Joanne Dunn Photographers

The Amalfi Coast naturally

The Amalfi Coastline, from the Mediterranean Sea, seems to be a divine organic tiara. The sun’s rays catch little flashes of splendour from the minute villages which are carved into the sea’s crown. Ravello, the thirteenth jewel, perches straight above on the Lattari Mountains. The Mountains and their straight faced cliffs fall lazily down to the sea from above. From my gushiness, you can tell, I am madly in love with the Amalfi coastline and in particular Ravello. I know the little villages and their curves intimately. We are not able to visit all the villages, since our time is brief, so I’ll selfishly stick to my personal favourites. This is my "Insiders Guide" to the Amalfi coast.

Ravello
Medieval Garden Village

Have to start with Ravello! That’s where it all began. I first heard about Ravello, three years ago, in a book on a plane to Italy. The author described it’s deliciously lush gardens and dizzying views. Little did I know it was a start of a lasting love affair. I do admit that I fall in love with many places regularly. But I have to say that with Ravello it was different and seem predestined. I asked Gianni (hubby) where Ravello was, he pointed at the mountains behind our house, "twenty minutes away". It’s difficult to decide if Ravello is a garden or a village. This Medieval village garden has a petty coat of lemon and vine terraces. The blossoms and their fall, heavy purple jewels hang from vines, the rusted leaves set the petticoat a flame and finally dissolve into a resting abstraction. Goat and sheep herds with their shepherds and tinkling bells roam the mountains. So on the way up to Ravello, one always goes up to get to Ravello, one is often slowed down my by a scampering pool of fluff and chimes. I always insist on silence in the car as we wade through.
Our first meeting was not the moment we fell in love. It was not love at first sight. I didn’t make an effort to explore very much past the piazza. We missed everything. Ravello is to be climbed and explored. It is three hundred meters above sea with the sea of Amalfi directly below it. Ravello has many stairs but each one is worth it for the views are unimaginable. It was later, when I was commissioned to do a photographic reportage on Ravello, that I saw her many faces and dresses. I woke up at four one morning to search for the best view point to shoot the sunrise. Climbing the many, many, many stairs… a light which seemed celestial. I had a moment. Empty, quiet and suspended, seemingly from the sky above the sea. Truly unbelievable and yet giving one perfect perspective. Vast and close, things seem miniature but yet immense. It’s confusing, as the eye is not used to such huge perspectives and being reminded how very small we are.
Ravello is a place of music. Old music, classical music, folk music and occasionally you might catch a few swinging jazz notes on the wind. Beautiful and prestigious classical concerts are performed in front of these overwhelming spaces. Sea, sky, clouds, mist, specs of colour and light. It is said that Villa Ruffolo was Wagner’s inspiration for the gardens of Klingsor, during his visit in eighteen eighty. An enchanted garden and Parsifal is a magical piece with a little of Ravello’s soul. Every year, since the nineteen twenties, Ravello has been home to the Wagner Music Festival. It is held in the hot summer months of July. Set in the very gardens which inspired the master. The festival is a celebration of a passionate love affair of the artist and the landscape. A landscape with coloured flower wings and enchanting Arabic influenced architecture.
There are other music festivals and performances such as Jazz, Arabic, Spanish, Medieval, Folk, Opera and Classical. Ravello and its surroundings have a long concert season from March to November. (Even in midsummer, take a warm jersey. You are up in the clouds and it can get nippy). There are dawn concerts which commence with the sunrise. Ravello is at her most beautiful from four till six in summer mornings and afternoons. In the late summer evenings, on the piazza (Duome Square), small concerts take place under the watchful gaze of the great dark pines. Music lovers and other lovers come from all over the world to see the astonishing views, drink in the sent of the flowers and take pleasure in the music.
Ravello and its surrounding mountains are inhabited by a little tribe of folk musicians and dancers. Some are classically trained and others play Jazz, but their love is for folk. The leader of musical gnomes can play and sing just about anything. Mad as a potter but thoroughly captivating. He and his fellow musicians earn a living doing concerts in Ravello for wealthy Americans and English, who come to get married. These musicians are some of the happiest humans I know. Ravello seems to have intoxicating powers and has been known to have strange effects. I once saw an extremely wealth lady in her seventies, kick of her shoes and "give" herself to the music. There are times when Ravello is particularly dangerous to self control. As different trees and fruit trees blossom and bloom in spring and early summer, they can quite confuse a restless soul. The sensation is similar to being in-love. The fact that one is at the top of a mountain looking down does something quite wonderful to the head and heart. Add a little sublime music of your choice and well it’s the perfect place to cast a love spell. No discussion of Ravello would be complete without mentioning my favourite little part of this world. The gardens, flowers, views, trees of Villa Chimbrone are unimaginable. A steep demanding little fifteen minute walk from Ravello, the villa is open everyday from nine till sunset. The Terrace of Infinity is one of Ravello’s best views. The terrace looks straight down onto a seductively curvy part of the coast. The effect is startling due to the sharp drop of the mountain the garden is on. It gives the impression that one is looking down from a window in the sky. The lemon tree terraces frill round the mountain and tiny ladybird size cars trace the contour of coast. The effect is just a little surreal.
Villa Chimbrone’s gardens are filled with sculptures, trees, flowers and various other little treasures collected by the English Nobleman who built it. The pines are tall ancient silhouettes and the castle-like villa evokes longings for fairytales. There are grand discoveries, like an oversized marble rose garden, centred with a sundial and gated with huge ceramic urns. There are also places which seem to be secret places to sit and think. Little sculptures tucked away. The bronze turning that special powdery mossy green, while giant blazing leaves float gently to the ground. The time is older up there. It is another world, with its own time, a magical time which offers another perspective. Writers and artists have been besotted Ravello’s virtues. The immense space inspires, humbles and even inflicts melancholy. The Spanish artist and ceramist Miro, the English painter Tuner and the writer Virginia Woolf are but a few of the many artists who have visited Ravello. "Room with a view", written by Foster depicts many a Ravello scene. Even us mortals can’t help but be inspired by Ravello’s eternity. Yet it has a special naturalism as villagers go about their day. It proposes many unique vantage places to examine without and within.

