Something different at the Taj Mahal
It’s all too easy to pick up a travel magazine or coffee table style photo book and think that all it takes to create compelling imagery is the means and ability to travel to exotic locations. All too often though, after scrimping and saving, arranging the time off work, flights, vaccinations, visas, hotels and the latest security measures at airports, you get to the exotic destination only to take the same photo as everyone else.
The dreaded snapshot or postcard photo. I say dreaded with a touch of light humor because for probably the vast majority of tourists, a photo that looks like a postcard view is immensely satisfying. But to the enthusiastic photographer, the same shot can often conjure up feelings of disappointment.
Avoiding those feelings is often pretty easy to do. By all means take the postcard shot first. There’s a reason why that particular view features on untold thousands of postcards. Once that’s done though, spend a bit more time wandering around looking for some different images. Maybe you focus in on the details, or maybe you photograph other travelers. There are countless scenes and photographs just waiting to be captured wherever you are. All you need to do is look.
Finally remember that just as you are poring over photobooks and magazines dreaming of exotic locations, someone on the other side of the country or world is thinking that your town or city is an exotic location.
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Craig Ferguson Images | Cultural Photography. One of the key aspects of life that we humans identify with is culture. We label people, places and events according to our ideas of what they are, ranging from the broader scale defined by tradition and place down to the small scale subcultures and tribes. Craig Ferguson Images is consistantly creating new visions in the field of cultural photography. From traditional festives and customs to modern, urban subcultures, Craig Ferguson Images is in touch with the changing world. From our base in Taipei, Taiwan we are perfectly positioned at the crossroads of the ancient and the modern.
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