This is another image from a recent trip to Agios Stefanos in Kos.
I had finished capturing an image from the beach of the Island of Kastri with the beautiful dawn light appearing over the distant Turkish peninsula.
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Surrounded By Blue, The Harsh Beauty Of Midday Light
I recently rediscovered this image in my archive and decided to give it some TLC and publish it here.
It was taken near Gaios, on the island of Paxos while on a boat tour in the summer of 2006
I would not state this image as a particularly amazing piece of creative travel photography in fact the image was simply a grab shot
to look back upon and enjoy as a memory of our trip.
Never Shoot In The Midday Sun.
If you critiqued this image you probably say the lighting here is a little bland (it’s overhead) and pretty harsh in contrast (it’s a fairly cloudless summer sky) and certainly not the time of day that most photographers including myself would choose to produce creative travel photography.
However, I’ve always said there is no such thing as bad light it just depends on your personal style or what you decide works for a particular image or a clients brief.
On the plus side, in this image, that same bland hard light gives some amazing punch to those blues which for me are a strong signature of Greece along with incredible mountains and historic sites of interest.
Once again we see that rules (or guidelines) are often there to be broken and even encouraged for creativity especially when it comes to photography.
If you want to see some wonderful images by a master photographer who is often known for their use of razor-sharp light and contrast I’d recommend checking out Albert Watson’s work especially the images in his wonderful book Cyclops.
Aug
07
I woke a 4.45am and once again managed to avoid waking the wife and kids (I think) and tiptoed out of the hotel room.
A family holiday always includes some planned photography shoots which often means some early starts to avoid the tourists and capture the best light. This trip despite being in Rhodes the previous year was no different.
My plan for the following morning was to capture some street lit dawn images around the old town in Rhodes. I had no particular location set in stone it was more of a suck it and see what I stumbled across.
I woke a 4.45am and once again managed to avoid waking the wife and kids (I think) and tiptoed out of the hotel room.
At this time of the morning there were no tourists around just gangs of street cats,street sweepers and groups of scary drunk girls to dodge. It’s a fantastic time of day (night) to be exploring but you do have to be careful as on more than one occasion I’ve almost tripped over and woken the odd person sleeping rough!
The morning went well and I captured 2-3 locations and was finished by sunrise and back at the hotel in plenty of time for breakkie.
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St Paul’s Gate Rhodes
Rhodes Old Town
