Discovering New Places With Your Camera
by Amanda on October 22, 2009
Making my way around the Vancouver hot spots with my camera is a great way to get to know the town. Not only do I get to visit new places and discover possible future favourites, but I get to remember them all over again when I get back a roll of film.
I find using your camera as a way to discover new places is a real inspiration. It gives you a reason to get to places that you may not have discovered for any other reason that to pretend you’re still a tourist.
I am still technically a tourist in Vancouver, but pretending to be one was something I did a fair bit in Sydney.
You Can Be A Tourist Too
- Grab your camera and put your tourist eyes on and find new and wonderful parts of your community- places you may never have imagined could be very clickable (Amanda-speak for “photogenic”).
- Pick a suburb that you may not ordinarily go to and shoot the streets.
- Go to your local market and shoot the produce.
- Attend a community street parade or multicultural fair.
- Go to your local park and shoot the flowers and wildlife.
Getting to know your suburb and neighbourhoods with your camera is a great way to discover new things that you may have overlooked for years. You never know what is hiding around a corner!
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Amanda, i love how much you inspire me to get out there and take photographs! It’s so true how much you miss when a city becomes so much a part of your life that you don’t take the time to properly appreciate it. Becoming ‘a tourist’ in your own city really helps you make new discoveries. I’m in town tomorrow for the Anthropologie opening (yay!), so i’ll try to make time to wander around with my camera afterwards and see what jumps out. Thank you!
These photos are so gorgeous! Love your ideas, too! It is so nice to look at things through a different lense, so to speak! Sometimes the inspiration to take photos just hits me in the most random places, and I’m always so glad I did…
I love taking photos, but recently my camera broke. I have been on the fence about getting a new camera. After reading this post I definitely need to get one! Now the question is film or digital…hmm
This is one of the things that I love most about photography. It allows you to see common things in a whole new way. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and sights.
Such beautiful photos. You’ve inspired me to take a walk around Gastown with my camera this weekend.
I love your photography features, Amanda! I seriously go through more printer ink printing out your articles. You should teach a class. ;)
Wow, you’re already making the rounds in Vancouver! Lovely photos!
Oh I’m glad, Kate. :)
Buhdoop, oh you poor thing. I couldn’t survive without mine- which is why I own so many hehe
Katie, that’s so true. Common things can look amazing on film.
Lisa, I love Gastown! I haven’t been there yet, but will at some point.
haha Vicki
Maybe we can have a private lesson when I come to visit you and Myla soon. ;)
Jen, I tend to get restless and grumpy if there is a new world out there to be seen and I’m not out there in it.
lovely lovely book!
Hello Amanda. Excellent creativity idea and great pictures ! Nice to see that everything seems to be going well in Vancouver ;o)