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Turkey is good for photography
year-round. Its natural
beauty and abundance of historic
treasures give you plenty of
possibilities to make beautiful and/or
dramatic images.
Here
are some of my favorites.
Digital cameras are popular
in Turkey, and the supplies for them
(memory cards, batteries, etc) are
readily available.
For info on recharging your
digital camera/video batteries while
in Turkey, see Electricity.
Many photo shops in major cities and
resort areas will download
your digital photo files, make prints for
you and/or burn the files to
a CD-ROM or DVD for
you to take home with you.
If you're going to do this yourself,
and you have lots of photo files, take
a look at the software designed by publicspace.net which
may help you to organize your files.
Their Big
Mean Folder Machine has
saved my (photographic) life on occasions
when I've had disorganized photo files.
More...
Do not photograph or video anything
military: bases, buildings, vehicles,
aircraft, or soldiers on duty. If
you see a sign like this:
Don't take photos of anything around
or behind it!
Ask permission
before photoing or videoing
soldiers off-duty (as it is polite
to do with any persons you photo/video).
If you see the Turkish words Fotograf
yapmak yasak! (Taking photographs
prohibited!) observe the restriction absolutely.
You don't want to be mistaken for
a terrorist, do you?
Some museums and sights
may require payment of a photo/video
fee, which allows photography and
videography without a tripod or other
professional equipment, for personal
(non-commercial) use only. Most of
the medium-sized and smaller sites
do not charge a photo/video fee.
Turkish TV sets and video components
use the PAL standard as in Europe
(except France, which uses SECAM),
not the NTSC standard used in
the USA and Canada, so if you buy a
pre-recorded video as a souvenir of,
say, Konya's
whirling dervishes, you had better
have a PAL system to play it on. A
PAL videotape will not play
on an NTSC system.
Climate and
the seasons affect
your shooting, of course. In summer,
time your shooting for the early
morning and late afternoon whenever
possible. The light is warm and low-temperature
then. At midday, the light is high-temperature
and thus colors are washed out and
shadows harsh.
Consider a hot-air
balloon flight in Cappadocia for
a truly unforgettable photo/video
experience. The air is clear, the
light warm and dramatic, and the
angles are out of this world!
Electricity
in Turkey
Telecommunications
in Turkey
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