Essaouira is a windy beach town on the Moroccan Atlantic coast. The tide is massive there, so at low tide there is a huge amount of beach exposed. As soon as there is space, people run out and start playing some fairly well organized pick up games that attract a few spectators. The town is a must for any trip to Morocco. But don’t plan on just lying around on the beach, the wind is fierce and limits the beach activities to more sporting ventures like soccer and windsurfing.
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As you might guess, I enjoy recording my travels. As such, I end up spending a bit of time thinking about how to capture my expeditions on film.
While I was in Amsterdam, I heard a couplevloggers extol about the power of vlogging. I do enjoy a good webvideo, but I have my doubts about vlogging an adventure. While video can be a powerful way to capture time and place while traveling, I often feel that a shaky video of a great landmark just wouldn’t do it justice. I’m sure that if I could make a good video, then I could capture place better than just a photo can. But when then only equipment I have is my point and shoot, that’s not realistic.
In place of video, I like to take a picture and record a little bit of the sound of the place. Often I feel that this conveys the atmosphere just as well, if not better than a video from my point and shoot could. And sometimes, this medium feels more appropriate to the landmark. Take these two images and sounds for example.
Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech mid-day call to prayer on a scorching August day.
The bells of De Oude Kerk, Amesterdam faintly ringing as the evening sun dances through a window.
I might try vlogging at some point. But there will always be a bit of me that enjoys the peacefulness of just having the sights and sounds.
