Category: Daily Inspiration

We stumbled upon a new online photography community today: www.rocktheshotforum.com.

Aside from a catchy name, Rock the Shot offers all kinds of tips, images, design packages, special discounts and more for the photography enthusiast.

Rock the Shot hosts a new photo challenge every month. This month, their contest theme is “Something Orange”. Thus, please enjoy 10 fun orange-themed images for in the spirit of October. P.S. We’re already breaking the contest rules by posting 10 photos instead of one… but it’s more about sharing anyway… right??

Those eyes are piercing and yes… enchantingly orange!

Nubia Gamboa Rico explores below the surface at an exotic cenote in the Riviera Maya, Mexico. Captured with a Nikon camera in an Ikelite camera housing.

Laura McNamara delves into the depths of an exotic cenote in the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Laura McNamara drifts to the surface of an exotic cenote in the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

This image was captured during a wedding at Dreams Tulum. We used our 60 mm Macro prime to capture the stunning diamond.

So much love and magic caught in this image! We captured these two newlyweds, reveling in the sweet bliss of celebrating love… while the sun flushed orange as it set over the Mexican Caribbean.

Playaloves.me Founder Laura McNamara caught this couple just outside the Pantheon. The night lighting was silhouetting the young couple perfectly as they shared laughs and… pizza of course! What’s a night out among the majestic, ancient ruins of Rome without pizza?

Speaking of pizza… when the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that’s amore….
This moon couldn’t be more pizza pie orange. Playaloves.me Founder caught this nearly full moon glowing over the Tiber River in Rome, Italy.

Finally, we leave you with two images of the night lights, a beautiful kaleidoscope of oranges, yellows, purples and greens of the Tiber River – Il Fiume Tevere – which separates Rome from Trastevere.

Boutique hotels, restaurantes and beach clubs line the shore. Sun loungers stretch along the sand. Masseuses bekon from makeshift massage stands. Ferries shuffle back and forth along the horizon. Playa del Carmen today is quite the cosmopolitan beach escape for tourists from around the globe. But, before PdC was a top tropical, vacation hot spot in what is now referred to as the Riviera Maya, it was nothing more than a small, rustic fishing village.

If you’re lucky you can spot locals amidst the hub bub of the lackadaisical beachcombers, wading into the ocean surf from shore and casting off a fishing line or tossing out a fishing net. Usually, you have more luck catching the local fishermen in the early morning or late afternoon, when most of the tourists have left the beach.

Surf fishing, or onshore fishing, is the sport of catching fish standing on the shoreline or wading in the surf. Surf fishing can include casting a lure or bait from all types of shoreline, including rocky jetties, piers and sandy or rocky beaches. Surfcasting or beachcasting refers more specifically to surf fishing from the beach by casting into the surf at or near the shoreline.

For more information on shore fishing, visit www.shorefishing.net.

For information about deep sea fishing excursions in Playa, click here.

You can read a little more about Playa del Carmen’s history here.

One of the hottest beaches in Playa del Carmen, Mexico rests at the foot of KOOL Beach Club toward the more northern end of Playa’s beach strip…

Early birds can take advantage of the ocean-view breakfast buffet at just $99 pesos per person. KOOL Beach Club also offers a refreshing pool to paying guests, poolside DJ music and a plethora of lounge chairs lined up for a first-class view of the Mexican Caribbean.

Beachcombers looking for a birds-eye view of the coastline can take advantage of the parasail vendors lined up alongside the beach club. Small catamaran and jet ski rides are also available.

Mix with locals and other tourists alike at the volleyball net located just next to KOOL beach club to the south. Some ex-pats lovingly refer to this area as “Ghetto Beach” in recognition of the ever-evolving graffiti art spray-painted on the beach wall.