01. Michaela in one of our exciting abandoned house venues. The hair light was from hazy sun coming through a small hole in the roof of the kitchen.
The trip to Italy wasn’t just about finding and shooting in ruins. I wanted to explore the Italy of today too. Like in a lot of mainland Europe, the past is living in the architecture and culture of it’s inhabitants. Here are a few of my street portraits and location shots…
02. This is a snapshot of Rimini a thriving market town right on the sea.
03. San Leo is a classic fortified hill top town offering sleepy back streets for portrait shoots and a wonderful restaurant where we can enjoy the local Piadinas.
04. San Leo offers rustic as well as classically designed spaces.
05. San Leo has a laid back culture punctuated with festivals. I am reliably informed that the young mayor of San Leo will welcome us with open arms and grant us the freedom of the town to shoot street fashion. Planning ahead and seeking permissions always pays off.
06. San Leo.
07. A typical abandoned farmhouse shoot location we found enroute.
Those are a few of the shoot location options I recced for my October workshop. On the Monday I did a test shoot with Michaela our second model and I suggested we play tourists to get the shoot underway. These pictures are unstyled tests…
08. Michaels soaking up the sun in one of the many hill top towns near Rimini.
09. Lit with a Lastolite reflector
10. With far less of the reflector.
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After playing tourists we went to another old farmhouse for some rustic shooting…
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30. After the shoot at the old abandoned farmhouse we went up a nearby hill to see the thunder storm over Rimini and we were nearly blown off the top with the powerful gusts.
Our recommended Hotel for the Rimini part of our October workshop is the sumptuous, lavishly detailed DuoMo. A boutique hotel in every sense of the word. An amazing room rate has been secured for our trip more akin to YHA rates :) Contact Laura for the complete picture, rates and dates.
100. DuoMo Hotel in the heart of Rimini
Please take a look at part 1 of this adventure together with my ‘Lovegrove Nude’ pictures. Here are the details for the workshop in October.
Please feel free to discuss the pictures or locations below.
Heii, like Your work. Realy inspirational.
Also love the Lastolite reflectors. Especcialy the Sunlite/Softsilver is the best :)
Thanks Tenisd :)
Another stunning location and great looking workshop! One for next year ;-)
Thanks Marc. The workshop will run next Spring as the weather will be better for us apparently.
Best wishes, Damien.
cute capture
Meraviglioso!
Stunning locations as always!
Thanks Howard, They took some finding ;)
which camera and lens use?
Hi Ozgur, I used the Fujifilm X-Pro1 with the zoom lenses.
Damien,
Such shadowy confidence… #’s 1 and 23.
As I say, “Not afraid of the dark.”
Sean
Thanks Sean and Ben.
Your kindness is appreciated, Damien.
Looks amazing and you have managed to locate the sun! Some stunning shots in here!
Thanks Ben for your kind comment. I just noticed I missed your comment first time around. Sorry about that, Damien.