A couple of weeks before I left for the Summer Olympics in Paris, I lead my first photo tour to Peru. This was a test trip which included family and friends so that I could test things out and see if this was a tour I wanted to include for the future. I was partnering with a new tour company in Peru (well...new to me) and I wanted to see how everything went before taking groups to this new location. Without getting ahead of myself here, I can tell you that everyone LOVED the trip and I am adding a trip back to Peru next year. You can find that information here.
We all flew into the city of Lima, where we spent the first couple of days. We had a great time walking around town and seeing the colorful sites.
We had overcast weather which made it easier to get photos like these without any harsh shadows. For this trip, I took my
Canon R5 and
Canon R6 MII cameras. All of the photos in this blog posts were taken with the
Canon RF 24-105mm lens.
It was a quiet morning with very few people on the streets.
We all enjoyed the artwork on the buildings.
I saw this mural which was sandwiched between a door and a window, and thought it would make for a good photo. I saw this man walking towards the building and waited for him to come into the frame and took a bunch of photos. I liked his purposeful stride in this photo.
Dan, our guide showed us some really pretty murals and I thought they would make a nice backdrop for portraits, so I took photos of everyone. Here is a photo of my brother and his wife, Kath.
We visited a couple of the local markets, which I always love to photograph.
I can not say enough about the people of Peru.
They are incredibly friendly...
... and very photogenic.
Here is our group in the streets of Lima. The guinea pigs of tour number one!
We walked through this one tunnel and I saw Sara taking a photo. I decided that she added an extra element to the other "people" in the frame.
Towards the end of the day, we went to the coast and photographed some of the local fishermen.
One-by-one the boats would come in with their fish.
This man was cleaning and sorting the local catch of the day.
We all walked around and photographed the people at work.
This cat was walking amongst the boats (probably looking for some leftover fish). I loved the way that it's eyes stood out in front of the colorful background.
I saw this man painting his boat and really liked that moment.
And all of this was during our first day on the trip, and we had SO much more to come, including the Cusco Valley, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Puerto Maldonado and more. Those blog posts are coming soon.
As I said before, the Peru 2025 trip is now officially live on my photo tour page, as well as a long awaited trip to the islands of Galapagos. Check those out on the
tour page!
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