ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the methodological issues of locating tourists and interviewing them in media res, while still in the midst of their explorations of the city. It also looks at the ground upon which the photographic study was laid by looking at the literature on Visitor Employed Photography (VEP) and discusses the method used for sorting and organizing the images. Some areas of the city, the Castle District and the area immediately proximate to the Parliament are tourist friendly sites where visitors are free to act as tourists and are easy to identify waving their guidebooks and drawing their cameras. Professional photography also plays a key role in shaping destination image through guidebooks and advertising campaigns undertaken by tourism bureaus and the growing preference for illustrated guides highlights the importance of the visual.
