dusty lenses and dry air: chasing light in a city that won’t sit still
the humidity’s at 22% today-my camera lenses are cracking like old leather and i’m drinking coffee that tastes like it was brewed in a tin can. just checked the weather app and it’s 19.6°C out there, which sounds nice until you realize ‘feels like 18.19’ actually means ‘your fingertips will rebel’ while adjusting your aperture. hope you packed layers.
spent the morning arguing with a street vendor about the ‘best angle’ to photograph his tamale cart. he won. shoot in golden hour or don’t shoot at all, apparently. someone told me La Casa de los Azulejos has a back staircase where the light fracture’s perfect at 3pm, but when i got there it was swarming with influencers doing TikTok dances. crisis.
if you need to escape the chaos, Cuernavaca’s only a 90-minute drive south-heard their mercado has better natural lighting anyway.
found this ‘underground’ café near Plaza Garibaldi that Yelp insists has ‘life-changing churros,’ but honestly? the real gem was the old man playing violin in the corner while his dog slept on a pile of cables. life’s just better in vignette. someone at the hostel whispered that the murals at Palacio Nacional are being restored-might be your last chance to catch Diego Rivera’s work without scaffolding photobombing. check the local tourism board’s updates before hauling your gear there.
now if you’ll excuse me, i’ve got 400 raw files to edit and a desperate need for caffeine that costs less than my lens cap.
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