Gloomy Beauty of a Ruin..

"Each place we visit has its own particular look, character, and ambiance. If we want photographs of our travels to be good and lasting, they should capture all of these qualities, and say as much about a place as give the literal look of it." -  Robert Caputo - Photography Field Guide: Travel

According to Robert Caputo, as soon as you arrive to your destination, the first thing you shoud do is to try and take notes of the first impressions. 

          How you feel?
          Where do your eyes go first?
          What do you notice about the place right away?
          Smell?
          Heat or Cold?
          Blistering sunlight?
          Mysterious fog?
          A particular building or vista?

Whatever it may be, he says to remember it. Now that you have acquired these, your senses can partake and all that is left is to try to capture that image onto a still. 

THE ONLY WAY TO DISCOVER THE RHYTHM OF LIFE IN A PLACE, IS TO GET OUT THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SHOOT, AND EXPERIENCE IT. 

With that being said, this weekend, I decided to take my camera to the north western side of Trinidad in search of a captivating image. The journey was set in vain as I found nothing that I thought was worthy enough to ease my restlessness. Somehow my camera and I ended up past Chaguaramas and heading into Macqueripe. Along this trip I immediately stopped when I saw this beautiful ruin of a church at the side of the road. The atmosphere was gloomy, misty and wet as rain had not too long fallen. Some sun was peering through some leaves and I took this opportunity to snap it and was pleased with the result. 

So... here it is.