13 Jul 2014

Video diary. Matala, Crete

Video diary of our trip to Matala, Crete. Matala is a little village with four different beaches- Matala beach, Red beach (very small, occupied by nudists), Kamo beach and Dragon's beach (exclusive, because it can fit only two people).In order to get to some of them-only by hiking mountains, which makes the whole experience truly adventurous! We stayed at our relatives and they are Cretans, thus our experience was based on their lifestyle- the best way to get exposed to the culture! Together with locals we went for picking the snails and then cooking by traditional recipe. Matala is the place if you want to escape from urban life, noise and pollution. Slow down and enjoy life in Matala. Indeed!
Photos of this trip are here

Matala.Crete from Ksenia Zizina on Vimeo.



The idea of making videos of our journeys came across quite recently. I love photography and always have my camera with me. But I always had desire to film, and my photo camera gad this option of video making, so I decided to give it a try, and since then- video making is an essential part of my life. Photos captures only a moment, it freezes it for forever, but video has an advantage to record all live expressions, mimics, gestures etc.Video, unlike photo captures the mood of the time and place and it will be a great memory after many years to look back and to see how young, beautiful and happy we were.