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Shadow Play: People in Silhouette

by Martin Frick | Feb 10, 2026 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Choose a location and a time of day where people’s shadows fall clearly on walls, floors, or other surfaces. Your entire series of 6–10 photographs should focus on shadows as your subject, rather than the people themselves.Your task is to:• Observe...

Observe, Anticipate, Capture

by Martin Frick | Feb 10, 2026 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Develop your ability to observe movement and anticipate decisive moments. For this exercise, you will focus on reading patterns — in light, in people’s behaviour, and in the flow of the Medina.Create 6–10 images that rely not on luck, but on...

Feet & Shadows: Stories on the Ground

by Martin Frick | Feb 10, 2026 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Create a series of 6–10 images focusing on the feet, steps, and long shadows of people moving through the Medina. Instead of photographing faces or upper bodies, concentrate on what happens at ground level.Your goal is to use backlight, extended...

Pockets of Light

by Martin Frick | Feb 10, 2026 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Seek out scenes in the Medina where light cuts through narrow streets, courtyards, or doorways, creating isolated pockets of brightness surrounded by deep shadow. Capture 6–10 photographs that explore this interplay of darkness and illumination.Your...
The Craftsman’s Story

The Craftsman’s Story

by Martin Frick | Feb 10, 2026 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Create a small reportage about a traditional craftsman in the Medina. Your goal is to visually narrate his environment, his work, his tools, his gestures, and the essence of his craft.Your sequence of images should include:• A wide or establishing shot...

FAQ for participants

by Martin Frick | Mar 21, 2025 | 01-marrakech experience community, learning ressources

Where and when will we meet? For participants arriving on Saturday, we will pick you up at the airport at your arrival time. It seems most are landing at around midday, so we will meet in the evening in the medina, in the restaurant Terrasses des Arts...
Reduce to the max or create a choreography of chaos – it’s your choice

Reduce to the max or create a choreography of chaos – it’s your choice

by Martin Frick | Jan 15, 2025 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

Make a choice whether you want to work with a wide range of aspects (forms, textures, colors, things, people) or if you reduce to nuances of only few aspects Some shots are working, because they have a carefully chosen aspect and quiet look on a main subject and a...
A Day in the Life of…

A Day in the Life of…

by Martin Frick | Jan 10, 2025 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

Diving deep into the reality of a persons life Working on a reportage about peoples life can be one of the most compelling learnings in photography. For this, you have to dive really deep into a persons reality and spend a certain amount of time with the individual....
Describe your subject in 3 words

Describe your subject in 3 words

by Martin Frick | Nov 22, 2024 | 01-marrakech experience community, learning ressources

We only see what we know? Seeing is a kind of thinking visually… and a kind of feeling. Sometimes it helps to make aware what I already knew without being conscious about it. As we get better in being conscious about our feelings and thoughts, we move on towards a...
Available Light Portraits

Available Light Portraits

by Martin Frick | Nov 22, 2024 | 01-marrakech experience community, photo assignments

Seeing and understanding the light, and how it shapes the mood and character of the subject Taking portraits with available light creates a very natural look. With available light you can shape your subject but also use the mood of the scenery. Be aware that available...
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