Would a photography holiday in Abruzzo be full of nerds long on lenses but short on social graces?
You can read the article below or find it online here Through the pain of a hangover, I am watching two young men leap around like buffoons in front of me. Henry, tall and lean, is bouncing impressively high off the ground, while Selwyn, shorter and squarer, is making full army-style star jumps. There is an awful lot of panting going on, because Henry and Selwyn both have stinking hangovers too. These two might be getting sweaty, but this definitely isn’t a fitness break. The rest of us — 15 in all — are lying indolently on the grass outside an Italian baronial mansion, doing nothing more strenuous than depressing the buttons on our cameras. The previous night, we had stayed up till the small hours, drinking our village hotel dry. We’ve got sore heads. I’m on a four-day photography holiday in Abruzzo, Italy, with Frui, the creative holiday specialists. Today we’ve have been learning about shutter speeds, which is why Henry and Selwyn have been bounding around like eejits: high speeds w
