After landing and getting some sleep for the night, it was great to get out and walk around Lima. I had some guests that came in early, so we walked around and had some relaxing time before the trip officially started.
We walked 4 blocks from the hotel and had a great view over the coastline. I decided to travel light and just took my iPhone 16 Pro with me.
We had a great time watching the paragliders in action.
The next day most everyone had arrived and we offered a day of sightseeing before the photo tour actually started. The weather had turned overcast but this provided nice even light for our photos. This is the pre-Incan ruins which are right in the middle of Lima. I encouraged everyone to photograph the ruins with some of the city visible in the background to show how this exists amongst the newer city dwellings.
We saw these colorful umbrellas out in the distance and our guide told us that this was a makeshift restaurant. Once again, the cloudy weather helped to create this interesting scene.
The area has great buildings and lots of cool murals painted on the sides.
At one point, I saw this guy come out of a door and I loved his look. He thought he was interrupting us and quickly closed the door. If you have travelled with me, you know how I roll. I knocked on the door and asked if we could photograph him. He became a favorite portrait of the day for most of my guests.
We also visited the local market where everyone had a great day taking photographs.
I caught this moment when Shelly (one of my guests) was talking to one of the merchants. I love the smiles shared by them.
Everyone walked around the market and I was giving them ideas of camera settings and angle's to shoot.
You can not go to Lima and not get a cream filled churro from Churro San Francisco!!! I treated the group to this local delight and they all LOVED them.
We were about to get into our van to head to lunch when I saw this one man hanging out in the corner of this building. I took this photo and then did some work in Adobe Photoshop to darken the whole image but leave the man exposed correctly.
After lunch, we visited another area of Lima and I saw this woman sitting on a bench in a park. I quickly framed this shot and captured the moment.
We were about to end our day when I saw a bike rider pass by us. I quickly killed my shutter speed (to 1/15 sec) and panned along with the rider. I showed this to all my guests and they wanted to give this a try, so we spent the next 20 minutes motion panning bikes as they passed by us.
And then we were off to the Sacred Valley for more fun. Stay tuned for those photos.
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