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Castello de Amerosa

castello de amerosa

I would like to thank the Facebook community for voting this image back on the island. I posted it last week asking for some feedback. Overall the response was very positive, so here it is. Thanks again team!

You might remember seeing a similar image on the site in the past. Yep, this is the Castello de Amersoa. A winery in Napa that was constructed as an exact replica of a Tuscan castle. Here’s a photo of the Throne Room, the Tasting Room and the Stairs.

Tip - As a friend over on FB mentioned, they liked the fact that all of the image was in focus. If you are new to photography, the amount of focus (or as we call it, depth of field DOF) is controlled by your aperture. If you want everything in focus, set your aperture to numbers like f/11 or f/22.

The Throne Room

Lately I’ve been missing ‘Game Of Thrones’, so I thought I would quench my thirst for a good fantasy by posting a photo from Castellio di Amorosa’s own throne room. Yep, it is a true to life castle set beautifully in the heart of Napa Valley. I’d love to return during the grape harvest to photograph other parts of the castle. I understand it’s beautiful that time of year. For the photographer’s in the crowd, I posted a screen shot of my processing notes on our Facebook page. You can purchase a print of this photo simply by clicking it and adding it to your cart.

Knights of the Wine Table

iDownloadBlog.com Author

I’m both excited and honored to have been asked to be a guest author for the wildly popular iDownloadBlog.com. iDB (as it is nicknamed) is an incredible site covering most things Apple. Sebastien Page, the man behind iDB, reached out to me a couple months back about joining the team and helping them cover all things iPhone Photography. After several months of work and generation of cool in-depth content , my series is about to begin…stay tuned!

Today’s Images

These are the stairs that lead to a famous winery in the Napa Valley…does anyone know what winery it is? I’ll give you a hint…it’s in a castle.

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The Tasting

Castello di Amorosa

Castello di Amorosa is a little winery in the Napa Valley. Apparently the proprietor not only loves his wine, he loves his castles. So much so that he used the materials and artisans from Italy to build a full sized castle in his vineyard to host guests, banquets, wine tastings and jousting tournaments. I’m not totally sure about that last thing, but I’m pretty sure I saw a dragon while we were there.

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