architecture
Through the night...
Empty Geneva streets at night have a special mystery and quiteness. This picture was taken around midnight, I stopped for a little while in front of the Musée d Art et d'Histoire only interrupted by the occasional car or passer by.
Canon 5DMarkIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm at 24mm, ISO 100, f/7.3, long exposure (13 sec), on tripod.
Night colors ....
A building I get to see everyday when I am in Geneva. It is specially appealing at night with all the colors. I love the conceptual garden surrounding the premises, with artificial fog coming among the concept-trees every now and then. A brilliant design
Lenz & Staeheli Building, Amandolier, Geneva
Panorama out of two vertical pictures. Canon 5DmarkIII, Tilt &Shift Canon Lense 17mm, ISO 100, f/8, long exposure (15 secs)
Geneva's landmarks:BMF
Since 1883 the Power Plant Building is one of Geneva's highlights. Today a theatre, this amazing venue is a former hydro power plant called Usine des Forces Motrices. It is positioned near the point where the river Rhone flows out of Leman Lake.
I was strolling there on this very sunny summer morning, nobody on sight except for the swan and some petty drug dealers who seem to love this place and its surroundings. I was very tempted to portrait them as well, since they had interestig features.
Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon lense TS E 17mm, ISO 100, f/11, 1/320
Pink! Saturday night lights
Le Bain Bleu, a new icon in Geneva's architecture, is a Spa designed by Swiss Architecture firm GM. Today looking totally pink, fairy tale like. As I was waiting the end of a series of long exposures (30 seconds each) I saw all party goers passing by straight to Les Voiles open air bar. Unfortunately I left my stilettos at home, so I wasn't able to enter the venue with my tennis shoes - dress code required!
Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon Lense Tilt & Shift 17mm, ISO 100, f/8, shutter speed: 30 seconds
Ephémère....Geneva, Switzerland
One hour before midnight looking for something worthwhile a photo shoot, I discovered this termporary constructions on the shores of Lake Léman, with people chilling out around the tents on this warm summer night.
Canon d5markIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm, ISO 100, f/8, 10 seconds (very long exposure since, apart from the lights inside the tent it was pitch dark, as usual in Geneva), on tripode
Geneva nights revisited
Hans Wildorf Bridge at night, Geneva, Switzerland. Back in Geneva I try to revisit places I have already pictured before, with a new eye.
Named after Hans Wildorf, the founder of the watches brand Rolex, this bridge by Brodbeck and Roulet Architects was inaugurated in 2012 and is a great spot for photography
Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon 24-105mm
Exploring the lines at the British Museum, London, UK
Exploring interactions of people and spaces. It took me a while to find the right person and the right angle... good for practicing patience! Taken at the British Museum, London
Designed by Foster and Partners and engineered by Buro Happold, the Great Court of theBritish Museum is absolutely stunnishing with flows of light coming everywhere.
Canon 5dMarkIII, Lenses: T&S 17mm, ISO 100 f/11 speed 1/20, hand held
Playing at the Design Museum, London
Photographing babies is not an easy task! In the picture, Baby Alex, the son of my Russian-Lithuanian-British friend, playing at the designer museum, opened in 2016.
More to the museum: Designed byJohn Pawson and OMA, it is located at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. London, Uk. It has a great space with very interesting lines and a parabolic roof.
Gear: Canon 5dmarkIII, Lenses: Canon 24-105mm at 60mm 1/250 f/ 4, ISO 5000
Since I didn't have a flash I had to push up the ISO resulting in a quite granulous texture
Serpentine Pavillion 2017 by Francis Kéré, London, UK
I went early morning to Kensington Gardens to discover the 2017 Pavillion. Those pavillions are provisional constructions commissioned to great architects every year and they last the time of a summer. I was rewarded with this pretty morning light.
Canon 5dmarkIII, Canon TS 17mm, f/10, 1/40 shutter speed, ISO 100, max. Shift, on tripod
New born contemporary architecture .... at the V&A Museum, London, UK
Discovering the very recently inaugurated new porcelain-tiled entrance and underground exhibition hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Architects: Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete and her firmAL_A.
