Hi, I've booked a week's holiday in Fez for Sept/Oct, just at the end of Ramadan and in time for Eid al-Fitr. I had hoped to go for longer, and to get there on the train, but I can't spare more than a week so I'm flying there (I've paid extra to offset the CO2!).
Anyway, I'm starting to make notes about what I'd like to photograph while I'm there, and I wondered if other people do the same, or am I just some sad no-life? When you go on a photo trip do you just wander around and leave the photos to the will of Allah, or do you deliberately put yourself into likely-looking situations? I normally put together a loose list of the type of shot I'd like, and the places to go where I think it's likely, but I make sure I can extemporise. So I don't usually get exactly what I wanted, but I do tend to get good stuff. For instance, in Romania I wanted funerals, and gypsy music. In the town where I expected to get good shots of funerals, I got nothing. But in the village where I expected gypsy music, I got a great funeral. At the moment I'm looking through the Magnum website for inspiration and ideas. I have been to Morocco a few times before, although not to Fez, so I know it's difficult to photograph there, probably more so during Ramadan, but I'm quite excited about it. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
