Artist at work

ponte vecchio artist

Amid the hordes of tourists flooding across the Ponte Vecchio, this artist quietly continued with his creations, unaffected by the noise and bustle.

Canon G3X ISO250 1/250 at f/8

Chewing the fat

Cortona-3

A group of Cortonese gathered in the Piazza delle Republica, Cortona for their morning chat, a scene repeated every day in countless towns and villages all over Italy.

Canon G3X ISO 250 1/100 at f/10

Kamala Wedding Shoots

kamala beach z

The beach wedding photo has become something of an industry on Kamala beach where every evening around sunset now many groups of what seem to be Chinese wedding couples and photographers gather to snap away. There’s a definite Monty Python feel to the whole thing as they all go through a fixed repertoire of poses.

Canon G3X

Karon beach parasailing

karon beact parasail

This is Thailand! A parasail at Karon beach, Phuket. The punters are well harnessed, but the cowboy guiding the parasail in light winds? They were over fifty feet above the water when I snapped this.

Canon G3X  at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO250 1/125 at f/6.3. Cropped in LR

Galle Old Town

Galle-4a

Another shot inside the Fort at Galle old town, Sri Lanka. Like earlier shots, this one has been modified using an HDR filter in PS.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS lens at 180mm ISO200 1/500 at f/8