Phil Douglis: Travel Photography Archive

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Travel Galleries

Three gems: Istanbul, Kiev, and Bucharest : In the fall of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing in the ancient Eastern European cities of Istanbul, Kiev, and Bucharest. As always, I try to make images that offer not only a sense of place, but also convey my impressions of how each place I visit feels and functions. My goal here is not to make a comprehensive documentation of the places I visit, but instead offer a series of interpretive photographs that express the personality and character of places I visit as I perceive them. There are sixty photographs in this gallery. 

These images were selected from the more than 8,000 digital pictures I shot during this trip. I used a ten megapixel Panasonic Lumix G1 camera to make most of these images, equipped with a 90-400mm image stabilized telephoto lens, allowing me to use it in low light situations with remarkable clarity.  The camera's  flip-out LCD viewfinder allows easy use at low and high angles, making an amazingly useful tool for travel photography. I also made some pf these images with a Panasonic Lumix GF1, a smaller version of the G1, which is fitted with both a 14-28mm superwideangle zoom and a very fast f/1.7 40mm lens. I've edited all of these images with Photoshop to correct and refine the hue, color, contrast and sharpness levels, hopefully making my pictures more vibrant and meaningful. Although all of these photographs were digitally enhanced to some degree, none of the content has been significantly manipulated. The facts are all here, as I captured them. I hope you will enjoy these photographic impressions.

To view my images at their best, just click the "slideshow" button in the top right hand corner. To end the slide show at any time, press your "escape" key. I welcome your comments and questions. Phil Douglis Director, The Douglis Visual Workshops, Phoenix, Arizona, pnd1@cox.net

Three gems: Istanbul, Kiev, and Bucharest

In the fall of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing in the ancient Ea ...

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 1:23pm PST

Trans Canada Journey : In the summer of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing across Canada. We journeyed from Montreal to Vancouver by train, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Jasper.As always, I try to make images that offer not only a sense of place, but also convey my impressions of how each place I visit feels and functions. My goal here is not to make a comprehensive documentation of the places I visit, but instead offer a series of interpretive photographs that express the personality and character of places I visit as I perceive them. There are sixty photographs in this gallery. 

These images were selected from the more than 8,000 digital pictures I shot during this trip. I used a ten megapixel Panasonic Lumix G1 camera to make most of these images, equipped with a 90-400mm image stabilized telephoto lens, allowing me to use it in low light situations with remarkable clarity.  The camera's  flip-out LCD viewfinder allows easy use at low and high angles, making an amazingly useful tool for travel photography. I also made some images with a Leica D-Lux 4, a pocket camera offering a 24mm wideangle view and a very fast f/2.0 lens. I've edited all of these images with Photoshop to correct and refine the hue, color, contrast and sharpness levels, hopefully making my pictures more vibrant and meaningful. Although all of these photographs were digitally enhanced to some degree, none of the content has been significantly manipulated. The facts are all here, as I captured them. I hope you will enjoy these photographic impressions.

To view my images at their best, just click the "slideshow" button in the top right hand corner. To end the slide show at any time, press your "escape" key. I welcome your comments and questions. Phil Douglis Director, The Douglis Visual Workshops, Phoenix, Arizona, pnd1@cox.net

Trans Canada Journey

In the summer of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing across Canada. ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2009 1:02pm PST

Northwest Passage, Summer, 2009 : In the summer of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing the Pacific Northwest, starting in Northern California and working my way up through Oregon, Washington, and into British Columbia.  As always, I try to make images that offer not only a sense of place, but also convey my impressions of how each place I visit feels and functions. My goal here is not to make a comprehensive documentation of the places I visit, but instead offer a series of interpretive photographs that express the personality and character of places I visit as I perceive them. There are seventy four photographs in this gallery. 

These images were gleaned from the more than 5,000 digital pictures I shot during this trip. I used a ten megapixel Panasonic Lumix G1 camera to make most of these images, equipped with a 90-400mm image stabilized telephoto lens, allowing me to use it in low light situations with remarkable clarity. I also used, for the very first time, a 14-28mm wideangle zoom made by Panasonic for the G1 system.  The camera's  flip-out LCD viewfinder allows easy use at low and high angles, making an amazingly useful tool for travel photography. I also made some images with a Leica D-Lux 4, a pocket camera offering a 24mm wideangle view and a very fast f/2.0 lens. I've edited all of these images with Photoshop to correct and refine the hue, color, contrast and sharpness levels, hopefully making my pictures more vibrant and meaningful. Although all of these photographs were digitally enhanced to some degree, none of the content has been significantly manipulated. The facts are all here, as I captured them. I hope you will enjoy these photographic impressions.

To view my images at their best, just click the "slideshow" button in the top right hand corner. To end the slide show at any time, press your "escape" key. I welcome your comments and questions. Phil Douglis Director, The Douglis Visual Workshops, Phoenix, Arizona, pnd1@cox.net

Northwest Passage, Summer, 2009

In the summer of 2009, i spent two weeks photographing the Pacific Nor ...

Updated: Jul 03, 2009 4:57pm PST