Italy Our Tours are Urban Adventures!
How will you spend your time with Tony?
Doing is by far the best way to learn, and so we will be spending most of our time on-site in Rome making photographs.
What can you
expect...
Out method is simple - Our goal is to help you
sharpen your photographic vision, to teach you how to think, observe,
and shoot like the pros at National Geographic.
What you will
learn...
Our hands-on approach will teach you how to
compose eye-catching photographs, how to use perspective to your
advantage, how to get the best use of light & shadow, how to use
color, contrast, and detail to make captivating images.
Also, you will
learn:
• Tips & tricks used by the pros to make
impressive photographs.
• Understanding your camera and how to get the most out of it.
• Sensing the quality and direction of light and how to capture the
magic moment.
• Capturing the "Magic Moment" - the best time and best
place to photograph Rome.
• Framing and composing different subjects to make photos with
impact.
• How to think and shoot like the pros at National Geographic
magazine.
• Practicing the art of visual thinking and photography.
• Tour in English
• Discover and experience a city through the eyes of a local
photographer.
• Encourage the observation of new viewpoints and interesting
details which might easily be overlooked.
• To improve photography technique.
• To have a more interesting experience and involvement when
visiting a city.
• Have fun
About the photographers
Steve Bisgrove
Steve Bisgrove is originally from the UK, has lived in Rome for 19 years and knows the city and its secrets intimately. Besides being an excellent photographer and qualified tour guide, he is very personable and a delight to be with.
Between 1982 and 1984 he worked as a
photographic assistant for two top London advertising photographers as
well as working freelance for a number of other photographers in
London. Setting up in his own right in the
mid eighties he has worked for various advertising agencies, design
groups and magazines in London, Milan and Rome. These include among the magazines, Elle Decoration and
Country Life in London; Casa Vogue, Amica and Spazio Casa in Milan, as
well as having articles and photos published in the magazines “Italy”
and “Italia” in the United Kingdom.
He has shot advertising campaigns for
Saatchi & Saatchi in Rome, a scooter in Rome’s Trevi Fountain
for BBDO of Milan, and other campaigns for Young and Rubicam, TBWA and
McCann Erickson in Rome.
He has taught photography at the European Institute of
Design in Rome and also at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia.
His photographs have been recognized in various
competitions. In the Px3 Prix de la
Photographie Paris he was awarded a third prize in 2007 in his chosen
category for the series of Rome shops, and in 2008 received and
Honorable Mention for a series of photographs of a person undergoing
major surgery at the CTO hospital in Rome.
One of his pictures was selected for the 2007 Royal
Photographic Society’s International Print Exhibition and another
was selected in the 2005 Association of Photographers’ (AoP) Open
competition.
His photographs are available through a number of online agencies including Alamy, Arcangel Images, Writer Pictures and Rex Features.
Luca della Vale
Luca is an
American born in Rome. While much of his work involves architectural,
interiors, and advertising still-life and product photography, his
greatest love is reportage. His joy is to be always with his camera,
ready to make an exciting image, wherever he may find himself.
Luca began his work as an assistant to a fashion photographer Tony
Lattari in New York City. He was the leading photographer for an art
catalogue of a prestigious painter Chris Davis inside the Vittoriano
– Rome’s monument to the Unknown Soldier. He lived and worked in
China for several years, working for an Italian and Chinese photo
agency Iber-press and Featurechina, and has photographed for UNESCO at
the Yunnan Dam on the Hu Tiao Xia gorge, as well as other places in
China.
He likes telling real stories that people everywhere can relate. Luca
lives in Rome, the Eternal City, which is an unending opportunity for
great imagery.
