travel
There have been a number of articles and arguments lately on people attempting to visit and photograph remote, previously unreachable, tribes, be that in the Amazon or the Andaman Islands or any of the other places such tribes still live. The arguments against it are many but they essentially filter down to: “live them alone as the modern world will only bring about the destruction of their innocence and their way of life”.
Read MoreIn these days where “wanderlust” has been replaced by “travel advice”, “travel restrictions”, “traffic light countries” and all those negative connotations, sometimes it’s worth stoping and thinking about the bigger picture. In fact, it may be worth thinking a little bigger than we used to - going outside the usual parameters, looking at places we have always discarded.
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Travelling during a pandemic can be extremely challenging, more hassle than travel ever used to be (or, between us, ever should be) and it entails risks. Yet, at the same time, with just a bit more careful planning, it not only allows the cautious traveller to continue doing what they want but also presents a lot more opportunities for better trips (and better photography).
Read MoreThis is serious - or should I say, practical - gear talk. It’s the result of multiple successful and failed efforts to take light on location (and I do not mean a city centre - I’m talking rocky outcrops in the middle of the savannah and underground rocky tunnels), what worked and what didn't and, more importantly, why. And, finally, the final kit I am currently using for everything.
Read MoreEven the best laid plans…(or why I completely failed during my last trip!)
…and yes, I am fully aware of what I’m saying: my last photographic foray was a failure. Maybe not complete in the absolute sense of the word, but certainly miles away from what I had plan, what I had envisaged and what I wanted to achieve. Even to this day, more than a month later, it fills me with anger and bitterness that I don’t know how to overcome. But maybe its better if I explain.
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Let me start by explaining exactly why I chose to write this “Photographer’s guide to the Mt Hagen Show” - especially since this is not something I usually do. Believe it or not, I did not put this together because I know better or I’m a better photographer, but because after searching for months for any article, blog post - anything really - which describes what happens during the show, what visitors should expect and so on, I came up with absolutely nothing. All I found were a few vague descriptions, some shaky videos but nothing to give a photographer enough to adequately prepare for what happens.
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We all come across images which awe and inspire us - in fact I’m willing to bet that every image which stops you dead in your tracks inspires something within you! This is true for everyone in the world, but even more for us photographers, because sometimes these images drive us to try and get some equally good ones. So we pack our bags and travel to exactly the same destination, at exactly the same time as the original image and…guess what, nothing - absolutely nothing - is like we imagined or planned and, even worse, those images we were 100% certain we would capture are nowhere to be found. How can that be?
Well, the images are there - trust me - but sometime (actually, most of the time!) you need some help to get to them. And that help is a professional fixer.
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