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Richard Overtoom Photography

Willkommen auf meinem neuen Journal. Um meine Bilder noch besser zur Geltung zu bringen habe ich mich kurzerhand entschlossen einen neuen Blog oder sagen wir von nun an ein neues Journal hochzuladen. Blog hört sich doch an wie so ein Schlabbervieh aus Krieg der Sterne…;) Also dann, viel Spass mit den alten und vorallem den neuen Einträgen und Bilder. Richard

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Wedding Package Information

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

It can be overwhelming price shopping and gathering all the information. Here are just a few important “photographer” points about our company.

We are a family owned business. The owners actually shoot the weddings and we do not sell the contract or contract your wedding out to the lowest priced photographer.

We offer a two photographer wedding shoot at no extra cost to you. This allows for multiple angles being captured at the same time and this really enhances the documentation of your wedding.

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We utilize top-end professional equipment that is needed to take the best possible photographs under virtually any conditions. Including portable studio equipment for your posed formal shots.
We combine all of the styles and give you a full featured wedding package that will capture the true feelings and emotions saving them into lifelong images.
We can build you the perfect wedding photography package, you can choose one of our existing packages or we can build one from scratch. All of the packages include posed portraits of the bride, groom, bride and groom, wedding party, and any family pictures desired

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We offer easy online ordering of photo prints under a password protected website. You can give this out to any family or friends that would like to view and/or purchase prints of the ceremony/reception directly from us at very reasonable rates. We can also provide you with access cards with your web log-in that can be given to anyone you like before, during or after the ceremony/reception.  All photos are processed as color images but black and white or sepia toned is available if requested. Special  digital imaging is available upon request as well.

