When we arrived in Trinidad we weren’t quite sure about it.

The streets of the centre were busy and loud. Not from locals going about their everyday lives but from groups of tourists being shepherded around town, blindly following the bobbing flag of their guide up ahead. Large tour buses clogged up the streets trying to get as close to the action as possible before depositing their load of passengers.

We were overwhelmed.

But instead of spending our time walking the same congested streets we hit the back roads. And what we found was a different world entirely. The streets were just as colourful but away from the hoards we could really appreciate them.

Instead of neatly dressed waiters trying to cajole us into over-priced restaurants we found families caring for their horses. Instead of fighting through the crowds we found empty streets with cyclists that stopped at makeshift shop fronts just to chat and ladies gossiping in doorways, their hair wrapped in rollers.

What a difference a few short blocks makes.

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4 Comments

  1. Love the pics! Really captured how amazing Trinidad is.

    Quick question about your photography; what camera do you use? And what edits do you use to get that hazy/faded look? I love it

    Thanks

    • Thanks Aaron! These are taken with a combination of the Olympus EM-1 and EM-10 generally using the M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 and 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lenses. Everything is edited in Lightroom using various self-developed presets and For the hazy look I think you’re talking about, try playing with the tone curve and look at bringing the end point of the line in the blacks up the vertical line. Hope that helps 🙂

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