Introduction to travel photography and my top tips: Planning is Everything: Whether you’re photographing for personal enjoyment, adding photographs to your portfolio, or wanting to market your images, planning ahead is very important. Research: Google is your friend and is a great resource for finding inspiration, researching locations and knowing their historical facts. Finding outContinue reading “Travel Photography Tips!”
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Reflecting on the photo tours so far!
So it’s now being in roughly a year since I’ve been running my photo tours around Athens. Its been wonderful meeting new people interested not only in photography but obviously this incredible city too. So what have I learned from these tours so far? I’ve realized that a lot of the people are not necessarilyContinue reading “Reflecting on the photo tours so far!”
A trip to the Island of Syros last week.
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the greek Island of Syros in the Cyclades. From a five day stay I managed to get around three days of good weather so managed to get quite a lot of Photographs, in all around 220. See below for a small selection. I particularly enjoyed getting the Seascape imagesContinue reading “A trip to the Island of Syros last week.”
Photographs of Thessaloniki, Greece’s 2nd City.
At about a million inhabitants, it is considered Greece’s cultural capital, renowned for its festivals, events and vibrant cultural life in general. It is also a city with a continuous 3,000 year old history; preserving relics of its Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman past and of its formerly dominant Jewish population. Many of its Byzantine churches, andContinue reading “Photographs of Thessaloniki, Greece’s 2nd City.”
A selection of images from Aegina Island, Greece.
This week’s Blog is photography of The Island of Aegina, not so far from Athens. An interesting Island with great beaches and small pretty villages as well as a fantastic harvest of Pistachios. Arguably one of the main attractions of Aegina is that it is a real living and working island. Thankfully not a victim of massContinue reading “A selection of images from Aegina Island, Greece.”
Imagery of the Greek Island of Paros.
Paros in Greece is among the most popular islands of Cyclades. Located in the heart of the Aegean Sea, Paros island is ideal for young people, romantic couples and families, too. The Parian traditional villages, particularly Naoussa, Parikia and Lefkes, are perfect samples of Cycladic architecture, with whitewashed sugar houses, paved streets and blue-domed churches.Continue reading “Imagery of the Greek Island of Paros.”
A collection of photographs of Athens, Greece.
This is a collection of photographs that I have taken of Athens since I first arrived in 2013. I have around 600 images of this amazing city as well as the historical and bustling port of Piraeus. Here are a selection of those images. I hope these images represent some of the incredible architecture andContinue reading “A collection of photographs of Athens, Greece.”
Photography of Athens, Greece.
So my first image since my return to Athens. I departed very early Sunday morning hoping to catch this image with the new days sun streaming over the mountain and catching the Parthenon or the Acropolis in a sort of yellow sunbeam. I did manage to get some sun hitting the right side of the ParthenonContinue reading “Photography of Athens, Greece.”
Return to Athens, Greece for another year of Photography.
This was taken last year in Rethymno, Crete. The elderly people are normally very interesting looking as well as friendly people. This lady was so nice and did not mind having her photo taken at all. Almost flattered by it.
Martin Garnham Photo Tours 