by btharp | Jan 13, 2018 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Cuba, documentary photography, general photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
I love photographing people when traveling. When I visit a country for its culture, I love wandering around on the streets, capturing the daily interactions of people, the day-to-day activities. It’s the people that can make the place feel alive, when you are in...
by btharp | Oct 4, 2017 | The Blog, travel photography
It is very easy to see the luxury villas and hotels stepping up and down the steep hillsides here, like snow blanketing the brown landscape, but I came to Santorini to find a different type of photograph. The architecture provides such an incredible opportunity to...
by btharp | Sep 5, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Italy, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
I’m returning to Tuscany, Italy in 2018, co-leading a tour with pro photographer Jed Manwaring. Someone asked why I go back so many times; I could list a) the light, b) the food, c) the landscape, d) the food, e) the wine, f) did I say the food?! Seriously...
by btharp | May 9, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Cuba, workshops & photo tours
Produce Vendor, Baracoa, Eastern Cuba How can it be MAY already? The blog title, from a Judy Collins song, says it best! Here’s the latest news in a nutshell: • I’m growing more excited with each day about my latest book, Expressive Nature Photography,...
by btharp | Nov 16, 2016 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Italy, Landscape Photography, photography, travel photography
Late June, I attended a tour to the Dolomites so that I could get to great spots for sunrise and sunset without having to do all the research, as I was crunched for time working on my new book. I hadn’t take someone else’s tour in a long time, and it was...