Italy Within the Frame – Day 6 – Portofino
The Italian Riviera has for years been a playground for the rich and famous. The once quiet fishing villages where time and modern convenience had for so long passed by without the most casual of glances, have been transformed into chic resorts, full of designer boutiques, restaurants and bars advertising or sponsored by a leading [...]
Italy Within The Frame- Day 4 -Camogli
As we left Monterosso for Camogli this morning it seemed that we were leaving behind a landscape of opportunity, color and precariously perched towns that seemed to be just a momentary lapse away from sliding into the rocky Ligurian coastline. How wrong can you be – well about the color and opportunity at least! As [...]
Italy within The Frame – Day 3 – Manarola and Vernazza
Day 3 of our Italy Within The Frame with David duChemin and Jeffrey Chapman began at our now customary leisurely pace, with a short train ride through the tunnels and along the dramatic Cinque Terre coastline, to the second of the Cinque Terre towns that we were visiting, Manarola. The tiny train station sandwiched precariously [...]
Italy Within The Frame – Day 2 Monterosso
We are using the quaint seaside Cinque Terre town of Monterossa al mare as a base for the next couple of days as we explore the beautiful National Heritage coastline, of Liguria. Inevitably the weight of expectation is beginning to impact most of us. The frustration of being drawn to something initially appealing, but then [...]
Italy within the Frame
I have been incredibly lucky to get one of the very few places on a workshop with David duChemin and Jeffrey Chapman in Italy in April 2010. David’s book – With the Frame (available in the eStore) – is one of the most engaging reads around photography, exploring the “Why” rather than the “How” of [...]


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