Dawn on Lake Como
I've been in Italy only a couple of days, and already it seems like there have been some incredible adventures (but not much sleep). This morning I woke in the…
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October 8, 2016
The Appeal of Venice Off-Season
Photograph Venice in November with Harold Davis In November, most of the people are gone, skies can be atmospheric and cloudy, and photography of Venice is at its best! Please…
March 24, 2016
Italian Sketches
Here are a few iPhone images from my photography tour to Italy in 2015. They were photographed on my iPhone 6s, and processed just now while waiting for the kids…
February 20, 2016
Positano Morning
The early morning light from my hotel room, the Villa La Tartana, in Positano, Italy was warm and life-affirming. I positioned my camera on the tripod, and bracketed a series…
January 3, 2016
Manarola and the Rooftops of Paris
I am particularly fond of the patterns of buildings and rooftops you see in European towns and cities. Above, the town of Manarola in Cinque Terre, Italy, photographed this year…
December 23, 2015
Paestum
Paestum, on the Gulf of Salerno, is probably the best-preserved site of Greek ruins on the Italian mainland (there are also some notable spots on Sicily). To make this image…
December 8, 2015
Piazza San Marco at Night
One reason to photograph at night in a tourist destination is, as I explained in Photographing the Bridge of Sighs at Night, to avoid selfie-stick-toting tour groups. Another reason is…
December 4, 2015
Photographing the Bridge of Sighs at Night
The Ponte dei Sospiri, or Bridge of Sighs, is one of the most famous landmarks in Venice, Italy. It connects the Doge's Palace with a prison on the opposite side of the…
December 3, 2015
San Giorgio Boat Harbor in Sepia
On a Venetian morning socked in with fog, my friend Mauro and I took the vaporetto across to the island of San Giorgio. The normally inspiring view from the top…
December 2, 2015
Lost City in Sorrento
Adjacent to the center of picturesque Sorrento, Italy two chasms meet. Long ago, rivers in these gorges flowed cleanly down to the ocean, and were the original settlement in the…
November 26, 2015
Hieroglyphic or La Dolce Vita
Sunbathing on the boat ramp in Riomaggiore harbor could be La Dolce Vita---the sweet life, and the name of a 1960 Fellini film. Except that the angle of repose causes…
November 25, 2015
Canyon Conundrum
The seaside village of Vernazza, Italy makes its living from catching fishes and catering to tourists. Carved into the rocky ledges of the Ligurian coast, behind the village facade facing…
November 22, 2015
Venice and Waterlogue
Photographing Venice, Italy with my iPhone 6s camera, and processing the images using the Waterlogue app on the phone, is great! In fact, you could say that Venice via the…
November 20, 2015
Florence and Venice
Florence and Venice, two great Italian cities, one photographed at the beginning and one at the end of my recent trip to Italy! Related story: Harold in Italy. Related story:…
November 19, 2015
Female Gondolier in Venice
There aren't very many female gondoliers in Venice. You can probably count them on the fingers of one hand. So it was very exciting to meet and talk to a…
November 18, 2015
Venice Perspective
At the tip of Dorsoduro, the Venetian Quarter across the Grand Canal from San Marco, sits the Dogana di Mare. The Dogana di Mare is a colonnaded customs station built…
November 17, 2015
Burano
My friend Mauro and I took the vaporetto across the fog-bound Venice lagoon to Burano. Just like a trip to a remote part of a city served by an on-land…
November 14, 2015