Well, it's official. 2009 is taking me to China for a photography expedition! This is very excited news.
This is a trip that has been in the works for years and over the last 6 months a good friend and I have been discussing the possibility of making such a journey...So, we decided that there is no time like the present. Our itinerary is far from being set but the stage is there for what plans to be a most exciting trip. A good friends' nephew spent several years in Beijing and surrounding provinces and is going to assist us with our travel plans.
I(we) want to see China like the locals. Staying in hostels and with locals, a nice hotel here and there. Food will of course play a major part of this adventure. I am a lot more adventurous than Paul but I am sure that I can convince him to take the "NO RESERVATION" approach to seeing China.
Photography will be a huge part of my trip. A lot of what I hope to shoot is "street" life but in a country like China it can be a challenge. Government control can be an issue. This is where local guides can be of great help. You can be assured we will retain locals to help us out.
There will be a lot written about this in upcoming months! And, I may ask for suggestions, recommendations or just general travel tips to China. Thanks
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- Let’s see where to start. Don’t worry I’m not taking you back to the beginning but let me say that several years ago I decided to make some major changes in my life! Not that it was bad before but, to be honest we all have a little room for improvement. Right! I headed out on a mission to take back what had been missing. One hundred pounds lighter and 1000’s of miles run, here I am today. Not that there’s a new me but just a better me. A good place… A result of successfully completing my mission I went back to one of my true passions, photography! Two genres that are of great interest to me and truly speak to the most pure forms of photography; nature photography, the natural beauty of the world and street photography, the mirror image of society. I hope to at least spark an interest in you returning to “Click with Thomas!” Let’s have some fun with this and hey, maybe we can learn something!
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This trip should be very exciting. There is such a rich, long history in China and photographing it should be great. Combining your street photography and nature photography should be a great and very beautiful look at a very different society from our own.
It will be interesting to see what similarities or differences there are between the western and eastern urban landscape.
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