A Note on Photography
I have taken a million pictures here, but they all seem to be poorly framed, out-of-focus shots of tourist attractions. I have to apologize for that.
The poor picture quality I chalk up to the fact that when you are among a large group you don’t want to become the guy that wanders off or lags behind causing everyone to look for him, throwing off everyone’s schedule, etc. So many of my pictures fall into the category of “scenery-in-action”; a category I may have just invented. “Look at my picture of what the Taj Mahal looks like when you run past it!” Great, Lars.
Add to that the fact that loading things up to Flickr is difficult…well, let’s just say that I will have some great stories when I get back but you may be looking forward to a very boring slideshow. Start thinking of excuses to get out of it now before it’s too late!
The reason I never really take pictures outside of tourist zones is because no matter where you point your camera in this country someone is pretty much living right there. I feel like I’m invading people’s privacy just walking or riding down the street. If I see a neat building, a pretty cow, or a wily dog I always reach for my camera but then notice that in the background there is a family sleeping on the sidewalk, a group of kids sifting through piles of trash for something (I dare not ask what), or some other scene that kind of makes photography seem really frivolous.
