Tag: Architecture
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Topper
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Climbing the Basilica
Making images of architecture is always, at some level, trying to transform someone else’s art into your own, but this seems particularly true when the subject is the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica. On top of that, untold millions of people have been there with a camera before you. With landscape photography, you can always…
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Spotted
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Exterior Columns
A tidy row of columns lends itself to compositions that rely on symmetry. This week’s post is full of columns, but this is the only image that exploits it. It uses the converging parallels that come from looking upwards, too. I wish I had had my 14-24 zoom with me, because I think a little…
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Vittoriano Verticals
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Stairways of the Long-Dead Rich
My favorite quality of the image above is the subtle color contrast between the warm lighting on the stairway and balcony and the bluer light filtering down from a skylight overhead. The contrast gives the image much of its sense of depth. I tested this hypothesis by converting it to black and white; the result…
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Eclipse
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Windows and Staircases
Upon my arrival at Heathrow from Denver with my wife and son, we checked in to our hotel near Russell Square and walked over to the British Museum. As is my practice when I am in a more casual photographic mood, I just bring my 40mm lens because it is light and unobtrusive. (Let’s ignore…
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Suspended Windows
London, England. March 2026.
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Wide-Angle Westminster
Last time I visited Westminster Abbey, I exclusively used my 24-120 zoom. This time I decided to go for wider views, and used the 14-24 zoom instead. Because Westminster Abbey is so heavily visited, unless you are standing right in front of something, any wide-angle view is going to have a lot of people in…