July 2012

July 31, 2012
I need some inspiration, seriously. I've been in Czech Republic and Slovakia pretty much the entire July. However, hardly any luck in terms of a good photo-material. First day in Prague we were too tired to get anywhere. What's more, the car broke. Next day, there was a family gathering, and I don't think that people while eating are particularly good objects to photograph. Neither is a still-life of a cake (what is then?). On Friday, it was terribly hot and sunny, and at the time the light was supposed to get softer, the clouds got gray and heavy, and later a thunderstorm kicked in. Shooting indoors would be an option, if I had the right lens. On Saturday, Stanko woke up having fever which lasted until the evening, and pretty much the entire day evolved around that. On Sunday, the fever was gone, and we visited the zoo, where tireless Stanko was running around for about 4 hours, and I snapped many candids - but nothing else. On Monday, we took a train to Slovakia.

My brother had plans for a Slovak outdoor/nature vacation, and I thought we could join him. However, he and his girlfriend got a stomach bug at the music festival they visited over the weekend, and were forced to spend the entire vacation next to the bathroom. So, we've met with our family in familiar places, which is nice and fun, but quite boring photo-wise. And going anywhere with my parents means that I don't have an undisturbed moment to concentrate and come up with a good idea for a picture.

So my only hope for these days, it seems, is to pack a backpack and set forth on a trip to somewhat less notorious places, like Tatry. The picture btw is from the hill above my parents' house, where I've been probably a thousand times.