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Date: 1st January 2009
travel photos
hello stephen, i read your blog on travell photography, especially about the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, and had the exactly same experience. i too am a avid photographer, but wanted to respect the grieving and of course the alredy deceased, by not taking any photos at all, just observing and learning, it made me so depressed and sick to see people filming the burning of a body, will they ever view it again at home on their larger than life wide screen tv. i think not, i bet they'll just forget that they ever went there. i think that because of the digital age, all snap happy and all it gives the locals in whichever country a bad impression of the forgien tourist. even worse is when some gives a child 5 rupees for posing for a photo. they then go and buy some glue and sniff it in the streets of kathmandu. people should be more responsible, and let their mind do the thinking, not their digi camera. if they have one they certainly should have it dangling around their neck on full view, showing off your wealth in some of the poorest countries around. it all about respect, there seams to be less and less around these days. happy travels, richard
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travel photos
hello stephen, i read your blog on travell photography, especially about the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, and had the exactly same experience. i too am a avid photographer, but wanted to respect the grieving and of course the alredy deceased, by not taking any photos at all, just observing and learning, it made me so depressed and sick to see people filming the burning of a body, will they ever view it again at home on their larger than life wide screen tv. i think not, i bet they'll just forget that they ever went there. i think that because of the digital age, all snap happy and all it gives the locals in whichever country a bad impression of the forgien tourist. even worse is when some gives a child 5 rupees for posing for a photo. they then go and buy some glue and sniff it in the streets of kathmandu. people should be more responsible, and let their mind do the thinking, not their digi camera. if they have one they certainly should have it dangling around their neck on full view, showing off your wealth in some of the poorest countries around. it all about respect, there seams to be less and less around these days. happy travels, richard
From Blog: Mine is bigger than yours, speaking of cameras
Date: 1st January 2009
Good !!!
I'm on my tour in Asia(India now) and think the same way as you. I like your comments about this theme and have seen persons(tourists)like this man. I'm ashamed of beeing tourist when I see this bad habit. Taking photos of people(and their sermonies ..) without any thoughts and their permittion, is stealing. We are visitors. Many of my friends told me to take a lot of pictures an blog them, but I,m not. I memorize them in mee, most of the time. The thoughts, feelings... I'm not a journalist.. TrondF
From Blog: Mine is bigger than yours, speaking of cameras
Good !!!
I'm on my tour in Asia(India now) and think the same way as you. I like your comments about this theme and have seen persons(tourists)like this man. I'm ashamed of beeing tourist when I see this bad habit. Taking photos of people(and their sermonies ..) without any thoughts and their permittion, is stealing. We are visitors. Many of my friends told me to take a lot of pictures an blog them, but I,m not. I memorize them in mee, most of the time. The thoughts, feelings... I'm not a journalist.. TrondF
From Blog: Mine is bigger than yours, speaking of cameras
Lokman
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What's goin on?
Stephan G!...Wassup?...Where are u now?....Heard u quit the company (again ..).. Let's plan a trip to Tibet ..hahaha...
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