Amalfi Harbour Breakwater

The Amalfi Harbour breakwater gives you something far more interesting than a typical harbour wall, with massive interlocking concrete blocks creating dramatic texture and geometry against the backdrop of Amalfi's stacked hillside town. Walk out along the breakwater to shoot back toward the cathedral and colorful buildings rising up the cliffside, framing the scene with the angular blocks in your foreground. The contrast between the raw industrial forms of the concrete and the pastel architecture behind makes for a compelling composition. A wide angle lens works well here to emphasize the scale and pattern of the blocks, while a longer focal length lets you compress the town against the water. Golden hour and blue hour both reward you with warm or cool tones reflecting off the harbour. The breakwater is freely accessible on foot from the harbour front and gives you multiple vantage points depending on how far out you walk. (Amalfi, Campania, Italy)