The Berti Bomb

The Berti Bomb

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Taken above the Rifugio Alfonso Berti in the Dolomites, Italy, on July 18, 2016

Rifugio-Berti-Dolomites-Italy-HikeThe Dolomites are full of quaint little gems of huts, and Alfonso Berti is certainly one of them. A fun, 1-hour hike through extraordinary scenery leads to the hut, which boasts pristine alpine views in every direction. The beauty doesn’t end there though. Trails lead off higher up over, through, and around the mountain cirque. In fact, you can see the Rifugio in the lower left part of this snapshot from an afternoon scamper I took with my buddy Cip. On our second night staying at the hut we hiked up an hour or so to the northwest ridge of the mountains, to where WWI trenches are still in place, and still explorable. As afternoon turned into evening clouds built up and began to interact with the sun in glorious ways. Just before sunset I stumbled on a patch of wildflowers that complemented the color of the clouds as the sky exploded, a true Berti bomb.

 

 

Key Learning Tip:
It’s important to think of your photographs like visual stories. And just like a written story an effective photograph will have some kind of an opening hook to lure viewers in, details that help propel the story through the frame, and a finale. When using a wide-angle these three elements can be found in your foreground, middle-ground, and background. choose an eye-catching foreground element to draw your viewers into the frame. your mid-ground should give some environmental details that tell what a place is like. And your background element should provide some kind of visual payoff and sense of place. the more deliberately you choose these three elements for your photograph, the stronger the visual story you will create. 

 

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Things Are Not Always What They Seem

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

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Taken at Lago di Sorapis in the Italian Dolomites on July 19th, 2017

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Lagazuoi Layering

Lagazuoi Layering

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Taken looking toward Lagazuoi in the Italian Dolomites on July 25th, 2017

I was trying to take a picture of the clear blue sky, but then all these annoying clouds and mountains got in the way.

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The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

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Taken at Cinque Torri in the Dolomites, Italy, on July 26th, 2016

An o’dark-thirty wake up led to a beautiful pink and purple sunrise at Cinque Torri in the Dolomites. But soon it became clear that the sun itself would make an appearance behind the towers, so the wait began. And the guessing game along with it…where exactly would the sun pop out? At first it seemed like it would rise perfectly in the notch in the middle of the towers, but ultimately I was positioned too far to the right for that to happen and I didn’t want to change my composition. I spent the next 20 minutes waiting, walking around, and watching the sunlight shift on the fields of flowers down below me. Then, when the sun finally popped into view beside the second tower, I snapped this shot. Or should I say…these shots. Five photos blended for depth of field, and another two for dynamic range.

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Croda da Lago

Croda da Lago

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Taken from Rifugio Pomedes, shooting at Croda da Lago in the Italian Dolomites on July 26, 2016

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Daybreak

Daybreak

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Taken at Lago di Sorapis in the Italian Dolomites on July 19th, 2016

In August while photographing on a workshop with my friend Erin Babnik we visited the surreally-blue Lago di Sorapis in the Italian Dolomites. On the morning of our visit I woke up early and hiked from the Rifugio to the lake, and on up the hillside behind the lake. As the sun came up it bathed the scene in luxuriant warm rays while the blue lake reflecting the blue sky provided a striking color contrast.

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