Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice portraits of beautiful people. Post more when you can TIA Philippe Richard Clompus wrote: > I just got back from a 10 day photo trek to Egypt with the Mentor > Series program. Visiting Egypt was on my wife's "bucket list". I > was very happy to assist her in agreeing to go on this adventure. > The program was set with each day's multiple events managed by a > photo producer. I have never done more photography on a trip. More > than 6500+ images plus some HD video for good measure. My biggest > concern was running out of hard drive space. Up at 4 am many > mornings and to bed at mid-night. I got over my fear of going up to > people to ask to take their photo. Putting people in travel photos > gives you scale and location. By the end of the trek, I felt more > like a musician who was able to play their instrument by intuition - > only my instrument was a camera. The pyramids, Sphinx, temples, Nile > river, goats, camels, mosques, museums were explored. The Land > Cruiser trip out into the black and white deserts were a high point. > Amazing how the drivers could scale large sand drifts after letting > half the air out of their tires. Got stuck plenty of times too. > > I've posted three of the images: camel driver, love at first site > and a temple volunteer. C&C welcome. I hope to put up a blog and > find a market for some of them. It really was a blast. I missed > Ted's and Tina's Leica weekend but I supported my wife's wish to go > to Egypt. Those of you who are married will understand. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rclompus/ > > Happy shooting, > > Richard > > Richard Clompus, OD > Ponte Vedra Beach, FL > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >