Comments on: Take a camera

By: ella

ella — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:58:02 +0000

Hey if you are off to Londoon to see Tower Bridge then you should definately take your camera, there is loads to see and do there.

By: Helmke

Helmke — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:47:08 +0000

Monster makes a nice point, and it can be extended: when you travel people often ask you ‘Where do come from?’ So take postcards from your hometown like Spot, Texas or the deepest Africa, Cape Town, and show them. Postcards make a great conversation point on the road. I know a B&B in Dublin, Ireland where the whole parlor is full of picture postcards from guests all over the world and the landlady is very proud of them.
The emphasis must be on ‘good’ eye for photography. Most tourist come back with a photo terabyte of unfocused Eiffel Tower and fuzzy Taj Mahal. Postcards also very seldom have distracting people in them, or are taken from a vantage point a normal traveler can not reach easily, like a shot from a helicopter.

By: Amorphous Monster

Amorphous Monster — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:50:19 +0000

Postcards are a good idea. I give them to family and friends. What they find special is not what is depicted on the card, it is that I brought them something from a faraway place.

The majority of postcards are, with all due respect to the previous commenter, not all that compelling. In my view, if you have a good eye for photography, you should take a camera. You’ll probably come back with stunning pictures.

By: Helmke

Helmke — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:41:38 +0000

Don’t take a camera, it is one more thing to get lost. If your friends don’t believe you were there – change you friends. For pictures buy postcards, they are always better than you photos