Tuscan Road
Wandering the fields and byways of southern Tuscany, I came across this tree-lined road, and settled in for a photography session, enjoying the action of the high-flying clouds. I processed…
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January 18, 2017
City on the Hill
I find when I am traveling that misadventures often bring unexpected photographic dividends. A case in point: getting stuck in a muddy field in my rental car in Tuscany got…
January 11, 2017
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
First a kingdom, then a republic, and finally an empire---for a thousand years the pax Romana held. Today the glory that was Rome amounts to a curiosity, ruins of an…
November 25, 2016
Abbazia di Sant’Antimo
Nestled in a valley in the Tuscan Hills, the Abbazia di Sant'Antimo---Abbey of Saint Anthony---dates originally from the eighth century. If you arrive at the right time, you can hear…
November 7, 2016
Romantic Landscapes
There's nothing I like better than to capture romantic landscapes. Of course, any landscape can be romantic in the right light, and almost any landscape can be grim in harsh…
November 3, 2016
Hotel Room with a View
I like to photograph from my hotel room, and I make a point of requesting rooms with a view. Sometimes this works. There's nothing particularly characteristic of Milan, Italy in…
October 31, 2016
Morning Blue
The special characteristics of light at sunset---first the "golden hour," followed by the "blue hour"---are well known to all serious landscape photographers. Indeed, the quality of the light and the…
October 29, 2016
Bramante Stairs
The Bramante Stairs is a double helix staircase, meaning it consists of two independent helical stairs in the same vertical space, allowing one person to ascend and another to descend, without…
October 27, 2016
Tuscan Field
This field has been plowed. It is autumn, and the land is bare, waiting in lengthy passivity for the new crops of spring to begin to show. The patterns in…
October 27, 2016
View from a San Gimignano Tower
I've just got home and am recovering from a 26-hour day of travel, and the nine hours of jet lag between the Bay area and Italy. That said, it was…
October 26, 2016
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Visiting the Vatican Museum is an affair of moving with and through crowds. Most are in densely packed "schools of fish" (in tour groups). Others lumber slowly, couples or small…
October 21, 2016
Il Campo, Siena
Il Campo is the central square in Siena, Italy---famous for its horse races, as a hang-out spot, and as a demonstration of the civic power of the historic republic of…
October 20, 2016
Clerestory Window
This large clerestory window in the Duomo in Trento, Italy struck me as quite like a mandala with bright, overcast light shining through. I underexposed the image to emphasize the effect. The…
October 19, 2016
Autumn on the Slopes of Tuscany
Who knew you could ski in Tuscany (at least in the winter)? I photographed these beautiful autumn trees on the upper slopes of Monte Amiata. This is the dominate peak…
October 18, 2016
Tuscan Landscape
Rising not quite with the sun, on my way over to the breakfast room, I saw the landscape below with patches of fog, a veritable pattern of lights and darks,…
October 15, 2016
San Gimignano in the Rain
Today was a long day! I left Milan in the morning, walked across the street to the train station, and took the express to Florence. In Florence I took a…
October 14, 2016
Heart of the Dolomites
The Dolomites, in northeastern Italy, are a spectacular range of pinnacles forming the southern reaches of the Alps. These mountains have characteristically grand rock formations, and if you like landscape…
October 13, 2016
Duomo di Pavia
The ancient Lombard city of Pavia lies on the Ticino River near its confluence with the Po. Pavia is about twenty miles south of Milan. A long time ago, Pavia…
October 12, 2016