Anyone who shoots street photography will vouch for me in saying that it’s both physically and mentally draining. Every street is analysed for every imaginable detail: the lines, the shadows, the colours, the wall art, the people, the street signs, everything. There’s a crazy amount of information being processed around every street corner and at some point it’s too much. Information overload and a crash in creativity. Any decent shot after that has to hit me smack in the face as I simply run out of the capacity to anticipate, anything. That together with walking your socks off all day and you’ll be fit for little other than bed come 9:00pm. But that’s not a complaint though. No way. I’d happily drain every last drop energy out of me each day in quest of that killer shot. That reward is so worth it.
Venice was great…for a while. Two days MAX if I ever return. Too many people, 90% of which are tourists (shockingly few locals), and some of whom will happily push you out of the way to get that peace sign selfie on the Rialto Bridge. Really expensive too, like really. It’s even expensive to go for a pee. €1.50 for the pleasure! Sometimes I had a bizarre feeling I was in a museum with a bunch of other paying visitors. It seemed that literally everyone hung around the major hot-spots. Rialto, San Marco, etc. It’s one extreme to the other as you head out to the outer zones of the city. No one to be seen. Deserted streets and empty buildings. There is something magical about traveling up the grand canal though. It’s stunning. Amazing to think that there is simply no place on the planet like it.
I invite you then to take a look through my Venice set. As always, I hope you like. Much love.
