a-kind things or persons, or of right-of-the-moment things.