Postcards From Italy
Words by Dalene Heck / Photography by Pete Heck
Once again, we’ve saved some of our best pictures from Italy until last!
Enjoy!
A lone painter beside a canal.
At the Piazza San Marco.
One of many gondolas.
A colorful window, symbolic of the colorful town.
Cracked and fading in the bright sunlight.
Statue of Neptune in Piazza Maggiore.
A day trip from Bari included a stop to see some “Trulli” – ancient traditional stone huts with conical roofs.
And also to the town of Gravina, to see an ancient Roman bridge.
A bird rests on the head of a saint.
For all the bounty that she brings, Mount Etna’s power can be devastating.
The old town of Trapani is most beautiful at dusk.
So is the coastline, with islands seen in the distance.
The island of Favignana was inspiring.
Our afternoon visiting Erice (a small town on a cliff above Trapani), was fraught with cold and fog.
The most beautiful place we’ve ever been to? Probably Amalfi.
Even when it appears ready to storm.
And especially at dusk, when from the pier, the village is welcoming.
If you like these, then check out our Postcards from Croatia!
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Love the atmospheric black and white one…
Cheers Abi! It’s probably my favorite also. Fortunately I had the settings right as I had to be quick to capture it.
Great photos! Love the first Amalfi photo and the one of Erice – beautiful, I would buy these postcards 😀
Thanks Dani, now if I can only find a publishing company that would be interested 😉
These images are amazing. I am going to need to go and get your camera and editing tools before I leave again. I want to take photos like this.
LOL, I’m already putting the bug in Dalene’s ear that we need to upgrade, so if you can convince her, it’s yours 😉
I really thought they were postcards you bought! Haha. Beautiful photos! Makes me want to go back to Italy right now. (And to be a better photographer, Lol)
Thanks Kieu, that’s the best compliment we could receive 🙂 To be a better photographer, I can only suggest just keep shooting and read lots. We still consider ourselves newbies and we’re learning so much every day that we take the camera out.
These are just gorgeous! Can I ask what kind of camera you guys use?
Thanks Jana! We shoot with a Canon EOS T3i Rebel (AKA 600D in Europe). What’s more important is the glass we shoot with. We generally shoot with the 18-55mm lens and the 50mm macro lens. There are plans for an upgrade when we get to New York though…
Thanks for the reply! I’m still using a cheap digital camera, but seeing photos like yours really makes me want to get more serious about photography. Professional-looking photos make a huge difference to the image of your blog.
We totally agree Jana. We follow so many other blogs with great photography that it inspired us to get better (and get a new camera!)
This is turning into one of my fav series. <3 Love them. Amalfi is my fav.
Thanks so much Erica, I’m hoping to have enough photos from Morocco to get a set from here…
I don’t think there’s any possible way for Italy to look anything BUT photogenic. Pretty!
Agreed, we took just a couple photos 🙂
When I first went through the selection process for this post I think I had around 50-60 picked out. Dalene had to be the critical judge and each one she tossed I groaned at.
These are beautiful pictures! As I was scrolling through them I kept saying to myself “ooh that one is my favorite” so I don’t have a favorite because I love them all 🙂
Thanks Debbie, glad you enjoyed them 🙂
More awesome photography – it’s a joy to look at your travel photos 🙂
Cheers mate! We’ll try and keep ’em coming 🙂
Great collection. You got to see so much of Italy.
The old man in Erice… excellent!
That’s my favorite too! We just happened to be walking by and I quickly whispered to Pete: “Quick! Camera!” Haha, we were lucky the settings were right the first time!
UGHHH YOU GUYS. STOP DOING THIS TO ME.
(we’re sawwwwry)
Great shots guys. Love the one of Gravina in particular 🙂
Thanks Laurence!
the last Almafi one and the Erice one in the fog are my favorites but I live them all! So gorgeous 🙂
Thanks CJ! Those are my faves too. 🙂
Beautiful pictures, I’ve never been but it’s definitely on the list!
These are great! I like the foggy one with the man walking down the alley… purdy!
These are so amazing! Who holds the camera most of the time?
Sometimes there is fighting over the camera, but most of the time Pete wins. 🙂
Oh my …. so so pretty. As always, stunning photos that makes one yearn to be in Italy right about now.
Thank you Cheryl! Yes, I can’t look at these too often either, or I might be on a plane back… 🙂
Gorgeous photos! I am dying to go to the Amalfi Coast and Venice. So far I’ve only been to Rome, Florence, and Perugia. I haven’t even heard of some of these cities, but they look beautiful–especially Gravina!
Gravina wasn’t much to write home about, really – we stopped solely to see that bridge. After Amalfi, probably our favorite stop was Trapani – so awesome!
Oh wow, I love that one of Trapani at dusk. I love Italy in general, so really enjoyed your postcard tour!
Thanks so much Christina! It’s hard not to love Italy!
These are actually BEAUTIFUL photos. I LOVE the colours.
I love your postcard series! It really wraps up the destination nicely.
Thanks Jade, we had never started it with the intention of making a series, but now we are going to continue! 🙂
Great Italy photos and clever presentation idea! I would totally buy some of these postcards.