L + J - From Brasil and Portugal

The place

Lisbon & Sintra

A capital of hills and river light, with Sintra’s misty palaces and the Atlantic cliffs just to the west.

July works here with a little planning.

The light

How the light falls there

The coast faces west, so the sun goes down straight into the Atlantic — the best portraits happen in the last hour on the cliffs. In the city the river catches the evening light; Sintra’s mist turns hard sun into soft, even light.