Tag: Istanbul

Second Home Hostel, Istanbul, Turkey

As prom­ised, here is the video we created over the past few days for our pals at Second Home Hostel in Istanbul. It still amazes me that it can take over 30 hours of work to produce a video less than two minutes long. Hope you enjoy it. Attentive readers may recog­nize the beau­ti­ful female [...]

Istanbul Eats Photo Competition

Hey! If you’re reading this, then I’ll assume you’ve been digging the blog. How about sharing the love back to us.
One of the photos I took in February and posted on this blog is a final­ist in a photo contest over at IstanbulEats.com. Please vote for my pic here, by email­ing istanbuleats3@gmail.com with the subject heading “Turkey Vote Chris Simit”.
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Documentary Photography: An Unrealized Ambition

I hate when people ask me if I’m a pho­to­grapher.
Sometimes it’s the gear that prompts this. They see the expens­ive looking camera, or maybe pick up my kit for a moment and are taken aback by how heavy it is. “Whoa! You must be a pho­to­grapher.” Maybe it’s the final shots that have them whoa-ing, but [...]

Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi)

Topkapi Palace located in Istanbul, was the headquar­ters for the Ottamen Empire for more then 400 years. Today it is a museum. When we went it cost 20 Turkish Lira per person, and if we wanted to go into the Harem it would cost an addi­tional 15 Turkish Lira per person. The ticket for entering [...]

Everyday Istanbul