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Has anyone been to Morocco?
I will get the chance to photograph people in a bakery, barber shop...to take photos of. They are all getting paid for that
Is it true that it is forbidden to use a tripod in public?
Where do I upload? To microstock or to macrostock?
I have taken an amazing photo of the Hagia Sophia during golden hour in Istanbul but it was only bought twice within one year on microstock.
Any tips for Morocco?
Has anyone tried to take stock photos while being on a tour with 30 people?
I agree, touring with 30 people is no fun but I would not want to tour Morocco on my own. I don't know what to do regarding model release. I am doing a half day photography tour organised by photographers who live in Marrakech. They are paying these people. There might be 5 other photographers on the tour. I have not used Easyrelease yet. Would there be even time for model releases? The 10 day tour will take us into the Atlas mountains, also to Fez, Casablanca, Rabat...
It's the first time I will be doing some street photography.
but it will take me one year to earn that sort of money with microstock.
Thank you so much for all your help. I don't know how to express it properly how much it means to me. I realised that I don't see enough things to photograph. I never thought about taking photos of objects. Aren't they copyright or someone's art? How do the "who, when, what, where" for editorial photos apply to objects? Isn't a Moroccan door someone's art? Apart from 2 days alone in Marrakech I will have one day to myself in Fez unless I pay for the optional city sightseeing. I am determined to explore Fez online my own. Sounds like it will be much more of an adventure than my guided Sicily tour.
I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.
Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 01:08I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.always a good idea to check local custom - in Morocco, non-muslims aren't allowed in most mosques, while in Iran, Egypt, Turkey, India non-muslims are welcomed (often I've been given a tour by the imam in smaller mosques)
I never want to take a chance on accidentally contravening one of their rules so avoid them to be safe.
Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 20:18I never want to take a chance on accidentally contravening one of their rules so avoid them to be safe. That seems a shame its a while ago now and I know temperatures have risen but in Turkey in particular and Morocco I found very welcoming people only too pleased to welcome foreigners and provided you respected their sites very happy to see you there.
Quote from: cascoly on March 17, 2017, 14:21Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 01:08I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.always a good idea to check local custom - in Morocco, non-muslims aren't allowed in most mosques, while in Iran, Egypt, Turkey, India non-muslims are welcomed (often I've been given a tour by the imam in smaller mosques) Though as I recall you can go in the one at Casablanca it was years ago when I went so may have changed?
Ah cool! Just understand that some people don't like getting their pictures taken, which is fair enough. Sometimes you may have to ask someone to get their picture taken and most of the time it will be OK.