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Category Archives: photography
Buying a digital camera: when megapixels don’t matter
Thinking about buying a new digital camera? The best advice I can give you is to avoid maxing out megapixels and you’ll get sharper photographs with less grain (noise). This seems counter-intuitive, but is the effect of camera technology running … Continue reading
Sienese Flag Throwing: Story Behind The Picture
Eagle (Aquilla) contrade members and their shadows, Siena, Tuscany You might be forgiven for wondering what is going on in this photograph. It is a vertical view down onto the heads of a bunch of grown men in medieval yellow silk outfits waving large flags. You can only tell they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged contrade, eagle, italy, pageantry, siena, travel, tuscany
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How to photograph fireworks
Photographing fireworks can be straightforward if you follow a few basic steps: 1) You need a camera where you can control the shutter speed. Digital SLR owners will be fine — use manual or Shutter Priority modes, but also more and more ”point and … Continue reading
Story behind the picture: Tuscan Plain from Volterra
This photo recently featured as the travel section lead in Links Best Of Golf magazine, and was taken from a ruined monastery on the edge of Volterra, Tuscany. The town itself is at the top of a rocky outcrop west … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, europe, italy, photography, travel, tuscany
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Links golf travel section
Links Best Of Golf magazine features a Lodge Photo image to head up its travel section in the Summer 2010 issue (page 65): Related Posts:Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches photoAn afternoon in San Gimignano, TuscanySiena Palio horse selection videoStory behind … Continue reading
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Tagged europe, front cover, italy, photography, travel, tuscany, vacation
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Better flash photography — when no flash is the right answer
If you stand at night on the Northern edge of San Francisco, just along from the Bay Bridge on the Embarcadero, and look towards the island that anchors one end of the suspension bridge, you will see a flicker of … Continue reading
The Myth Of More Megapixels
On a recent trip to Asia, I was browsing an electronics duty free store in Tokyo airport, chock full of the latest cameras. Not being able to read Japanese, the only recognizable characters in the displays were the numbers — … Continue reading
Chateau de Biron: Story Behind The Picture
Chateau de Biron is in the Dordogne region of France, south of Bordeaux in the South-Western corner of the country. Started in the 12th century, the chateau was in the hands of one family for 800 years, the Gontaut-Biron, and enhanced … Continue reading
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Tagged chateau, europe, france, french, history, medieval, story behind the picture, taxes
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Clos de Vougeot: Story Behind The Picture
The chateau of Clos de Vougeot is nestled in the vineyards of Burgundy, the area of Eastern France close to Dijon that brings us delightful red wine. Lighter than the more famous Bordeaux, I like Burgundies because of their delicacy … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, clos de vougeot, da vinci code, dan brown, europe, france, history, Hogwarts, photography, wine
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