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Right in the preparation of my next trip to Nepal, I still like to share some ideas on preparing for a trip. If you have not read the previous article, you can take a look HERE .

I still do not know if I travel to shoot or if I make the picture to travel. One I certainly serves as a pretext for another and vice versa. If there is however one thing I know for sure is that I can not imagine traveling without photo and every time I go, I put every effort to bring something hearty, strong, beautiful. Before leaving, I am documenting the country in order to immerse myself more easily in culture and better understand.

In the first time, I want to know what I want to show exactly what topics I will deal: I'll spend the holidays with landscapes, portraits, culinary specialties, the animal in the street. Do I want to show the country under a side exotic, authentic, modern ....

This choice allows one hand to know what is going to take such material: The landscape does not require the same objectives as the animal example, and I do not see any carry a range to cover all subjects. I like to travel light and therefore limit myself to the essentials. Also, I prefer to concentrate on a theme and do it well rather than try to do everything in half.

The theme also determines the period of stay. Each season provides a hue and a different landscape. If we look at the culture of a country, traditional festivals can grasp and understand the customs of a country. If you want to put all the chances of his side for the "decisive moment", it is best to plan his trip function (easy to say )

Once I know on which theme I'm going my way, I am documenting my destination. I spend much time on the internet, reading articles, I travel magazines that speak of culture, wildlife, history, I read stories of travelers (as Alexendra David-Neel, Sylvain Tesson Nicolas Vanier ...). All of which awakening my imagination and feed my creativity once there. I look once more the work of many other photographers to see the various biases, the emotion which others have been captured.

This step is completely gone the trip for me. The imaginary part of the journey in some way. I read somewhere a quote from I do not know who (can not remember the author) who said "the most beautiful of travel is that one step further". I agree with this idea a bit: I so love the months or weeks before departure. My mind is in turmoil, and I'm already imagining the images I want to do (it's not serious? ).

Once I'm well documented, I located the places I find interesting on a map. I do not really accurate route, rather a series of things that I really want to visit. When I am there, I do not program precisely because I like to leave room for the unexpected, the surprises, unexpected discoveries. If I discover a place that I particularly like, I like to spend as much time as I want without having imperative. Select and find information on where I need also keeps me from falling into "tourist traps" (each trip is full!), Or any other place uninteresting photographic or cultural.

So, that is documentation. I attach great importance to this moment that inspires me a lot before leaving. This also allows me to think about a lot of related subjects in the photo, my question. A moment that can really share and which belongs only to us.
Sweet dreams of travel ...

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