With this post, I have the pleasure of introducing Bethany Lloyd, walk leader and photographer in the Alps, as a regular contributor to the Travel Stories section of the site. From now on, Beth will contribute one article every month about her adventures across the mountains of Italy, Austria, Spain, and others. Besides being an experienced walk leader and a …
The Best Spots to Take Panoramic Pictures in Italy
Whether you are a professional photographer or you just have a great passion for photography, you will be certainly interested in finding some beautiful places in Italy where photographers go to get the most stunning views of the Italian boot. Here are some interesting spots where you can get gorgeous views from above. Just keep in mind two important rules: choose the moments of …
Using the Human Figure in Landscape Photography
When people think of landscape photography, what most have in mind is a pristine wilderness, completely devoid of any human presence. In this day and age, however, landscape that is untouched and not shaped by the human hand has become very hard to find and many popular and beautiful locations are often overrun by hordes of tourists. While landscapes with …
Revisiting the Ligthtroom Rapid Editing System
A few days ago, I reviewed here Viktor Elizarov’s Rapid Editing System for Adobe Lightroom, having used it to process an image of mine. I have to admit I gave Viktor’s presets a hard time, using an image that was quite overexposed to start with. Having seen my review, Viktor kindly offered to reprocess my image and here are the …
The Lightroom Rapid Editing System
I have to admit that until recently I was not a big fan of presets and plugins for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Having used Lightroom for many years, I had developed a workflow that let me very quickly apply some general corrections and determine whether a photo merits further fine tuning. I will also only resort to Photoshop on rare …
Greenan Castle
I was debating between me and myself whether this should be considered a natural landscape, considering its main feature is man-made, but let’s not be too fussy about classifications, OK? This is Greenan Castle, in Ayrshire, Scotland and the photo was taken one gloomy September morning during our annual G+ Euro Photowalk. We got on the spot as the tide …
The Last Days of Summer
Camogli is a fantastic little town nested between the mountains and the sea and, with the right light, its colors can be awe inspiring. I was lucky to get there one late afternoon at the end of September, when the sun in the west was lighting up the houses on the waterfront, all painted in tones of red and yellow, …
The Drama Unfolds
I just returned home from too short a trip to Tuscany, where I went to meet some online friends for the first time in real life, show them a bit of the country and take some photos too. Unfortunately, the Saturday was plagued by bad weather and constant rain, so we did a visit to the city of Siena, hopping …
A Tour Of Cathedral Valley
When I visited Utah last time, I knew there was one place that I absolutely wanted to visit, called Cathedral Valley, in Capitol Reef National Park. The problem and the beauty of Cathedral Valley is that it’s a remote place, reachable only via a long dirt road that crosses several sandy washes and requires fording the Fremont River. Getting there …
Three Months With The Samyang/Rokinon 12mm f2.0
Three months ago, I got myself the new Samyang/Rokinon 12mm f2.0 NCS CS lens for my Fujifilm X-E2 and in the time since I’ve been using it a lot, both locally around here and in trips to Greece and Ireland. Even though I specifically selected this lens for its qualities with respect to astrophotography, I’ve been using it for all …