Author: Griffin Smyth

Real places. Real photos. Iconic and off-the-path spots through the lens of a travel photographer.

Lightroom CC & Mobile

Creative White Balance in Lightroom CC (Make Your Travel Photos Feel Like They Felt)

ByGriffin Smyth July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

A colorful Italian appetizer spread featuring arancini, fried dough, mortadella, prosciutto, salami, olives, cheeses, and roasted vegetables arranged on a black slate plate with small black dishes.

Photography Tips

How to Take Better Food Photos While Traveling

ByGriffin Smyth July 26, 2025July 27, 2025

A row of colorful bicycles parked in front of a busy café scene in Lucca, Italy, with locals enjoying drinks under umbrellas near a gelateria.

Italy | Travel Spotlight | Tuscany

Photographing Lucca: Bikes, Backstreets & Tuscan Light

ByGriffin Smyth July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

Lightroom CC & Mobile

How to Start Editing Travel Photos in Lightroom CC & Mobile

ByGriffin Smyth July 22, 2025July 22, 2025

tring lights and scattered clouds frame a peaceful Tuscan landscape at golden hour. Photographed from a hilltop agriturismo near San Gimignano.

Photography Tips

15 Travel Photography Ideas That Always Work

ByGriffin Smyth July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Even the toes in Pietrasanta are museum-worthy. This one had daisies growing from cracks.

Travel Spotlight | Tuscany | Via Francigena

Pietrasanta Surprised Us and We’re Not Over It

ByGriffin Smyth July 18, 2025July 18, 2025

Lightroom CC & Mobile

The Lightroom CC Workflow for Travel Photographers

ByGriffin Smyth July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

The Guang Rong cargo ship lies wrecked off the pier in Marina di Massa, still loaded with Carrara marble under stormy skies.

Italy | Liguria | Travel Spotlight

The Sea and the Shipwreck in Marina di Massa

ByGriffin Smyth July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Griffin Smyth in a red hoodie and backwards cap photographs ancient Roman ruins through a brick wall. The background shows weathered stone arches and tall windows under a clear blue sky, with greenery peeking through. The scene blends travel photography with historic architecture.

Photography Tips

The Travel Photographer’s Gear Guide for 2025

ByGriffin Smyth July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

View of the Apuan Alps with dramatic marble quarry scars on the cliffs, seen from a roadside canal near Marina di Massa, Italy. A yellow house sits in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Italy | Travel Spotlight | Via Francigena

A Walk to the Sea through Roman Ruins and Marble Mountains

ByGriffin Smyth July 14, 2025July 14, 2025