Dear local guides,
For me being a local guide feels a little bit like Pokemon Go. Trying to make such a beautiful picture that it will make the top rank of the spot where you posted the picture. For me luckily in Rotterdam I achieved this several times :). Most of the times I walk in a restaurant or a club and ask a manager whether i can make some photos and let them understand what it means to have nice pictures on there google.maps page.
Most of the time these shopkeepers do not know about this principle!
As a parttime photographer I decided to make the world a little bit nicer. I little bit do not like the phone pictures people make now a days. Luckily phone cameras become better, but it all looks like a fancy trick. That's why I decided to use my DSLR's and lenses to create really unique pictures that really draws some attention. I also share these pictures with the manager of the restaurant etc.
Sharing is caring, and it gives me some exposure too! Actually, I stopped instagram and all, began to contribute to google.maps 🙂 .
Now, I just was wondering what kind of camera people use, and what technique people like to use to make unique pictures. These are mine:
Camera: Canon 5d mark IV, Canon 80D and the canon G7X - Most used lens. 24 - 105 and pancake lens 40mm 2.8.
Most used technique: A little longer exposure, 1/15 of a second, put the camera low to the ground for a unique view, and to create movement in the pictures so that people are not recognizable (privacy et all).
Now I need to find more and more time to cycle to the city and make these nice pictures for every shop I can see! And if I really like the shop, I also go in there so i can make an honest review.
My question to the community, how do you feel about this way of approaching contributing to google?
And to finalize, i want to give you my favorite quote of F. Bueller:
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.
2022
