About the island

Zakynthos is a Greek island in the Ionian sea. it is a major tourist destination with gorgeous beaches with crystal clear beaches, and the Zante strip drawing loads party people to the designation.

The island is home to 2 million olive trees which are turned into olive oil on island which can be found in a any store. The beaches are nothing like those that are found in jersey and are perfect for snorkelling, with an abundance of saddle seabream, mullet and the odd cuckoo wrasse and maybe even a octopus.

The island has been through many occupations including the romans and the Germans during ww2. However the Zante joined the Ionian islands in 1864, the year the Greek flag was raised.

Photos

After speeding a week on the beautiful island that is Zakynthos, and experiencing the town, the beaches and the food, and a couple of days in Liverpool, I have come out with some beautiful photos.

ZANTE

LIVERPOOL

Best Picks

As with any photoshoot there are favourites.

This photo, for example, this photo. It is a statue of Dionysios Solomos who was a Greek poet from the island and is considered Greece’s national poet. This feel majestic with with the ways the yellow and blue of the sky compliment each other and the negative space of the pavement and the sky help to make it feel spaced out more that it is.

Experimentation

I experimented with this picture of my dad sat on the side of the road, in photo shop.

I layered an semi-transparent dark blue over the to then removed elliptical shapes. I then created a layer of light blue over the top of both layers and, again, removed elliptical shape from that layer. Making sure the him and his hat are visible through the gaps.