I'm not really a picture taking kind of person, but I've realized today I probably should take more. After almost two years, I've finally put enough space between me and Hyderabad that I can sort through our pictures without getting too sad about the friends we left behind. My goal is to finish the photo book of the top sites (Charminar, the Buddha, Golconda, the zoo, bidri working, weaving, etc etc) and our daily life (house, office, friends, our street) before I go back to work. Wish me luck.
While we took some good photos of the tourist spots, what I'm wishing we had more of were daily life pictures. E.g., of going out for coffee at Ruci or Beyond Coffee. Of "Bagwelle's friend" - a stray dog that lived on our block and would walk around the block with us each morning and evening, barking at the other mean stray dogs. Of just haning out with friends - I hardly have any pictures of Somya and Guru or Shae and Timothy, somehow (sorry guys!). I have no pictures of being at Sunday hotel brunch, despite the fact we did that so often. And not nearly enough street scenes.
So, lesson learned for my last six months in Manila -- I need to take the time to be more of a photo journalist, documenting the mundane. In two years, where ever I end up next, I'll be happy I did.
While we took some good photos of the tourist spots, what I'm wishing we had more of were daily life pictures. E.g., of going out for coffee at Ruci or Beyond Coffee. Of "Bagwelle's friend" - a stray dog that lived on our block and would walk around the block with us each morning and evening, barking at the other mean stray dogs. Of just haning out with friends - I hardly have any pictures of Somya and Guru or Shae and Timothy, somehow (sorry guys!). I have no pictures of being at Sunday hotel brunch, despite the fact we did that so often. And not nearly enough street scenes.
So, lesson learned for my last six months in Manila -- I need to take the time to be more of a photo journalist, documenting the mundane. In two years, where ever I end up next, I'll be happy I did.
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Hand the camera to your kids. No kids? Then put your need for perfection in your back pocket and take your camera out when you're in taxis or walking down the street. Pictures won't be perfect, but imperfect photos are better than no photos at all...
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