Travel Photography - The Charles Bridge in Prague is Seriously Great!

This is the first year I have ever taken a serious commercial interest in Travel Photography, and it's the "commercial" part of the statement that makes all the difference. Let me explain. Because naturally just like everyone else I have taken pictures while on holiday, on trips, on walks here and there, and of course shot fashion at innumerable locations.. but I have never photographed locations as destinations. Photographed them with an emphasis on showing others what this or that place might be like, to experience as a traveller. And maybe it's a(n odd) Sydney photographer thing, but it was not until last year that I created a commissioned portrait using the Sydney Opera House as a backdrop. Yes of course I have photographed that famous landlocked sea of sails, that iconic UNESCO listed building; but never before for a client! So in many ways, tourism and lifestyle photography represented something of a steep learning curve for me.

We began with Singapore, Prague, Singapore, then France - Paris, Lyon and the Beaujolais countryside, more Paris - and then New York, all for a new Travel web site, White Caviar Life; which has as it's particular emphasis, luxury hotels and spending time indulging in the experiences of staying in one place, relaxing, enjoying the atmosphere. The hotel interiors I was certainly prepared for as I have experience with shooting commercial and residential interiors and architecture. And at least I would have some time to find my footing, my style shooting travel over our two week stay. As opposed to "Travel Man" the show I have been viewing with comedian Richard Ayoade which revolves around 48 hour "mini breaks" in destination capitals of Europe, just 48 hours!

I reference this as a counterpoint to the longer period of time that was made available to me to create the library of travel pictures we came away with. Fourteen days in UNESCO listed old Prague as opposed to what is no doubt a typical 48 hour stay where you may only see places of interest just the once was a massive advantage. Case in point, the astonishing Charles Bridge, Karlův Most over the river Vltava. Our two hotels were about 800 meters from the Bridge which saw me using it as a location for shots with my client; and also like a local as the shortest route to the (very old) New Town nearly every day - camera always at the ready. Never before have I seen so much human activity, excitement, flux, change, joy, celebration and urban and natural beauty as I experienced it on the Charles Bridge - stuff happens - which is truly; not simply a must see but also a must experience destination of a lifetime. As a photographer it was my great joy to be a part of all this transient thronging of the bridge over those two weeks in spring, and to hone my travel eye - here is just a smattering - travel pictures of Prague's Charles Bridge. All pictures are available for purchase - if you need travel scenes for publication on Prague or for any of the destinations mentioned above, and like what you see, please just drop me a line.

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A Modelling Portfolio Photoshoot in Historic Prague

It's been a very busy year for me as a photographer with 3 trips overseas, Prague, Paris and New York. It all started way back in April; which was a chilly spring in Prague. The trips were all for the White Caviar Life website, you can see it here. Although the schedule was quite hectic, during our second week I did manage some work on the side for myself; which is how this modelling portfolio photoshoot with Nikola from Czechoslovak Models came about. Although I have been to Europe before. Lets face it, for an Australian, everything old in Europe is NEW, so where better to shoot than our 15th century accommodation and then the entrance to the Terraced Castle Gardens; just down the street. Prague is quite compact and packs a lot in so it's like a series of endless photography locations! So here she is; if you like what you see please contact me about your modelling or fashion photography project!

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Special thanks to stylist Vivenne Shui and White Caviar Life.

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Kent Johnson, Sydney, Australia.

0433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

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Photographing Hotel Interiors in Prague; and some Fashion Too

Interiors with fashion and lifestyle I should say; and those hotel rooms really are to die for. Well pretty much everything in Prague is to die for, so in some ways it's almost better - scratch that - easier to stay in the hotel.. But why would you when every journey through the streets and parks of Prague is an adventure.
On these shots for my client White Caviar life (WCL); we worked with a minimum of equipment. I chose to balance the light in rooms using portable speedlights while working to maintain the intimate and luxurious feeling of each room photographed; which was very important to WCL and myself. Essentially we came to have a vision for the architecture of the hotels and Prague. This is what we sort to show through luxurious hotel photography and fashion & lifestyle images. As you can see here and over on the travel pages of my website not all the imagery was created in the beautiful hotels. Our goal was to build a library of images to use across social media platforms as well as the WCL website, and so we also ventured out into Prague itself. Like what you see? There are many more images on my website here - kentjohnsonphotography.com.au/Travel/

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Kent Johnson,
Sydney, Australia.

61 (0) 433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

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