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Solo South America
Born in Buenos Aires and raised in Lima, Tim had not been back to South America since he turned 17. These blog posts are about his solo return journey round Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, to celebrate his 50th and to take stock of his life so far. If you’d prefer just to see a selection of images from this epic journey and avoid his thoughts, best go to the four ‘Journey with Myself’ galleries in the Portfolio section.
Sony A7RII : f/11@400th : ISO 160 : EV -1.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 After being surrounded by all that open space during my Salar de Uyuni tour, I found it hard to adjust to the mass of humanity visible from my 12th floor room window. I spent the day walking around La Paz but decided pretty quickly that I’d like to be somewhere else for the approaching new year. I’d usually consider myself a city person and quite get into finding out about […]
Intro When doing a tour of the Salar de Uyuni, the salt flats themselves are only a small part of what you get to see when you visit this spectacular corner of the world. I’d heard a lot of good things about the amazing landscapes up in this part of the Bolivian altiplano but it is only when you experience the variety unfolding before you that you start to get a clearer picture. As a commercial photographer, I have travelled to many beautiful locations and this experience has got to […]
Sony A7RII : f/9@250th : ISO 250 : EV -0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 Cactus Island, or Isla Incahuasi, is a rocky outcrop in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni covered in giant cacti. It’s a popular early morning spot for all those doing the tour and gives a great high vantage point of the surrounding salt flats. A truly breathtaking finale to a wonderful four days. Having been in the middle of nowhere for so long, seeing this radio […]
Sony A7RII : f/13@640th : ISO 320 : EV -1.0 : FE 55mm f/1.8 The Rock Tree, or ‘Arbol de Piedra’, is just another of those marvels of nature that the Bolivian altiplano throws up frequently to remind you that you are witnessing a truly unique part of the world. It still amazes me as I look back and remember how much the landscape would change as we drove through the area round the Salar de Uyuni. These particular rock formations […]
Sony A7RII : f/13@640th : ISO 250 : EV -0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 When you get high up on the Bolivian altiplano, the weather tends to happen right there in front of you, rather than up above. Throw in a bleak landscape and you end up with a rather imposing elemental force. The rains had been running late because of ‘El Niño’ but as the trip went on we started to see the rain clouds building up somewhere off in […]
Sony A7RII : f/10@800th : ISO 400 : EV -0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 Rolling hills, mountains in the distance, mineral rich earth, a lake, dry scrubland in the foreground… One of the many spots on an epic journey through the Bolivian altiplano where you just have to stop and look, if only for a few seconds, before continuing on to the next stunning landscape. A truly amazing part of the world and feeling blessed to be able to experience […]
Sony A7RII : f/16@640th : ISO 320 : EV 0.0 : FE 55mm f/1.8 I hope this landscape gives some idea of the different tones and hues that surround you in the Bolivian altiplano, or ‘Palette Earth’ as I like to call it. With so much open space and so little vegetation growing in these vast arid lands, you become very aware of the changes in the terrain, being able to see long distances to the horizon in every direction. It’s a mineral […]
Sony A7RII : f/13@320th : ISO 100 : EV -1.0 : FE 55mm f/1.8 I think I took this ‘Landscape Art within a Landscape’ the morning of our second day. Driving out of the small community where we had spent the night, the last building had this mural that jumped out at you from the surroundings. It was a beautifully clear morning high up on the altiplano and the colours just popped. Our driver, Hugo, as always, was good enough to […]
