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Famous Austrian tourist spot raises a fence to stop people from taking selfies

May 23, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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A gorgeous little Austrian town Hallstatt has set up a fence to stop tourists from taking selfies. No, it’s not that the toen leaders are mean – but they are facing severe issues due to a flood of tourists coming to take their perfect Instagram photos.

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Elephant breaks tourist’s arm as she gets too close for a photo

May 12, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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An American tourist recently had a dangerous and painful experience on vacation in Bali. While posing with an elephant for a photo, she got too close and the animal grabbed her arm into its mouth. Being strong and big as elephants are, it severely broke the woman’s arm, sending her to an emergency surgery and leaving her with a $10,000 hospital bill.

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New Zealand tourist dies taking a selfie on a moving train in Thailand

Dec 29, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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A tragedy struck this Tuesday when a New Zealand tourist tried to take a selfie. The man was leaning out of a moving train in Thailand, trying to take a photo of himself. He sadly lost his balance, plunging 33 feet (10m) to his death.

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The ten best photo spots in Paris

Dec 5, 2022 by Jefferson Graham Add Comment
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Look up any list of the most photographed cities in the world, and Paris is in the top 3, usually along with New York and London. And for good reason: every street is a work of art.

Even if the Eiffel Tower has been photographed millions of times, we all bring something new to it. And besides, how can you tell the story of visiting Paris without seeing the Tower? It is the symbol of the city, even more than Big Ben of London or the Chrysler building of New York.

The Tower looms over the entire city, but where to go to get the best shot?

We just spent two weeks in Paris, producing the latest episode of PhotowalksTV, and we have a few ideas about photographing the Tower and other Paris icons.

Let’s break it down, with ten tips for Paris’s best.

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Flying a drone in Iran sends a French tourist to jail for 8 years

Jan 27, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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A French tourist has been arrested in Iran after he was caught flying a drone. He was accused of espionage and arrested in 2020, and he has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

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How not to be a photographer

May 31, 2021 by Dmitri Popov Add Comment
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After almost five years in Germany, I’ve amassed an impressive body of work. I love many of the photos I took here, and some of them are even selling rather well. Yet, I have very few images to show when people ask me to show photos of Germany. Because — surprise, surprise — most people are not into architectural abstracts. They are interested in regular snapshots of mundane stuff: streets, shops, recognizable buildings, and what not. In other words, they want to be tourists, not art critics.

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Tourist damages a 200-year-old sculpture after lying on it for a photo

Aug 31, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments
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While visiting the Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno, Italy, a tourist managed to damage a 19th-century statue because – as you could probably guess – he posed for a photo. The man thought it would be awesome to lie next to the statue and have his photo taken. And when he did so, he broke off three of the statue’s toes.

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Photographer trampled to death by a wild elephant after getting too close to its herd

Nov 11, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments
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India’s West Bengal state has seen eight trampling deaths in the past ten days. The latest tragedy happened when a photographer got too close to a herd of wild elephants in an attempt to photograph them. This got the animals enraged, and one of the elephants crushed the photographer to death.

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Tourist bad behavior prompts Kyoto’s Geisha neighborhood to ban photography

Oct 28, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments
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Tourism in Japan has increased dramatically over the past few years. And as we all know, not all tourists are respectful towards the places they visit. Kyoto’s historic Gion district has been struggling with bad tourist behavior. As a result, Kyoto has banned photography from all of Gion’s private streets and properties.

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Instagram star plows his car into protected area on Iceland, brags about it on Instagram

Jun 4, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 18 Comments
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Sadly, we often hear of tourists who destroy the world around them just so they can pose for Instagram. Self-described Russian filmmaker and photographer, Alexander Tikhomirov, recently got under fire because of this. On his trip to Iceland, he plowed his car into a protected geothermal area. He snapped a few photos and bragged about his “achievement” on Instagram, which caused outrage from his followers.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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