Dawn in Istanbul, April 2015
I fell in love with Istanbul and its people when I visited last year, and I’m missing it. It is a beautiful, walkable, historical, modern, photogenic and very welcoming city.
I was lucky to spend part of my time there last spring on a workshop led by photographer Anthony Epes. Exploring a city with a great photographer always opens your eyes to new things.
If you fancy trying it out for yourself, I highly recommend Anthony’s trips. If you fancy something sooner than that, and you’re in London, do head along to the East End Film Festival and visit his Istanbul at Dawn Photography Exhibition (22-28 June, Spitalfields Market).
A small warning from me: if you haven’t already been to Istanbul, you will be desperate to visit once you have seen his photos! Mention my name and you’ll get in for free. I jest – it’s free entry anyway. Enjoy!
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 June 2016
Part of Skywatch Friday
Travel with Intent 
Your shots are incredible!
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Thank you kindly!
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Such a lovely night shot. I’m sure it would be amazing to visit Istanbul.
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I hope you get there one day
On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I loved Istanbul too and would like to go back.
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It’s definitely on my return list too!
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Wonderfull photos.
Yours:)*
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What a massive Church or is it a Mosque? It looks more like some kind of fortress, so solid & heavy duty looking. Great photo Debbie
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It’s the Blue Mosque. Unmissable!
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I visited Istanbul about 20 years ago. It’s indeed a beautiful city. Back than I didn’t wake up that early.
But judging by your photo, it is definitely worth the effort.
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I second everything Debbie said about Istanbul and Anthony’s classes. Lovely photo, lovely memories.
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Your photographs are an excellent sales pitch, Debs. Istanbul has been on my list for the longest time and Cities at Dawn looks like it will be an amazing book. I just signed up to his newsletter.
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It’s a good newsletter too. You’ll enjoy it. I am a member of his Light Monkeys group and we meet up monthly for walks and reviews. I’ve done Venice and Istanbul with him and I’m doing Cuba next year! If you come down to London let me know and if it coincides with anything he’s doing, I’ll take you along! I’m doing a dawn walk next Sunday – when I signed up I thought it was afternoon, so it was a bit of a shock when I realised that it’s 04:15!!
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Eeek! You’re getting to be a dawn addict 🙂 Cuba will be amazing.
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You know I need to do this. Next time I travel I must look into a photo walk class and sign up. Thanks for the tip.
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Definitely worth doing – photographers are great people so there’s always good company!
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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‘Drop-dead-beautiful’ images!! Congrats for getting up for a dawn shoot…. wish I would have done it….yes, Istanbul is a photogs delight!
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I often have good intentions but only ever manage dawn when I’m on a workshop!
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I’ve heard a lot about the city. On my bucket list.
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It was in my bucket list for a long time. And its still in the repeat visit part!
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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