9-11 Alanya City Photo Tour Part 1

 Over the years of our travels we have taken tours with professional photographers with the emphasis on them teaching us something about photography.  Since covid - we really have not been able to find anyone who does this.  The trend has been for the professionals to either take you to beautiful spots so you can take selfies to post on Instagram or whatever - or they take professional photos of you that you can then post on social media.  

This trip was the same - we could not find anyone who could teach us.  But Michael reached out to our Airbnb host here in Alanya and asked her if she knew a photographer.  She happens to be Russian (this is a very popular vacation spot for Russians) and she put us in touch with a photographer who is from Moldovia and speaks Russian and some English.  He has never taught anyone about photography but was game to try it.  

We thought the price was a little out there - 500 Euros for about 5 hours.  But I must say he has put a lot of energy into this - and even though the photo shoot is over - keeps giving us assignments!

I took 362 photos and have weened them down to 62 photos.  Some of those are just because I wanted a photo to document something - not that they are that good.

I kept only 1 or 2 photos do the ships that dot the harbor - almost all of them are pirate themed.  Because way back when - that is what this area was known for.  

There is a lighthouse - but I was using a 2-40 lens which doesn't zoom out that far.

Castle way up on the left side of the hill.  Fortresses and towers below along the shore.

Our professional had us take vertical and horizontal photos of all scenes.

One of the pirate ships you could go out on.  From what we can figure out - all boats do the same thing.  They take you out a little ways and people then can jump into the water and swim or play around.  Then you have a meal.  Then they move a little ways away to another beach where you repeat.  There is at least one photographer on board to take your photos doing various things and then selling them to you. 

Under the umbrellas - people selling you boat tickets.

A mosque.

He was a little too far away to get a good photo.

There are a lot of cats in Turkey.  A lot are street cats - but a lot of times they are well cared for.  There are sanctuaries set up where they have places to sleep and food and water are provided.  This one looked healthy.