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When you think of Australia, the first thing that probably comes to mind is The Land Down Under, kangaroos, or koalas. A country that’s well-known for its warm hospitality and top-notch adventures, Australia attracts visitors from all over the world. As wild as Australia’s frontiers can be, its also has […]
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In today’s media rich world, integrating video into your business or marketing strategy is not optional. It’s a requirement. Video has rapidly become the go-to medium for many companies’ marketing strategy, and it continues to explode in popularity. Even if you’re not a running a business or organization, you can […]
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Ever since my days as a coaching assistant for the Eckerd College Sailing Team, I have used influential quotes from people I admire to help shape my philosophies. It was originally limited to quotes from sports legends that backed my coaching philosophy. People like Michael Jordan, Yogi Berra, Mohammed Ali, […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most fascinating countries in the world, with a deeply troubled past. Anthony Bourdain once called it “the most relentlessly fucked over nation in the world”, and also realized a decades long dream when he sailed down the Congo River. If […]
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As I sit down to write this, it’s dawning on me that this article would have been much more appropriate in May, 2020 instead of May, 2021, but I digress. Even though the world is starting to open back up, it will still be a while before we can travel […]
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Nearly 15 months ago, we made the painful, but necessary decision to indefinitely suspend all travel operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But I remember the 10th of March, 2020 like it was yesterday. Just two weeks earlier, I had returned from what would be my final pre-pandemic photography trip […]
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At least a few times every year, I like to pause, look back at the past six to twelve months, and reflect. What have you accomplished? Is there anything that you wanted to accomplish, but didn’t? If so, why not? What went wrong during that time period? And most importantly, […]
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People have been telling me since 2006 that I need to sell my photos online. To put that in perspective for you, I didn’t launch the Matt Gove Photo website until 2009. Over the years, I somehow managed to come up with all kinds of excuses. I was too busy […]
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One of my favorite aspects of traveling, adventuring, and exploring is finding new things in unexpected places, especially in other countries. In fact, I find that you most often encounter this phenomenon when you least expect it. My recent cross-country road trip at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic locked us down and isolated us from our loved ones. Needless to say, it’s been a long year, and I know I’m not the only one who is eager to start traveling recreationally again. Since it’s easiest to stay isolated […]
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At first glance, a road trip across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem like the smartest idea in the world. With so many restrictions in place and experts constantly telling you not to travel, you start to wonder if it’s even possible to pull off such a […]
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After a wonderful, albeit a bit chilly stopover in Oklahoma, it’s time to hit the road and tango with the Polar Vortex once again. I’ll be honest. As much as I love and look forward to road trips, the easy part of this trip was behind me. I was really […]
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