It's time for me to think about holidays, the skies are grey here and I'm cold.
Unless I can find somewhere really cheap in America I'm pretty much going to be stuck in Europe for a while and I've been photographing Cardiff for months and months.
I want to find somewhere with good lighting. Greece was great, fantastic light there, really nice for shooting. But where else in Europe am I likely to get great light most of the year round? Paris is similar to Britain and I'd imagine that Amsterdam and anywhere further North would be the same. Then there's also the subject matter. I shoot mainly street work, some other odd stuff if it catches my eye but mainly the mundane.
I have never been there myself (After i turned 10 or something) but I heard that Croatia is really nice and interresting. Light would also be pretty OK.
Marrakesh is not too far away and I believe that there are now some budget flights out there. The light south of the med is very good and makes colours very punchy. Also a great place and very cheap to eat and live there for a bit. Lots to do in the surrounding coutryside, too.
Tuscany sounds great and the Mediterranean coast as well. The weather should still be just warm enough to bounce around. I'd bet there will be almost no tourists.
It rains in Paris a lot in November and tapers off in December and one of these days I would like to do shooting of the streets at night in the rain in B&W.
Legalbeagle makes a good point. What about Morroco?
Ajaccio has plenty of street stuff, and the surrounding countryside - well the whole island - is spectacular. High mountains, wiggly roads, olive groves on the rolling hills near the southern coast.
Not your usual Med. island, it has a rough and tumultous history.
If the weather is 'bad' that just adds to the beauty. Multi-layered clouds on the granite peaks cry for a camera.
(You can tell, I really loved that island when I visited it.)
Venice without a doubt! It changes with the light and Canneletto paintings are around every corner. The street scenes are certainly different and there is the opportunity to travel to the islands that are again vibrant and different. The architecture, the people and the original photo opportunities are endless.
And of course the food and the wine are a bonus!
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If you're in street photography and other odd stuff like that u should consider comming to Romania(in Transilvania - part of the country to be more precise).It's very cheap and there are a lot of great subjects.
Venice gets my vote but this time of the year it may be dreary. Might have better luck down Rome way or even further south along the Amalfi Coast. You can stay in Sorento cheaper than the actual Amalfi coast area.
You can fly from the UK down to Malta quite cheaply if you look around, and you'll find some very interesting old architecture there. Weather's OK this time of year, but gets kinda lousy after the first for a couple of months.
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I have never been there myself (After i turned 10 or something) but I heard that Croatia is really nice and interresting. Light would also be pretty OK.
My parents are from there and I haven't been there since 1984. It is gorgeous there. It's actually become a hot tourist attraction. The Adriatic Sea is crystal clear. Be forewarned, no sandy beaches, but LOTS of rocky shoreline. Check it out here.
Austria was nice, I was there last Christmas. I loved Hallstatt but it is dead, and i mean dead during Christmas, so much so that I had to leave and go back to Vienna or I would have starved. London is another great place, I love it. Munich would also be great during the holidays.
Venice gets my vote but this time of the year it may be dreary. Might have better luck down Rome way or even further south along the Amalfi Coast. You can stay in Sorento cheaper than the actual Amalfi coast area.
I will be going to Italy in May. How is the weather and the photo ops in Florence? I hear that Cinque Terre is also great for photography.
Have you thought about Spain? Some great places there and lots to take pictures of. Madrid is nice but down south you have the Costa del Sol, Malaga or Torremolinas all great vacation spots. Other places worth visiting are Granada, Cadiz, Jerez, Sevilla. All are terrific and Spain is still affordable for the most part.
