Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 14 – End of the 2015 Tuscany Trip
It’s incredibly sad to have to write this last post after such a wonderful two weeks. The skills we’ve learnt, the friend’s we’ve made and the incredible experiences’ we’ve had … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 13 – A Day in Rome
Half of the photo crew stayed in Florence for the day, while the rest of us did something more spontaneous. After being awoken by Francesco in a rush to get … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 12 – Please don’t drop that glass!
Today we headed to the Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography which currently has 900,000 vintage prints in its collection including a range of old photography formats such … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 11 – Watching the sun rise over Florence and then exploring it.
Gaby and I were so taken with the panoramic view of Florence yesterday evening that we woke up at 5am and virtually sprinted up the hill to catch the sun … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 10 – Hello Florence!
So it was our last morning at the villa. It felt sad to leave the place where we had such a wonderful time and it was even sadder having to … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 9 – Last day of shooting large format.
It’s hard to imagine but we’d already reached the end of our time shooting with large format cameras with lenses from 1922. It seems crazy to think that only a … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 8 – Exploring Lucca and being in awe of Elliot Erwitt.
Waking up to a villa void of children’s voices begging us to play games with them was not exactly the perfect way to start a Sunday but Francesco made up … Continue reading
Day 3-7 2015: Large Format Photos
Here are a selection of photos from Tuscany. These photos were taken with either 8×10 or 5×7 large format cameras, the lenses of which are from the 1920s. Each photo … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 7 – “I don’t have common sense but I am good at portraits”
Day 7 was incredible. We went to La Salla square in Pistoia to photograph large format at the market— and it was busy there. People were rushing all around and … Continue reading
Tuscany Trip 2015: Day 6 – Indoor photography, exploration of Pistoria and cache cache.
The weather was not on our side this morning and Francesco finally got the chance to use the “it’s raining cats and dogs” expression he’d been waiting for. Due to … Continue reading