Monday, August 3, 2009

My Wife the Photographer

Unpublished icon w/ revetment, 14th cent (?), Benaki Museum
Unpublished icon w/ revetment, 14th cent (?), Benaki Museum


Betsy is finished with her language programme in Athens, so the second part of her trip (research) has begun. That means travelling, mostly by herself, all over Greece and into Macedonia (the part that is in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, not the province in Greece). You can read about the details of her trip on her travel blog.

Before she left we bought her a second camera, a discrete little point-and-shoot canon sureshot along with a small tripod. It honestly seemed a little redundant to me to bring two digital cameras, but they have turned out to be very complementary. For instance, when visiting sites she has often given a friend her point-and-shoot while she takes charge of the DSLR. Also, there is a lot of sensitivity in some places about looking too professional when you are taking pictures of the art. In low light situations it simply isn't practical or advisable to try to set up the DSLR for a tripod shot. The point and shoot, on the other hand, can be deployed quickly and discretely.

She has been taking hundreds and hundred of pictures of churches like this one:
Panagia Koubelidiki
Panagia Koubelidiki


as well as some more artistic shots like this one:
Lake Kastoria at sunset
Lake Kastoria at sunset


I'm very proud and her and her pictures. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of them when she returns...

-t

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