A Sense of Place | Finding Your Eye At Home And Abroad

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“Most travel photographers make pictures to convey the appearance of a place. I try to make them to convey a “Sense of Place.” 
What exactly is a “Sense of Place?” To me, a “sense of place” means not just what a place actually “looks like,” but rather, how it feels, what it represents or once represented, and what it might mean to us. Making images that capture a “Sense of Place” usually involves expressing symbolic ideas central to the meaning of the place, instead of just descriptively recording its appearance. “

“No single image can usually do this job by itself. To offer a true sense of place, we need to present a number of expressive images about that place, grouping them together as a photographic essay, a picture story, or a series of sequential images. Hopefully, when we have absorbed the meaning of them all, we will feel as if we can grasp the nature of that place.”

– Phil Douglis –

“The key to meaningful and inspiring photography lies in two seemingly opposite concepts: letting your inner child wonder and marvel at the things around you as if you were discovering them for the first time while, like the wise elder, taking your time to slow things down and discover the essence of your subject.”

– Younes Bounhar –

Younes Bounhar’s A Sense of Place, Finding Your Eye at Home and Abroad, is a 42-spread eBook that can help you  make stronger photographs, whether at home or elsewhere, by honing your ability to see and express, not just point the camera.Based on his trips back home to Morocco, Younes guides you through his process of making photographs in a place that is both foreign and familiar. Through this experience, beautiful photographs, and a series of excellent creative exercises, Younes teaches you how to see in new ways and do the work needed to make beautiful photographs of places near and far, strange or familiar. (CRAFT & VISION)

This latest ebook from Craft & Vision really does comes at the right times, I love traveling and love travel photography so much and this ebook resonate well with me. Sometimes I do struggle a lot to take a great picture in my home country Malaysia, it is very difficult to view my home country from tourist or strangers point of view, every things looks so ordinary to me, I grew up here, that’s why everything looks so ordinary to me but then there are people who have travel half way around the globe to reach my home country, they find it interesting, lot’s of variety and some people say that, they love our country so much because there is so much to see and there is the beaches.

On the other hand I travel all the way to Nepal just to take some pictures of the mountain, the Himalaya, Nepal is a landlocked country, they don’t have beaches, and to them laying on the beach is so much fun comparing to trekking the Himalaya, on the other hand, I like trekking more than sitting and laying on the beach.

Anyway this eBook is not about comparing which country is good and which country is not so good, this a photography eBook, this is more specific to those who love travel photography. This is also an eBook that is suitable for those of you who can’t travel abroad for whatever reason that might be to find a “new eye” at your home, this ebook will try to help you to see your environment where you live with a new eye, from tourist or travellers point of view so that you will never see your place as ordinary as what it used to be.

Younes Bounhar will share his you his trips and tricks for getting the great shot that you can be proud of, be it in your home country or abroad. He will show you what makes good travel photography and what not to miss, above all, I think whether you are seasoned traveler or just starting out to venture outside your home country, you will find some of the tips, tricks and advice in this eBook is invaluable for your photographic endeavour.

In a couple of a few days we will be celebrating a new year and I’m pretty sure that most of us has already plan for something for next year adventure and this ebook will jump star your journey, for me, I like to do some kind of homework before traveling, I just wanted to make sure that I didn’t left anything behind so that I’ve something to look for when traveling, so guys if you wanted some guide, just get the eBook from Craft and Vision and start a new year with a new Vision.

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