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Location
This photo was taken while on holiday in Venice, Italy on a hot and sunny day in August 2018, close to Santa Lucia station.Time
This photo was taken sometime during the afternoon. It was quite busy that day in that part of Venice.Lighting
The lighting in this photo is completely natural sunlight. No flash was used, nor any reflectors.Equipment
This photo was taken with a Nikon D3300, with an 18-55mm lens. Settings were 1/125 sec, f/9, ISO 100. Again, it was a sunny day, so there was no need for any long exposure or a high ISO. No tripod or flash was involved.Inspiration
It was my first time visiting Venice and I enjoyed every minute of it. Travel photography is something that I would like to specialise in, so I made sure to make the most of my visit there and I took as many photos as I could, both touristy ones of the canals and St. Mark's Square etc, as well as some back street shots and some candid shots of the gondoliers etc.Editing
Venice is such an old, yet iconic city with an abundance of stunning architecture with terracotta roofs and winding, meandering canals, some wide and some narrow. In regards to post-production, I preserved most of the images in their colour, but I was also tempted to change some to black and white. None of the images required much post-production at all, which was very satisfying. The black and white gave them such a timeless, yet classic feel, reminiscent of a still taken from a 1950s Italian romance film.In my camera bag
On this visit, I took only my Nikon D3300 with an 18-55 lens. I knew that most of my Venice images would be sprawling city/landscape images, which was why I opted to take only one non-telephoto lens. One of the many photographers that I admire is German photographer Andreas Gursky for the way in which he approaches and documents his subject matter; what may initially seem to be a simplistic landscape image may in fact contain many hidden details or artefacts, which prompts the viewer to spend more time analysing the image and to take a closer look. I carried a spare battery every time I went out with my camera, which I was constantly recharging in the hotel rooms. I also carried several high-capacity memory cards with me; the biggest one I used was a 16GB card which I filled up several times while in Italy.Feedback
This was my first visit to Venice, so the main goal was just to take as many photos as I could. I didn't have any specific plan; I have quite an instinctive eye and if I saw something I liked, I just photographed it, regardless of whether I would edit and use it afterwards. My advice is just to try and take your time in a place like Venice; again, it's such an iconic city and it has been photographed trillions of times over the years, probably more. See it as an opportunity to photograph it through your own eyes and your own perspective; see what something would look like if you stood back/closer or if you tilted the camera slightly. Again, make sure you take a few high-capacity memory cards and a few spare batteries and just snap away. There's definitely happy accidents in photography, so try to avoid deleting misfires if you can.
