From: "Ken Waller"
I also learned it does no good to compose your shots. While you're doing
> so, the machine gunners will knock you down and trample all over you
> ruining whatever composition you might be attempting.
I've done alot of workshops with up to 12 participants & yeah a few are
a**holes but most are considerate & the pro made sure we all got our turn.
Thirteen participants including the organizer, who is an instructor
where I go to school.
He put the trip together kind of ad hoc. He wasn't really leading a
workshop or anything like that, nor is he a trained tour guide. He spent
most of his time marshaling resources to get the group from one place to
another.
There were 7 participants under age 25, 3 participants in their 30s, 2
participants in their 40s and me, over age 60. The trampling was all
done by the under 25 set with one exception - one of the 40+ y.o.s was
menopausaly belligerent, or at least acted that way.
The other 40+ y.o. was the mother of one of the under 25 set, and not
actually a photographer.
OTOH, the price was incredibly low - $2000 included round trip airfare,
lodging, ground transportation and all meals ... although you could opt
to go off on your own in some locations & not eat with the group, which
I did a couple of times. If the organizer did make any money off the
trip, he earned it.
The times I opted out were because I was just too tired and didn't want
to try to keep up with the group. There were adequate facilities near
the hotels & I could catch up on my rest. I was (and am) still
recovering from my surgery in November. Which also means I'm not as
nimble on my feet as I normally might be.
We mostly rode city buses or the subway and took overnight sleeper
trains between major cities.
Or we walked. That only got to be a strain when we had to walk a fair
distance carrying our luggage getting to a bus stop or subway station
when we were going to/from the train stations or hotels.
I don't think I really missed anything the times I opted out, because I
ate at a McDonalds once while they went out to a Hooters, and the other
time I got some kind of tofu & pork dumplings from a street vendor who
was within a block of the hotel.
I did get up early in the morning several times to find a McDonalds so I
could get American style coffee, but I always made it back before the
rest of the group had managed to even drag themselves out of bed.
I enjoyed the trip despite some of the less pleasant aspects, but I know
I didn't get as many good photos as I hoped to get.
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