New camera to play with and learn before we travel meant our walk to Shellharbour was all the more interesting and rewarding. The Canon Eos 550D is very nice and easy to use but has lots of little dials and knobs to customise photo shots.
There will be much videoing and photographing to be done on this trip - so many places and such a short time in each place - only one, ONE day in Paris. Must be content that one day is better than none. The travel fat will last a long time and one does not have to have the food in one's mouth to appreciate the fare. So many times have I revisited experiences by a waft or a noise, sight or sound, that even the most poorly composed shot will evoke memories - take me there - even for just a little while.
Sometimes I will find myself walking around 'in another place' or examining more closely the detail that I had no time for before.
My little camera is great for everyday photos but it is limited when I want to photograph little spiders and tiny bugs. I love to photograph doors and walls, textures and colours, the everyday and the extraordinary, the panorama and the sidewalk grate. Ancient doors and ironwork, stained glass and cobblestones tell stories from long ago with worn down bits and makers' hand all too obvious upon the looking.
We will take them both - the little and the new. Between them both I hope to capture the tiny little things and tall towers, building up the layers of travel fat for years to come.
Does anyone have any advice or experience they would like to share? Please comment.
You can see most of what you'd like to see in Paris in one day. You probably won't have time to have a good look around Musee Dorsay, which is a shame because I think it's the best gallery in the world (although I missed the Louvre). But you can see all the outdoorsy stuff in a day - Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon's Tomb (just look at the building, don't go inside). And it doesn't take long to do Notre Dame. A wander around Montmartre is nice too. We did that all on foot, just using the Metro to get around.
ReplyDeleteoooooooow - must pencil it in. We will be right near the Louvre. Ta
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