Episode #51 – The Reluctant Tourist

This week: I’m looking back to my trip to Berlin in October, and the matter of being a photographer when sight-seeing.

I have to admit, I’m something of a reluctant tourist. Don’t get me wrong, I love visiting new places and seeing new sites… but the idea of somehow documenting a trip just for the sake of it strikes me as a bit strange.

How do you strike the balance between feeling a need to record a visit and enjoying the sites without the compulsion to bring the camera up to your eye every five minutes?

Some quick links to things mentioned in this show:

• Manfrotto tripods and support
• Brandenburg Gate
• Reichstag building
• Canon Powershot G9
• Nikon D3 SLR
• Fujifilm X100 digital rangefinder
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Robert Doisneau
• Eugene Atget
• Leica cameras
• Olympus Trip 35

Music featured in this episode is courtesy of Matt Stevens. You can check out more of his work here.

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