Day Two of our workshop saw an early start, perhaps not compared to our state-side workshops, but early for our European ones. The reason? Fish market.
We gathered in the hotel lobby to head out the door at 6:40 to head over to the market to catch the fishmongers and other merchants setting up.
It was a new experience for some of our participants.
“What setting should I use?”
“What effect do you want?” we reply.
Some of our participants are very comfortable with their camera settings, but Arnie and I are also here to help those newer to photography and the digital world.
The irony of digital photography is that the lighter, more compact cameras are often, for us, much more difficult to set up and use.
Buttons serve several functions, where with our cameras, we can access menu items with a quick touch of a button on the camera, not in the menu. That said, the smaller cameras are much more affordable and definitely much lighter. There are no right answers here. Cameras are like so many other things in life. One size does not fits all.
We encouraged our group to just stand and observe, watch for patterns, then anticipate the next time they might happen.
In a lull with our participants, I saw this scene outside the fish market. Cubism is what came instantly to mind. And as we continually tell our groups, just because we go to xyz location does not mean one has to shoot that xyz.
Our first critique session is always a longer one. People get into the spirit of critiques, and it takes time to be thoughtful. The next time, it will go faster.
We headed back to San Marco for more of the fabulous costumes.
Our people had scattered, and I found myself alone and listening to a band that quickly morphed into a steel band. I did the meringue while shooting, and when I found one of our participants, encouraged her to get in closer.
When the band started to move, we walked backwards, photographing as they came towards us. I must say, that even then, I did a backwards meringue!
It was great fun, and they eventually went down a
long narrow passage with lights overhead.
As I walked back to the square, I saw another of our group out on one of the piers and went to help her. I looked back as we were working and saw one of our “spousal units” (a very affectionate term) sitting quietly on a bench watching. We all sat for a bit, enjoying conversation, and another participant and his wife joined us.
There is an easy friendliness here.
Some of us meet up and take one of the local “buses” — public water transportation back to the hotel along the Grand Canal. We enjoy sitting up in the bow, seeing the lights on in many of the elegant hotels and houses.
Another wonderful meal and shared bottles of wine, and we are all ready to go to bed. It has been a long day, and we go to Verona tomorrow for Carnevale there.
Next: … Verona …
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Beautiful photographs, Margo, and as usual, it sounds like you are having a wonderful adventure!
So glad you are enjoying the photographs. We have had fun making them and sharing them.
Take care, and thanks for commenting!
TBC