The Ladder, Quercianella, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
A day at the beach, waiting for the sun to set on the horizon. It’s always a great emotion when the day ends; the tender emotions take over, awaiting the birth of a new day. The ladder was there, indicating an unknown path for anyone who wanted to walk it—a ladder that ends in nothingness. […]
Silky Waters After Sunset, Boa Nova, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
After seeing and photographing a magnificent sunset yesterday, as night fell, the darkness and calm of the ocean waters mesmerized me. In order to try to capture the atmosphere of the moment, with my camera mounted on a tripod, I used an ND filter (in-camera), a remote shutter, and a very long exposure. This allowed […]
Sunset At Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
After driving for five hours, my hopes were very high as I got into Yosemite, seeing the rain clouds from yesterday still floating around. I was so confident that the lighting would turn out epic in this kind of condition. I had timed it almost to the minute of the sunset. I believed I could […]
Sun Burst, Garfagnana, Lake Turrite di Cava, Lucca, Italy
On a gloomy morning, thick with clouds, some threatening, and dark because it wasn’t yet dawn, a gap in the clouds and the landscape appeared. The miracle of dawn light materialized out of nowhere. I had a few moments to photograph that marvelous light, and then everything was darkness again. Shortly after, a heavy rain […]
Tide’s Ember, Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA
This image was taken at sunrise in Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park on New Year’s Eve. The rock, fractured and layered in a way the sky cannot be, holds still while the sun performs its awaited arrival, a single coal set on the crest of the tide. I was drawn less to the spectacle […]
Moonset After Sunset, Boa Nova, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
After seeing and photographing a magnificent sunset yesterday, as darkness fell, the moon, also splendid, appeared in its waxing crescent phase, declining on the horizon. I photographed it above the very calm waters of the ocean. With my camera mounted on a tripod, I used a low shutter speed in order to avoid increasing the […]
Enchantment Lakes Plateau Snowy Sunrise, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA, USA
The Enchantment Lakes plateau in Washington’s Alpine Lake Wilderness, located at an elevation of over 2,100 meters, is famous for its larch trees whose needles turn bright gold in early fall, beautiful lakes, and extremely jagged peaks in all directions. Getting there requires traveling 19 kilometers up a relentlessly steep trail that gains 1,800 meters. […]
First Light On An Teallach, Wester Ross, Scotland
This image was the culmination of an adventure in the Scottish hills during a workshop held in November when, as luck would have it, we had snow on the tops. The challenge was to photograph An Teallach at dawn. This range is in North West Scotland and rises to 1062m on one of its peaks. […]
Rhododendron And Sunrise At Lala Lake, Rodna, Bistrita Nasaud, Romania
This picture is actually part of a sunrise time-lapse I took recently in Rodna Mountains, Romania. For a brief time in early summer, there are areas in the Carpathian Mountains that get covered in pink: Rhododendron kotschyi flowers are in bloom. I spent the night in a mountain refuge to be able to sleep as […]
Golden Hour At Tungeneset, Senja, Norway
I have been wanting to go to Senja for a while after seeing some amazing photos online. Tungeneset is one of the most popular locations. Its uniqueness lies in the jagged mountain peaks protruding out into the ocean as the last section of the mountain range. After the Lofoten trip, our group headed to Senja […]