I've been scratching my head with this week's topic, "First stage of a new product." I do two things which falls under 'product' - publish a magazine (the more serious of the two) and photography (in a more hobby-amateur-ish scale, which I then offer prints of on Etsy). So how do I show the first stage of either of those, and which one? Both involves work on the computer pretty much until they go to print, and showing screenshots of my processes isn't that much fun to look at, darling. :)
Then somehow the stars align. (Don't they always? :) ) The sun came out on Saturday, Jirka had already made plans for flying with the boys, and it struck me that the first stage of photography is to actually take the photo... (duh!)
So that's what I did. I took the train to Prague, beautiful city (if you've watched The Illusionist, you'll see why). I'm showing you only some of the pictures, and pretty much as they are, with only straightening and minor light adjustments. I'm at the beginning of my photography career, so be nice. :)
One thing about travel photography is that what's in your own backyard may be someone else's dream destination. I've been in Czech for a year now and have only been to Prague for two days, on two separate occasions. I've also wanted to go and see several of the other major European cities like Paris, Rome, Vienna, Madrid.. Though I've been to camp in Italy and Slovenia, doing cities is definitely a different experience ya know, and I think it would be a shame if I do not get my butt to these places when they are just a short and relatively inexpensive plane or train ride away.
So, one minor goal I have for this year is to go to at least one of the major cities (in warmer nicer weather, of course). Maybe I'll start with Vienna 'cos it's near. Nothing extravagant, just go, enjoy the experience, and bring home many, many photographs of the place.
What about you? Where would be your dream destination and if you've already been there, what was the experience like?
[ Images: Riz Sedek /Footprints of a Curious Mind ]
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