Toy camera in Tuscany
It seems that every landscape photographer who visits Tuscany shoots these locations. Not always through choice, but clients love the layouts of cypress trees, isolated rustic buildings and rolling renaissance landscapes.
Once you are familiar with them you start to see these iconic scenes popping up all over the place in ads. The two farmhouses above are currently featured on the lids of rival brands of Olive spread; Bertolli and Tesco.
You will never be alone in these locations. At dawn and sunset it can be like door stepping a celebrity with the press pack. Professionals and groups on photo holidays jockey their tripods for a decent spot. The rising sun melting the mist or golden sunset lengthening shadows doesn’t last for long, so once the commissioned shots are in the bag there is time to experiment a little.
These 4 shots were taken on a Holga – a plastic toy film camera that leaks light, goes soft around the edges and vignettes the image darkening the corners.
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