The sun shone on us all day yesterday...  The first shot is by a participant, Talal Bakr.  This hillside is near a well known abbey with well groomed vines and cypress trees to go with the perfect sky.  Thank you Talal! After the abbey, we stopped at this amazing field of poppies to photograph.  After the rain, there were even more poppies than … [Read more...]

Here's a wonderful shot from another participant, Mindy Saunders.  We're seeing lots of great creativity in this workshop!  This is at a Brunello winery, some of the best red wine in the world.  We had beautiful weather, warm and sunny. Today is a free day so we get a little bit of a break.  Tomorrow we head to a beautiful garden and another … [Read more...]

After a phenomenal welcome dinner Saturday, il dolce (the desert) arrived...  Here's a photo by one our participants (Dave Browning) of last night's desert.  And, yes, it was as good as it looked! Today we suffered through a little rain but were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow at our last stop... in the same place we saw a rainbow last year!  … [Read more...]

We found a beautiful field of poppies yesterday...  they seem to "pop up" in a different place every year, so it does take some searching to find them! Today our group arrives and we begin our tour of Italian food, wine and culture...  I mean photography.  We're on our way to a fun week! Ciao! … [Read more...]