On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
Make sure you buy one of those funny hats. My sister was there and bought me one. Yes, I have a fez from Fez. I've never actually worn it outside the house, but I'm thinking it might come in handy one day for a Hallowe'en costume or something. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
