My travel and street photography year 2015

"The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations."

"..the challenges faced by travel photographers are lot greater than some of the genres where the light and other shooting conditions may be controllable."
-- Wikipedia

Throughout 2015 I did a couple of travels where I planned dedicated time slots - some of them were really short and limited - to do some photography.
Here some examples:

La Defense from he Eiffel Tower

In June I spent a week in Paris, France for other purpose than photography. I took one evening with my Sony RX100 Mark III compact camera to take pictures of modern architecture around La Defense, the iconic Eiffel Tower, and the Arc de Triumphe at sunset.

One of the images I like the most is the shot taken from the Eiffel Tower of the modern architecture of La Defense framed by the old stell construction of the Eiffel tower.

Eiffel Tower

Another one which has more sort of street photography character is the Eiffel tower elevator arriving with the people impatiently waiting behind the glass door to exit at the ground floor. It pictures many different behaviours and characters of human beings. And only one person in the middle clearly noticing that this picture is being taken.


Paris - Images by Andreas Mueller

Disagreement

Another short trip brought me to Vienna, Austria. Same as in Paris I had only my Sony RX100 Mark III compact camera with me.

Among pictures of the well known famous palaces and buildings as well as statues of Vienna I took a couple of interesting shots in the streets. Such as the couple obviously having an argument in front of the perfume shop.

Street food

Or the picture of the street food shop. Where not so typical Viennese, but not minor tasty food is being prepared and sold.

Alhambra, Granada

In October we went on a dedicated travel photography trip to Andalusia in the south of Spain.
Here we traveled for 10 days across Andalusia to visit not only the most famous landmarks and places but also more rural areas and more remote villages in order to get a good expression of this beautiful place.

Pueblos blancos

One of the most famous places is the Alhambra palace in Granada, but also the Mezquita in Cordoba, the cathedral in Cadiz, or the villages of El Rocia and Ronda.

Typical for Andalusia are the white villages - pueblos blancos. Some of these villages are well renovated and very well cultivated picturesque places.

Hospederia la Era

We spent some of the nights in very spectacular locations. Such as la Hospederia la Era in a village called Almedinilla, and in the Hacienda la Morena near Montellano.

These are both very recommendable places where you can really feel the relaxed Andalusian climate and life style.
Both places are being run by very passionate and dedicated couples. It is not only a special experience by means of location and atmosphere but also given the deliberately chosen kitchen which remains some of the for me most memorable culinary experiences of this year.


Hazienda la Morena - Montellano - Images by Andreas Mueller