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75min on the train right into the heart of Venice. After the 95F heat in Verona, Venice was a slightly cooler 91F but the slight breeze from the sea made it feel much better. It was lunchtime by the time we arrived and we had 5hrs before our return train left so off to the tourist hotspots. It...

Sirmione is, according to the online guides, a charming village at the end of a 2 mile peninsula sticking out into Lake Garda. Lake Garda is the largest of the Italian Lakes and is 32 miles long with the Southern end in the Northern Italian plane and the Northern end into the Alps. We took the...

We spent 5 days exploring Verona in temperatures that were far too hot for comfort. I really should have been out very early in the morning to take advantage of the softer light and pleasant conditions but it never happened. Juliet's balcony, Verona was the setting for Romeo and Juliet, real...

We spent a week in Verona, Northern Italy earlier this month, we had been gifted tickets for 2 operas La Boheme and Carmen. The weather was hot, or at least hot by my standards, 90+ every day, unfortunately this hot, high pressure weather has lasted for weeks and the atmospheric conditions were...

5 hrs in Venice and we crammed a lot in. The colours look a little odd but it is probably my phone. The water is on the green side of blue in reality. Lots of pictures today but we need to tidy our apartment before flying home tomorrow so this will be the only one today. Anotger easy process...

This is my third attempt to photograph this bridge with evening sunshine. Much earlier than I would like but the sun was close to sinking into the western gloom. Off to Venice tomorrow, July is not the best time, far too hot and busy but it is only an hour and $20 away on the train so it seems...

I know Doug is a geologist so he will be the best source if advice. A close up of one of the paving slabs on a 14thC bridge. It was about 10" across. Ken

Walking down the street I noticed the water mist that the restaurant sprayed was being illuminated by the evening sunshine. The interaction between the waiter and the couple was just luck. I am delighted with the result. Ken

Yet another ancient church in Verona. No tripod but stone parapets and a few coins to level things up works well. Ken

Golden hour shot, stopped for a phone shot as we hurried to get into position for a sunset shot. This shows the marble pavements polished smooth by millions of feet over millenia. Ken

We walked up to the top of the Castel San Pietro hill to get an overview of Verona and shoot the sunset. As often happens the sun disappeared into a bank of cloud however blue hour was good. This is quiclly processed on my phone from the jpeg generated by the Sony remote phone app so hopefully...

Tonight's Opera is Carmen, no rain and thankfully the temperature is down but still in the mid 80s but it is almost midnight. Ken

Built in 100BC but 4 of the 5 arches were rebuilt, with original materials, after the retreating German army destroyed it in 1945. Conditions here still hot and hazy but I will get up very early and try for better images next week. Quick process on my phone so there may be more that can be...

We have had thunderstorms and downpours but have got through act1. Waiting for act2. Ken

Built in the 14thC. This should be an evening shot and I must remember to walk out one evening. This taken in the middle of the day. Ken

2 images from a cycling trip to the South of France in 2010. Aiguèze is a tiny medieval village perched above the Ardeche river. This second image is really a morning shot but this is taken in the evening, another place to return to. Ken

Bruges is a stunning city, much of the medieval centre remains much as it was 900 yrs ago when it was a major trading centre. Bruges used to be on the coast but is now 10 miles inland but major canals allowed the trading to continue. Later this week we are off to the opera in Verona 2 nights...

Images from Collioure Sep 2013. Collioure is one of my favourite seaside locations in France. Lots of the places on the coast are chic but incredibly expensive eg St Tropez, Monte Carlo, Antibes etc or the coast is covered in summer trailer homes with no real towns or villages. I know a few...

When the Aurora kicked off in May I was a little disappointed that I couldn't find a simple but strong foreground so a little photoshop work. Ken

Images from a visit last month. My wife and I went to the NE of Scotland to visit relatives. I also wanted to photograph puffins, dolphins and a previously unphotographed waterfall. I managed to capture all 3 although they will not make it into my portfolio. We were staying in Inverness and...