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The World’s 10 Best Beaches, According to Tripadvisor

Temperatures are still chilly throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, but warmer weather is coming up. If you’re already dreaming of your first summer getaway of the year, this list of the best beach destinations around the world may give you some inspiration.

Tripadvisor recently announced the winners of its annual Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2022. The online travel platform looked at popular vacation spots in a number of categories, including beaches across the globe. Based on the quantity and quality of user reviews, a handful of seaside spots stand above the rest.

Grace Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos comes in at No.1 on Tripadvisor’s list of the world’s best beaches. It boasts more than 7200 reviews, 90 percent of which give the destination a five out of five rating. Pristine white sand and clear blue waters make this location one of the most beloved beaches in the Caribbean.

Next on the list is Varadero Beach in Varadero, Cuba. Australia’s Turquoise Bay and Brazil’s Quarta Praia are the two most popular beaches outside the Caribbean, claiming the third and fourth sports, respectively. There are no American states in the top 10, but Trunk Bay Beach in the U.S. Virgin Islands ranks eighth on the list.

You can view the full list of the best beaches according to Tripadvisor users below. Don’t forget to pack these essential summer products on your next beach trip.

  1. Grace Bay Beach // Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos
  2. Varadero Beach // Varadero, Cuba
  3. Turquoise Bay // Exmouth, Australia
  4. Quarta Praia // Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil
  5. Eagle Beach // Oranjestad, Aruba
  6. Radhanagar Beach // Havelock Island, India
  7. Baia do Sancho // Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
  8. Trunk Bay Beach // Virgin Islands National Park, U.S. Virgin Islands
  9. Baia dos Golfinhos // Praia da Pipa, Brazil
  10. Spiaggia dei Conigli // Lampedusa, Italy
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photography

Mobile Photography Tips and Tricks

Mobile photography is on the rise as camera technology improves with each new model. Want to learn how to take great pictures on your phone? You’ll be a pro in no time following these 10 tips.

It’s All About the Light

It’s true. It’s all about the light.

That’s what helps make a good image a great image. Check out the shadows that the sun makes on subjects. Notice the reflective light off buildings. Practice during the ‘golden hour,’ the period shortly after sunrise or just before sunset. Watch how the light from a window falls inside a room at different moments.

A smartphone is not the greatest in low-light situations. It’s best to capitalize on lighting conditions under which your device best functions.

Avoid the Zoom

Do not ever use the zoom on your smartphone. Zooming in could be the first mistake made when taking a picture. Often the images come out grainy or hazy. Instead, move closer to the object so that you don’t have to rely on the camera.

This is mainly due to the size of the lens. If you had a larger lens, the quality of the zoomed image would be clearer.

Stabilize Your Shots

Camera shake when taking pictures is a factor on all cameras. The key to fixing this is to practice how you hold your phone.

  • Hold it horizontal at all times instead of vertical to get a wider image.
  • Try burst mode when snapping pictures of moving objects.
  • Know what you will use for the shutter (the button assigned, a software shutter button, a timer, or the volume on your headphones). The idea is to get to a place where you take clear images with no camera shake.
  • Use a tripod for stability. This frees you up to focus on better pictures.

Mix Up Your Angles

Change your perspective on things. Trying different angles gets you a better shot, and it shows how you see the subject. So get down on the ground, climb to a high vantage point, or move to the side to change your point of view. Try as many angles on your subject as possible.

Try Some Apps

Mobile photography is awesome because of the thousands of apps that are dedicated to the camera on smartphones.

These apps are helpful in editing your work. While you can’t correct problems like bad lighting, you can improve other details to make a subject look acne-free, sharpen specific aspects of an image, or add text or other effects over the photo.

Find your favorite photo app, learn to use it well, and you can take your already awesome image to the next level.

Keep It Clean

Clean the glass on the camera lens. Much like when you have a dirty windshield, cleaning it can give you a sharper view and improve results. A shot with a clean lens will always be better than a shot through a greasy thumbprint.

Experiment With the Flash

Even though your phone camera doesn’t have as powerful of a flash as a digital camera, you can still get some interesting results by using it.

The flash can help emphasize shade, make colors brighter, and add other interesting effects. Experiment by taking one photo without, then one with the flash. Make notes and compare the differences.

Quality and Quantity

Don’t be afraid to take another shot. Snap away at anything and everything that suits your fancy. The more photos you shoot, the more comfortable you will get and the more you will determine the direction you’d like to take your mobile photography.

The only thing holding you back is how much storage is on your phone and how long your battery can last.

Use Reflections for More Interesting Shots

Mirrors, glasses, puddles and bodies of water, and smooth and shiny surfaces make for good reflections.

Push yourself to look for reflective surfaces and place your subjects at angles or in direct comparison to the reflection. Even simple shades of light can make amazing reflections.

Have Fun

This is the last and really the only rule that you should stick to. If you don’t listen to anything given here, “Have Fun” is the one rule that you have to promise yourself that you will use when getting into mobile photography.

Join in photo walks with other photographers and communities in your area. It’s always fun when you do it alongside others who are learning and enjoying the art.

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fashion

“Every Dark Cloud Has A Silver Lining”- A Quote Very Relevant To The Swedish Fashion Scene

It was pretty much a disaster for the people and a major blow to the fashion designers who were highly anticipating the Stockholm Fashion Week since it got called off.

It has been well over a month since the Swedish Fashion Council temporarily called it quits on Stockholm Fashion Week (SFW), noting the lack of sustainability as the primary cause. The three-day event would’ve taken place this week, if not for the cancellation.

And while it’s true that most of the city’s most well-known brands tend to show in more prominent fashion capitals, some of Sweden’s finest designers aren’t quite ready to give up on the city that made them.

Which, coincidentally, is a big reason for the current fashion week hiatus — Swedish designers believe they can change SFW for the better.

Designers are under constant pressure to produce more merchandise, and the traditional Fashion Week calendar doesn’t help. More thoughtful, albeit more thoughtful methods are being slowly fabricated.

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Health

Can A Healthy Lifestyle Ward Off The Hereditary Risks Of Dementia?

The investigation was led by the University of Exeter – at the same time published today in JAMA and exhibited at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2019 in Los Angeles. The examination found that the danger of dementia was 32 percent lower in individuals with a high hereditary risks on the off chance that they had pursued a solid way of life, contrasted with the individuals who had an unhealthy way of life.

Members with high hereditary risks and a negative way of life were right around multiple times bound to create dementia contrasted with those with a low hereditary hazard and a good way of life.

The investigation dissected information from 196,383 grown-ups of European parentage matured 60 and more established from UK Biobank. The analysts recognized 1,769 instances of dementia over a subsequent time of eight years. The group gathered the members into those with high, middle of the road and low hereditary hazard for dementia.

To gauge the hereditary risks, the analysts took a gander at recently distributed information and distinguished all realized hereditary hazard factors for Alzheimer’s malady. Each hereditary hazard factor was weighted by the quality of its relationship with Alzheimer’s sickness.

To evaluate the way of life, specialists assembled members into great, middle of the road and ominous classifications dependent on their self-detailed eating routine, physical action, smoking and liquor utilization. The specialists thought about no present smoking, normal physical movement, solid eating regimen and moderate liquor utilization as sound practices. The group found that carrying on with a solid way of life was related to a diminished dementia hazard overall hereditary hazard gatherings.

The examination was driven by the University of Exeter in a joint effort with analysts from the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and the University of South Australia.

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