Photo guiding in Italy
I recently returned from a week of photography in Southern Italy and on this occasion, as a photography guide. Usually I’m booked to instruct as well as guide, but this time the team were all well established photographers. “Just take us to your best kept secrets”, was their mantra. However, they did concede that the Amalfi Coast could not be ignored and discovering great foods, was high on their list.
The food at our Agriturismo hotel, true to the ‘Agri’ concept, was all freshly produced from their own stock. Several days we dined at some rather extraordinary restaurants, from an exquisite Italian equivalent of ‘nouvelle cuisine’, to a Pizzaria. The latter, allegedly funded by the Mafia, always finds itself voted into the ‘top three’ in Italy. Perhaps that’s just because it could be risky to place one’s vote elsewhere, but nevertheless it was and aways is fabulous!
Other special ‘off the beaten track’ destinations included a dawn raid on a Roman mountain Amphitheatre, to gather fine morning light (see above). You can see more of these shots on my ‘Italian photography holiday’ page.
By Roland Blunk