We offer easy online viewing and ordering of all your photographs from your own password protected website we create for you. You can give this website information out to any family or friends that would like to view and/or purchase prints of the wedding directly from the website. So maybe friends or family that could not attend can view the photographs. Or family or friends that live out of state can order pictures right from their home and have the photographs delivered to their door.  We provide you with access cards with your web log-in that can be given to anyone you like before, during or after the ceremony/reception.

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All of our packages include basic photo editing, minor color enhancement or blemish correction if needed. Wedding packages also include some image enhancement to black and white, sepia (antique), color spotting, or digital image framing. Please ask if you wish for any of these enhancements for specific images. Some may be provided as samples however we will gladly enhance any image you wish

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Please remember that the skill of taking a great picture does not start or stop with just getting the camera settings correct. Photography is a skill and an art at the same time. You will have made a great decision in hiring Western Executive Photography as your professional photographer for your special day. We strive to get great quality photographs with the most clarity, resolution and color recognition, all for a reasonable price. Our equipment is state of the art and we are prepared for any situation that may arise! In addition, you and your friends and family will be treated with respect and courtesy the entire time, and there will never be any demanding posing!
Western Executive Photography…Professional photography done right!

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Adrian Rodriguez Freelance Photographer

The Artist

ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ, Artistic Photographer, was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1965. He became interested in photography at an early age. He was graduated from Herbert H. Lehman High School in 1985. He moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1987, where he studied photography at Montgomery County Community College. Using his natural talent and creativity, Adrian has developed a body of unique abstract images which clearly unites art and photography. He has also captured fascinating photographs of landscape, nature, wildlife, and a variety of candid moments. His work has been published in Best of Photography Annual. Exhibitions include juried shows at Chester County Art Association; Chestnut Hill Business Association; Peddler’s Village Art Faire; Turntable at the Junction in Flemington, NJ; and a solo show at the Congregation Beth Or Art Gallery in Spring House, PA. He currently lives in Glenside, PA with his wife of 19 years and his eleven year old daughter, Julia.

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Canvas Print offers high quality canvas printing services. Have your photo printed onto canvas,  or choose from our contemporary art & photo gallery featuring award winning artists.

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Warren James Palmer Photography

Based in Hampshire England, international photographer Warren James Palmer specialises in Commercial, commercial, commercial-advertising-PR-editorial-, Event, Architecture and Advertising photography. He mainly works in digital format in the studio or out on location. With over two decades of professional experience, photographer Warren James Palmer will shoot everything from product photography and point of sale, to mail order, advertising and architecture .

Weddings are a joyous occasion and the role of the photographer is to record and capture those ‘joyous’ moments. It’s a simple brief really, but it’s amazing how many wedding photographers get it wrong….

I apply the same relaxed but professional techniques used in high-end advertising and commercial photo shoots, to photographing that special wedding day.

I really enjoy photographing weddings and I’d like to think that my clients feel relaxed, comfortable and confident in return. A confidence that is derived from 22 years as a professional photographer.

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My name is Elizabeth.  Liz for short.  Mae in the Middle.  Lauer at the end.

I cry at every wedding.  I find myself laughing at everything…instead of taking pictures of it.

My first love is the horse, second people, third my camera and last chocolate.

I read everything I can get my hands on.  I don’t like the food on my plate to touch.  I am sooo a morning person.

Blue mason jars with fireflies inside are my favorite.  As are cupcakes, birdcage veils, the smell of a new book and my dog, Leila Loo.

In May I will graduate from Western Kentucky University with a degree in photojournalism and entrepreneurship.  I heart the photo part, loathe the journalism.  Mostly, I am in love with making friends and telling their stories.

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Robyn Ball

RobynB Photography will capture your wedding, family portraits, baby or anything else you require. Please browse my gallery – hopefully my pictures will speak louder than my words.

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