Light, Genova

At some point, I fell in love with the idea of capturing light.  Perhaps it was the new camera, the Canon EOS 5D series II - a camera that has changed my life as a photographer.  Suddenly all those lessons made sense and the camera became more of an extension of myself, as opposed to being a technical beast that had buttons I was a little in awe of ...

The light in Italy never fails to stun me ... then again, Istanbul, Cairo and Spain offered up their own magical lights but this image was taken one evening in Genova. I looked up from working at the kitchen table and had to dig out my beloved camera.