Evening in Fira july 2 nd

                 Just a few evening images from our hotel balcony and pool   .Fira,   Santorini

                                                   While i take pics , Jan drinks wine :)

                                                               Up on the pool veranda

The town comes to life after dark , music everywhere and crowded streets .    its great sittting on our balcony just relaxing and listening.

Santorini july 1 st Perissa

 Oia shot from Fira early morning.

 This morning we are going to take the bus to Perissa beach , about 20 minites ride.  a few phone pics through the bus window.

                  Arriving at Perissa , it is very similar to Kamari , Hot,sunny and umbrellas .

 Another hard day relaxing , with food and drinks served while we lie in the sun and float, or Sink as in my case in the sea .

 Back to Fira now...............

A few early evening shots from our balcony overlooking Fira as the sun drops down .

                  We can see loads of boats just off Oia that have sailed to watch the sunset.

                                                                    Happy couple

Now to go into town................................

 

 Looking back towards our hotel from the opposite end of Fira.

Santorini Honeymoon Sunset shoot. 29th june 2016

After a day on the beach we are going to have a wedding photo shoot at sunset on our balcony , Jan has brought her wedding dress for this occasion .

Sunset is directly in front of our private balcony with the "Caldera" volcano over to the left with Fira town on our right .  Sunset is about 8.30 ish , but the low setting sun illuminates the white buildings for about 10 minutes or so starting about 8.10 - 8.15 . So i have only a short time to get the photos i want with the lovely warm light.

I have set the 5dsr with a 17-40 wide angle on a tripod, shooting at f10 , and varying iso between 200 and 400 , with flashgun and large diffuser . I have also set the external flash synq speed  to 1/200 - 1/60 th so the camera  exposes for the background and the flash freezes any movement.    in theory anyhow :)

                                                                 1/125 th  iso 200  f10

                                                              1/100 th  iso 200  f10

                                                                       1/60 th  f10  iso 200

 Now we have lost the warm light,  i am using a slower flash synq to give longer exposure for the darkening conditions , and allow more of the natural light in combination with slightly higher iso .

                                                                    1/60 th  f8  iso 400

                                                                     1/15 th  f10  iso 400

                                                                   1/10 th  f10  iso400

                                                              10 seconds , f14  iso 100

                                                                  15 seconds , f14 iso100

                      After a successful shoot we are now going out for a walk and a snack :)

              Love the statue sitting on the building with No feet!     thought it was a person initially :)

                                                       A Last phone shot by our pool

                                                         Another great day in Paradise :D

Santorini Honeymoon , 29th june Kamari beach day

Today we are taking the bus to Kamari for a day on the beach and in the sea .   So no camera just a few phone pics.

                                                       First a balcony shot or two :)

                                Waking up to this view for breakfast everymorning is unreal!

                                                              Phone pano   full size HERE

                    After a half hour journey on the airconditioned coach we arrive at Kamari .

                                                                         Its quiet here.

                      Black sand  Beach ,  its so hot need to walk on the wooden staging!

               Some wonderful hotel appartments along the waterfront with well planted gardens .

                             On the beach now , waiter service for food and drinks all day.

                    It will soon be very busy here in a few weeks time , but fairly quiet here today.

                                                   Pools , Palms and Bougainvillia :)

                                                              Sounds good to me :)
   

 Back to the hotel now for a few hours then i am going to do a photo shoot on the balcony at sunset with Jan in her wedding dress .