Steve Rubin Photography

 So sorry, but wanted to make this a weekly series. Unfortunately the distraction of a new photo editing platform (read that brand new big computer) got me distracted.  This week I wanted to talk briefly about photographing architecture while traveling. We usually think of that photographing street scenes with buildings as we explore a new city. For me, being over in Europe I see so many different types of architecture and colors that I usually don’t see in the US.  For example, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit my daughter in Copenhagen Denmark while she was on her semester abroad. While visiting her we got to play tourist and of course, I go to play photographer. What I’ve loved walking around European towns is the stark different in architecture, incorporation of water by many city streets, and in Denmark the bold colors that they use.  The shot above is a typical Denmark shot. This same shot exists all over the internet. So why take it? Because not all t...

 Landscape photographers have one key rule, be up before the sunrise or be ready to be available during sunset. These times are considered the Golden Hour when the light is the best, it’s low and directional.  But what do you do when your traveling with family and friends on vacation. Getting up an moving around in the summer, on vacation,  at 4AM does not necessarily ingratiate you to your family. Many times as a photographer you have to make compromises.  Sometimes when your traveling, its not about disturbing your family but its much more practical than that. It’s all about when your itinerary allows you to be at a certain place at a certain tine. My father taught me all about balance, everything in life is a compromise, and sometime landscape / travel photography can be just that, a compromise.  The image above was in a Japanese Garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria Canada. My wife and I visited this beautiful set of gardens while coming back to Seattle on ...