Part 1 – The Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados
The Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados
I have often seen or heard comments about the lack of new photographic opportunities which present themselves in an island like Barbados. I cannot agree with this.
While it true that there are challenges presented by our obvious limitation in size and physical diversity, it just means that one has to work harder to find new opportunities for good landscape photographs in Barbados.
When I restarted my photographic journey a few years ago, one of my first acquisitions was the purchase of two books by Bryan Peterson; “Understanding Exposure” and “Learning to See Creatively“. Having not yet had to opportunity to enroll in a formal class in photography, these two books have been an enormous help in my progress as an amateur photographer and in helping me to better “see” opportunities in otherwise mundane circumstances.
Sunrise over the Inner Basin of the Careenage, Bridgetown Barbados
While the book helped me in starting to develop a better photographic “eye”, I have always been fascinated with the landscape photography offerings of Bridgetown. Take away the hustle and bustle that you experience on most days and you get to truly appreciate the built environment which is home to our capital city.
Sunrise at the Outer Basin, Careenage, Bridgetown
With this in mind my visits to photograph Bridgetown have always been done during the sunrise hours of quiet Sunday mornings. That way I capture light which is favourable and also get a chance to experience the city without the hindrance of heavy traffic or crowded sidewalks.
The Constitution River, Bridgetown, Barbados
This post highlights some of my images of the Careenage in Bridgetown, I will discuss my capture of buildings in Bridgetown in a future post.
Your comments are welcomed…Ian
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