Just returned from ten days in Belize. We were there to create a video and shoot some still images to document a college class participating in tropical field studies in the both the rain forest and on the coral barrier reef. Yeah, sweet assignment.
Travel in country was a little unusual for us. Instead of rental cars, maps and GPS, travel had been arranged by the client. We went by bus. It took about two minutes to realize there was an opportunity to have fun with a camera. So I whipped out my trusty little Canon G9 point and shoot and, really, started snapping away. It was almost like an exercise.
Picture this, the bus is rambling down the road and I am simply a passenger. I don’t know what’s around the next bend and I certainly can’t ask the driver to stop so I can make a picture. So I’m looking ahead, trying to see what’s coming up and hopping from one side of the bus to the other. No time to compose. Just stick the camera out the window and guess the composition. Only time for one shot from the moving bus as we whisk by.
This is not great art, but it was fun with a camera.
It’s been 15 years since I was in Belize. Amazing and quite sad that I made many similar photos of the area. Nothing seems to have changed. Prosperity exists only in certain corridors and beaches. Thanks for sharing.