This was my first time getting away in a different country with my wife, I was happy to finally be able to share travel experience with her. I’m the adventurous type of guy, I’d be OK to stay in an Hostel or 2 start hotel but I can’t say that staying one week in an all-inclusive 4 stars resort isn’t great. For our stay we were at the Sirenis La Salina Beach Resort in Varadero, great location, big resort and lovely beach, a perfect match to relax. The food was great, for me anyway… my wife loved the fruits and bread 
Panorama of one of the pool at Sirenis La Salina, Cuba
I’ve found Varadero to be a nice spot for a photographer, you’re able to walk on the beach and even if it’s a tourism trap there’s always photo opportunity everwhere you look. When I first opened my eyes the first morning, I was happy to see in real life a palm tree, they’re so impressive and beautiful with their bright green leaves and tall trunk. Those trees are strong and most of them as seen many hurricanes and they’re still standing today.
Palm tree shadow on a building wall, Cuba
Second thing I did that morning was to head out to the beach to see from my own eyes the blue colored water. Blowing wind, the sound of the waves under while sitting under an umbrella handmade from palm tree leaves seemed unreal. Relaxing on our trip was one thing, but laying on the beach for days isn’t my cup of tea. I wanted to visit, see local people, go to Varadero and Havana so on our first day we did a bit of planning for the days ahead.
Sirenis La Salina Beach in Varadero, Cuba
Even at the resort were everything seems to look similar to small scale botanical garden and fake, there’s always great subject to photograph. When taking the photo you don’t always need to include every building surrounding your subject, try to isolate it removing from the frame all the unnecessary element while keeping in mind the lighting and composition.
Palm Tree Leave, Cuba
For this following shot, in order to isolate the surrounding and make it look like I was shooting strait at the cactus tree I’ve used my telephone lens using a polarizer filter at f8. The shot could’ve been done at lower f-stop but I wanted to have depth in the shot so that the third little cactus would be blurred out. I find that 3 is a magic number in photography, in this shot it shows a repetition of cactus with a good contrast of green on blue.
Cactus Tree, Cuba
Stay tuned for more shots from Cuba
C’est beau !!!!!! c’est comme une grenouille qui recherche l’étang idéal. Après avoir essayé différentes flaques d’eau, elle trouve finalement le gîte rêvé. Entouré de quenouilles et de nénuphars qui semblent prendre vie à chaque fois que le vent les caresse, ce petit coin de paradis est l’endroit parfait pour la grenouille. Elle décide donc d’y aménager son logis. Cependant, plus les jours passent, plus la grenouille s’ennuie. Elle n’a personne avec qui partager son bonheur. Elle décide donc d’appeler Micael Savoie afin qu’il prenne quelque portrait de son nouvel emplacement. Les photos étaient si merveilleuses, que quelque jours plus tard, l’étang étais rempli à rebord. Jamais elle n’oubliera ce fameux photographe.