Hi!

Here's a short report of a marvelous day spent shooting and chatting in the great company of Keef Charles from Chester, England and Alphan Yilmazmaden from Istanbul, Turkey!

* Me and Keef left the apartment at 1pm and took the tram to Sirkeci train station, where we had made plans to meet Alpan at 2pm. We had some spare time and made a short walk around the block.

* First on the agenda was lunch and a chat at a cosy place in a small area with many nice and simple restaurants.

' We took the tram to the "boxes" area south of the Grand Bazaar and shot there for a short time.

* Next stop was the Grand Bazaar itself and the alleys on the north of it, going downhill towards the Eminönu ferry piers. We found some great light where the strong sunlight bounced off the sheet metal covering the Yeni Camii renovation project.

* It was then time for a cay and another chat in the little place near the flower shops.

* We did some shooting at Eminönu itself and on the Galata bridge before seeing Alphan off, catching his ferry home for the night.

* Me and Keef got ourselves some scrumptious Istanbul fish sandwiches for dinner on the ferry pier, eating them and watching the sun set with our legs dangling over the waters of the Golden Horn meeting the Bosphorus.

Be well, everybody!

Niklas