Just arrived from a very early flight and just around the corner from my hotel, there is this very sexy place for photography, I couln't resist the temptation, despite the sleepeness.
Canon 5dMarkIII, Canon Lense 24-105mm, f/8 ISO 100, 1/250 shutter speed
Chilling out on a summer evening, New Holland, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Intallation on the renovated park @ Novaya Golandia, New Holland Island, Sain Petersburg Russia. The derelict Island is getting a face lifting, here people chilling out on a summer evening, under the very sexy mobile intalation by ??
Panorama out of two pictures, Canon 5DmarkIII, Canon T&S 17mm; f/8; 1/8 sec, ISO 100 on tripod
Circles, Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Saint Petersburg
Dome of the Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Kronstadt, an island at the outskirts of Saint Petersburg. This Russian orthodox cathedral was built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy dedicated to all fallen seamen. Inside the walls of the cathedral you can read the names of all (known) fallen seamen.
I went there one day before the big Navy Parade, when preparation was in full swing. Beautiful and sad at the same time.
Canon 5dMarkIII, EF 24-105mm lenses, 24mm distance, shutter speed: 1/30 f/5.6, ISO 1300, handheld
Opening of the bridges, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Bridges opening in Saint Petersburg are a must see, locals and tourists alike love contemplating this daily event. I went with some Russian friends, rushing after a party, just on time to put my tripod and shoot :)
Canon 5dMarkIII, EF 24-105mm lenses, 50mm distance, long exposure (8 seconds!) f/8, ISO 100, on tripod.
Dreaming, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Stairs at the trains depot in Lomonosovskaia, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Since I wasn't allowed inside the depot, I let me inspire by this spiral and by a very motivated model.
Canon 5dmarkIII, Lenses: Canon 24-105mm; f/8, 1/160, ISO 100, 105mm
Grand entrance to New Holland Island, long fell into neglect, Saint Petersburg, Russia
New Holland Island was created in 1719. After the Russian Revolution its buildings fell into neglect, Here photographed at sunset at about 22h30 hours, still the White Nights period. It has a nostalgic and derelict touch. This grand entrance is not grand anymore, but a stop for tourists boats surfing the channels of Saint Petersburg.
Technical data: Canon 5dMark III, Lenses: Canon TS 17mm, long exposure (4 seconds), f/8 ISO 100, 17mm, tripod, post production with Lightroom and Photoshop
I like the simplicity and whiteness of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary. A peaceful place to take refuge on a heavy rain day. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Technicalities: Canon 5dMarkIII, Lenses: Canon 24-105mm 4L IS, f/4, 1/40 sec, ISO: 1600
Храм Спаса на Крови (Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood), when photography is forbidden, pictures taste much better ;), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Храм Спаса на Крови (Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood) is one of the marvels of Saint Petersburg. Photography is quite tricky inside the building, but I somehow managed to make a full series on my tripod before I was ordered to stop. Here is an image of the Christ Pantocrator, under the central dome, the last one I took (without my tripod this time, on a very low shutter speed)- I like the way light comes down from the windows above. It was taken in the early hours, after the morning service, perfect light and atmosphere inside.
Technicalities: Canon 5d mak III, Lenses: Canon Tilt & Shift 17mm, 1/30, aperture: f8, ISO:800
Streets also come to life at night, strolling around Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg's night life, strolling around the city that never sleeps. Long exposure under the bridge, not far from Truda Square
Technicalities: Working on tripod, Canon 5d mark III, Lense:Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS, Exposure time:15 sec; ISO 100, f8
Waiting for the Requiem at the Kapella, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Before Mozart's Requiem at the Kapella (Saint Petersburg Court Chappel), the oldest activRussian professional musical institution. Playing with my fisheye lens, I like the way it makes a microcosmos out of every scene.
Technicalities: Canon 5dMarkIII, Tokina Fish Eye 10-17 mm @ 10mm, 1/100, F8, ISO 1250
Work in Progress: at the hotel where I am staying, a painter is drawing Soviet propaganda on the walls. I was told tourists like it. I wonder...
Tecnicalities: Canon 5dMarkIII, Lenses: T&S 17mm, f/8, exposure: 2,5 seconds, ISO 100, on tripod