Cinque Terre – La Spezia
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
Published on 17th August 2019
Blog posts about Italy
Review of 2018
It’s been a very difficult year, but the sadness has been diluted a little with some lovely memories along the way. Here’s to a better 2019.
Published on 16th December 2018
Cinque Terre – Vernazza
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
Published on 28th May 2018
Cinque Terre – Monterosso al Mare
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
Published on 27th May 2018
Arco Felice
A two-thousand-year old Happy Arch.
Published on 23rd April 2016
Self-defeating tourism in Italy
The sad way in which the success of a local tourism industry is putting paid to the draw of a peaceful, beautiful region of northern Italy.
Published on 7th March 2016
Gries Pass
Attempting to get away from baking temperatures, we headed for the mountains and a hike across summer snow fields to the Gries glacier.
Published on 5th July 2015
Gries Pass, Switzerland/Italy
The border between Switzerland and Italy lies along the alpine chain, and there are several roads which cross the border from north to south. But there are naturally many other places where one can cross the border with a little…
Published on 5th July 2015
Vesuvius
The centre of attention for visitors to the Bay of Naples is a dormant volcano. Standing massive above the plains containing Naples, Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Pompeii, it constantly draws the eye. As a photographer, it’s pretty difficult to avoid…
Published on 23rd November 2014
Piscina Mirabilis
Arriving in the town of Bacoli, on the headland a few miles west of the centre of Naples, you feel a long way from the tourist crowds and certainly not anywhere historic or especially noteworthy. But look into the history of the area…
Published on 23rd November 2014
Fornillo Beach
One of a series of photos added to my Campania, Italy set on Flickr.
Published on 30th October 2014
Strolling the streets of Positano
One of the best parts of visiting Positano is a stroll through the roads and lanes from the upper town to the beach-side restaurants, stopping off in the shops and for ice-cream on the way.
Published on 20th July 2014
Water spout on the Amalfi Coast
An unexpected water spout on the boat journey between Ischia, Capri and Positano in Italy.
Published on 20th July 2014
Cimiterio delle Clarisse, Ischia
The gruesome crypt beneath the former monastery in the Aragonese Castle of Ischia Ponte.
Published on 25th June 2014
Molo di San Vincenzo
The lighthouse on Molo di San Vincenzo (the main breakwater of the harbour) in Naples was built in 1950 but taken out of service just 29 years later, being superseded by an electric alternative on a lattice structure nearby. The statue in front…
Published on 11th June 2014
Capo Miseno
“At the top of the great stone lighthouse, hidden beyond the ridge of the southern headland, the slaves were dousing the fires to greet the dawn. It was supposed to be a sacred place. According to Virgil, this was the…
Published on 10th June 2014
The Descent of Christ Into Limbo
What is it they say? “I don’t know what art I like; but I know it when I see it.” I was captivated by this golden, glowing painting in the Santa Croce church of Florence when we visited in 2011.
Published on 8th July 2013
Cinque Terre, from the archives
In beginning to clear out the folders in my website this lunchtime, which contain photos and files I have used on the site since its relaunch in 2006, I came across a set of photos from a trip to the…
Published on 1st May 2013
Photographic memories
I wrote only recently about how photography is an aide-memoire for me and the point was proven this afternoon, when I was instantly reminded by the photograph on a shopping bag of trips to…
Published on 27th April 2013
The Blue Hour
The time between sunset and complete darkness is known in photographic circles as "the blue hour".
Published on 23rd January 2013
Some favourite memories of 2011
When I look back at the photos I've posted to my Flickr photostream in 2011, I see how fortunate Jo and I have been to have had the opportunity to travel so much. Starting with a trip to the photo'11…
Published on 20th December 2011
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
This medieval bridge in Florence, rebuilt in 1345, is the only one remaining which is lined on both sides by shops. Originally hosting butcher shops, the bridge has been populated by jewellers and goldsmiths since the late sixteenth century. The…
Published on 5th September 2011
Street musician, Florence, Italy
I am enjoying the video capabilities of my Nikon, particularly to capture “moving photographs” such as this one. Filmed during our summer holiday in Florence, Italy, whilst we ate mint choc chip ice cream and enjoyed the music.
Published on 31st August 2011
Capo Sant’Andrea, Elba
The rocky coastline in the north west of Elba is unique in the world; granite magma, deposited by a volcano seven million years ago, is impregnated with orthoclase crystals and forms a peculiar, smoothed surface. On first seeing the…
Published on 24th August 2011
Viticcio
One of the joys of a holiday on the Mediterranean coast is finding small villages, hidden away amongst the folds of the coast, and the special places therein. Although I didn’t know it when I took this photo, there’s an…
Published on 22nd August 2011
Baptistry, Cathedral and Tower
The Square of Miracles at Pisa.
Published on 5th July 2011
Free photos, and why I’m making them available
Any photographer offering free photos should have a good reason for doing so. This is why I've chosen to make a large portion of my photographic archive available.
Published on 14th March 2011
Campione d’Italia
Looking on the map at the area on the eastern shores of Switzerland's Lake Lugano, you'll come across a small anomaly: the municipality of Campione d'Italia. The municipality, which is entirely surrounded by Switzerland's territory, is tiny: little more than…
Published on 17th January 2011
Technical case study: New websites for Burson-Marsteller EMEA
My biggest work project in 2010 was the re-building of the wide network of websites for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region of Burson-Marsteller.
Published on 3rd January 2011
Monte Limidario
Published on 31st December 2010
Memories of Great Places
A panoramic view of the small, remote town of Malfa on the Italian island of Salina.
Published on 11th April 2010
Stopover in Taormina
A set of panoramic photographs of Taormina, an ancient town built high on the cliffs of Sicily's eastern coast.
Published on 23rd January 2010
Permanent Tourist 2010 Calendar
It's been a hectic week and weekend, hence the delay in posting that I've released my 2010 calendar.
Published on 14th December 2009
Pollara Lighthouse
A small gallery of a ruined and abandoned lighthouse on the main road from Malfa, atop three hundred metre high cliffs on the north western corner of Salina amongst the Aeolian Islands.
Published on 10th October 2009
Sciara del Fuoco
Published on 18th August 2009
The Restaurant at the End of the World
After processing a lot of photos from the past couple of months, I'm happy to be returning to the photos I took when Jo and I were on holiday in Italy this May. This is the next in the sequence…
Published on 12th August 2009
Towards the Stream of Fire
Visiting Stromboli was a long-time goal for both Jo and for me, though for Jo much longer than myself!…
Published on 3rd June 2009
Spiez to Malpensa airport
This post was originally written whilst waiting for a flight to Sicily from Milan’s Malpensa airport. We’re sitting in the marbled monotony of the departure gate at Milan’s Malpensa airport after the first leg of our trip, which saw us…
Published on 25th May 2009
Brent and Marta’s wedding
Starting with a long journey to the Aeolian Islands and pre-wedding drinks on a tempestuously windy hotel terrace, Jo and I had a great time at my oldest friend Brent's wedding to his Italian sweetheart, Marta.
Published on 23rd May 2009
Off to Salina
Time flies; it's already two weeks shy of a year since my last trip to Italy with Jo. We're off again on Thursday, this time to the tiny island of Salina, amongst the Aeolian group of islands off…
Published on 12th May 2009