Best of Venice ...

... are the narrow alleys and all the secluded canals and everywhere you look, you'll find another eye-catching detail. It’s an amazing place!

But be careful with your travel plans because 100’000 tourists discover every day of the summer high season this beautiful place… and this is definitely not the best time to walk around with a sturdy tripod ;-)

Take care.

Gerry

-> http://www.gerrypacher.ch/venice.html

Burano, Venice, Italy

Yes - Burano again .... maybe it’s boring, but I have to go through all my photographs and … I like these colourful alleys.

What do you think? Which one do you like better?

http://www.gerrypacher.ch/venice.html

Regards, Gerry

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy

San Giorgio Maggiore is a basilica in Venice, Italy designed by Andrea Palladio and located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.

The first St George’s church dates back to the 8-9th century. In 982 the whole island was donated to a Benedictine monk, who founded the adjacent monastery. The present church was begun in 1566, and was not entirely finished before the death of Palladio in 1580. The façade was continued by Vincenzo Scamozzi based on the original architect's designs and completed in 1610.

I captured this scene before sunrise and the weather was on my side ;-) By the way, you can visit the church and there is an elevator to the top of the bell tower….. and you can overloock the entire lagoon of Venice ;-)

Enjoy it.

Wanna see more? -> http://www.gerrypacher.ch/venice.html

Gerry

Santorini Island, Greece

The Santorini group of islands is located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from Greece's mainland. The main island “Thira” has a small, crescent-shaped and it is probably the only volcano in the world with its caldera in the sea.

The island is essentially what remains of an enormous volcanic explosion, destroying the earliest settlements on what was formerly a single island, and leading to the creation of the current geological caldera.

Santorini’s architecture is very unique. Each house has its own simple but beautiful shape. The colors white and blue are very dominant but there are also other shades of colors present.

In my opinion, Santorini is like Venice one of the wonders of our world. Well, I have visited the island now and I’ll definitely return again.

Please follow the link to browse over my Santorini collection.

http://www.gerrypacher.ch/santorini.html


Regards, Gerry

Paris is really a wonderful city !

Paris is really a wonderful city. There are so many monuments, museums, places of interests (Eiffel Tower, Arc-de-Triomphe, Musée d'Orsay, Opéra, Montmartre, Louvre, Latin Quarters, Notre Dame, the Grande Arche de la Défense, the whole business district la Défense, the Champs Elysées and many other things) that one week is not enough to visit this wonderful city.

You just can’t see enough of Paris- that’s why
I have to come back ;-)

Regards, Gerry

What a stunning morning light !

What a stunning morning light! Such a moment brings the photographer’s heart up to speed and must be brought under control ;-)

Enjoy it.

Regards, Gerry

Glaced Frost and first Canon 1ds Mark III field report

A very cold and long-lasting fog episode was the art creator of the scene above. And by the way, it was also my first outdoor mission with my brand new Canon 1ds Mark III. After waiting for months I was really positively surprised about the new further developed handling of the 1ds Mark III. More information on the display is available and straight forward manipulations (for example the ISO setting) are now possible.

The battery which is 50% lighter than the old Canon 1ds Mark II did a perfect job. I was for nearly 4 hours by -15 degree Celsius in the backyard and made about 250 long time exposures. The newly introduced battery state of charge indicator showed me a remaining battery life of about 75% and that’s not bad.

Well that’s for now but more will come ;-) Have a great weekend.

Wanna see more? -> http://www.gerrypacher.ch/winter.html


Gerry

White Sands National Monument

The White Sands National Monument is located about 15 miles southwest of Alamogordo in the State of New Mexico. The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin valley area and encompassing one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico.

Here, huge wave-like dunes of gypsum sand move across 275 square miles of desert creating the world's largest gypsum dune field.

Such a unique place must be a photographer’s paradise - indeed !

I spent three wonderful days here in this area and after browsing over my photographic results I have to say I must come back …. soon ;-)


Enjoy it. http://www.gerrypacher.ch/desert.html


Regards, Gerry

United Colors of Burano

I added some new Photographs from Venice and Burano to my website today. Check it out !

http://www.gerrypacher.ch/venice.html

Enjoy it ;-)

Gerry

The Photographer's Eye

I bought this book last autumn while I was in Kansas City because of its colourful book cover and fascinating title. Well, after reading the first few chapters I definitely came to the conclusion that this gut decision to buy this book without browsing over any readers comment was a good one.

Michael Freeman explains in a very simple and self-explanatory way how the observer’s eyes would scan a specific photograph and how these concrete findings should be taken into consideration when an image gets composed.

He easily explains all the important elements like lines, curves, shapes, light, contrast, motion and structure with the help of wonderful photographs.

If you are looking for a book which gives you concrete design advices how a good image should be composed then this one is definitely the right investment.

Regards, Gerry

Italy, Venice, Burano

I’m back from my short trip to Burano the so called “Color Photographer’s Mecca”. Burano is a very, very small island with only one small fisher village. The island is located in the Venice Lagoon and can be reached by a short boat ride.

If you love colors then this is definitely the place you have to visit in your photographer’s lifetime.

Follow the link and you can browse over the first impressions.

http://www.gerrypacher.ch/venice.html

Enjoy it.

Regards, Gerry

First Light by Joe Cornish

Joe Cornish is one of Britain’s most renowned landscape photographer and by the way he is one of my personal favourite in the field of classical landscape photogrpahy.

The book “First Light” is like a must-have book for all those who have the aspiration to improve their skills in seeing and understanding the right light conditions. The approach of this book is vey straight forward. Joe Cornish briefly explains the way how he created the photograph (time, weather conditions, light and filters) and he additionally shows a similar (smaller) photograph with different lighting conditions (and less successful treatments) of the same scene.

It’s all about light !

By the way, the print quality of this book (hardcover) is very good and I can highly recommend it.

Regards, Gerry