Source Photos

Galgano Bench

In a small chapel on the grounds of San Galgano, this bench sits against a stone wall as the only piece of furniture. The sun was streaming through open arched windows, creating strong contrast and deep shadows. In planning the exposure of this scene, I chose to reveal detail in the shadow areas at the expense of detail in the sunlight area.

 Galgano Bench
Nikon D2H
1/80 sec, f/11
Focal length 24mm

Orcia Landscape

This was the scene that greeted me each morning as I looked out the window of my hotel in the Val d'Orcia in southern Tuscany. I liked the way this photo came together, with the broad compositional divisions of foreground trees, middleground house, and background sky, along with the pinpoint accent of the white house.

 Orcia Landscape
Nikon D2H
1/200 sec, f/7.1
-1.3 EV
Focal length 46mm