photos of Teulada

When I visit a town or region for book research, I like to take photos of the environs. They help me to remember what the place was like, and they are great to show to others so they can get a feel for a place as well.

I started taking these sorts of photos after our trip to Mountmellick, about 10 years ago. When we came home from that trip, I wondered why I only took one or two photos of and around Mountmellick. It wasn’t a very good image library to draw on! However, I think that because in those days I used film, rather than a digital camera, that had a lot to do with it!

Since that time, I have made an effort to remember to take town and environs photographs. I did it in Deerfield, Massachusetts, which if I remember corectly, the photos accompanied an article I wrote for Piecework Magazine. On our trip to Portugal, I did this in the early morning – went off by myself, shortly after dawn, to photograph the old town.

This trip, researching for “Sardinian Knotted Embroidery”, I did the same, and The Reader joined me on my photographic excursion. We enjoyed our early morning wander through Teulada. The light is best in the early morning or in the late afternoon. If you take photos in the middle of the day, the light usually comes straight down from above and looks quite harsh. In the early morning and late afternoon/evening, the light is much softer, and falls from a better angle. (I did also take photos at other times of the day as we went about our business.)

Approaching Teulada for the very first time. (I have a similar shot of the sign to Guimarães!)

I love photographing doors. This one has so much character.

Leading down to one of the main squares of Teulada. Later in the day, there might be a group of older men under the trees, whiling the time away, solving the problems of the world. 😉