Updated November 13, 2011 One of the things we really stress in our workshops is being aware of others around you and having good manners about trying not to walk in front of another photographer or not hogging a particular spot too long. We encourage people to seek their own vision and bring their own […]
Glorious Skies
We’re in our sixth week of being on the road. We started out heading Down East for our Summertime on the Maine Coast photo workshop, then to New Hampshire for my mother’s service and an annual reunion with childhood buddies and their “spice.” At the end of August, we began our journey westward with a […]
Same Place — Different View, Spain 2009 — 2
Last week, we traveled from Barcelona southwest to the Cava country of Penedès, then up north to to the beautiful Anso Valley in the Occidental Pyrenees. This week, we’ll continue with Same Place Different View with more of the Spain workshop images.
The Pyrenees are beautiful, rugged, and at the same time, friendly. Full of history, there are many buildings of various ages to photograph, small stone villages on mountain tops, and plenty to feed the photographic eye. We headed east to the Pyrenees Central to another lovely valley close to the French border.
One day, we drove up to one of these mountain-top villages, snaking up challenging switch backs on the steep mountain slopes. Finally arriving at the summit, or at least close to it, we found gorgeous views down two different valleys.
There was a magnificent mountain watching over one. Arnie chose to photograph it with one of the little stone huts in the foreground as the late-afternoon sun was hitting the mountain. You can see the valley and towns below…