All Entries Tagged With: "Italy"
Tremezzo Treasure with HDR and Processing Insights
I love churches, especially Italy’s. Like a gift, you rarely know what’s inside, and without exception they are beautifully unique. I spent some time on this image trying to focus on what I wanted to say. We all see things differently and this is how I see this place. It was a venerable feast for [...]
The Real Bellagio
I am usually an eternal optimist. However, when it came to planning our Switzerland trip, I did not want to take any chances that all we would see was rain and heavy cloud cover. So, I diligently checked Switzerland’s weather statistics to make sure we were visiting the Alps at the best possible time to [...]
A Quick Bite in Milan, Italy
After three nights in Montreux on Lake Geneva, we stopped in Milan for lunch on our way to Lake Como. Although our stop in Milan would only last three hours, we needed lunch anyway and it was hard to resist trying to photograph the Milan Cathedral when it was so close to the train station. [...]
High Noon at Milan Station
How convenient that the clock was wrong when I took this shot in Milan’s central train station last week. It was actually about 2:30pm. In Switzerland this would never happen but in Italy you never know! Donna and I were waiting for our train to Lake Como when I decided to get the camera out [...]
Lake Garda Hotel Sketch
This is a sketch of a really sweet looking hotel we saw while visiting Lake Garda in Italy last summer. It was a beautiful clear day and the harsh light on the building caught my eye. I am trying to focus on values and edges at the moment and sketching seems like the best way [...]
Two Days at the Palazzo Rosso Farm in Vicenza, Italy
While in Italy, we had the good fortune of staying at the Palazzo Rosso Farm, which is a sprawling 400 property 15 kilometers south of the historic city of Vicenza and 1 kilometer from the beautiful Colli Berici Hills. We were the guest of one of Donna’s long-time friends from high shool who recently decided to [...]
The subtle charm of Siena and San Gimignano, Italy
While in Florence, Italy, we took a day trip to the Tuscan hill towns of Siena and San Gimignano. Not wanting to rent a car and attempt to get out of Florence in one piece, we elected to take a tour bus to both destinations. We stopped in Siena first after a 90-minute bus ride, [...]
Venice, Italy Photo Series
I have a few things to say about Venice beyond this post but I think I will wait for them and focus on this Venice photo series, which is a compilation of a few of my favorites from our visit. Venice is all about walking, which gave me a great opportunity to shoot and reshoot [...]
A Peaceful Escape to Portovenere, Italy
After the hustle and bustle of Florence, we made our escape to Portovenere, Italy. It took about one and a half hours by train to get to the port city of LaSpezia, where we took a 25-minute cab ride to Portovenere. We really did not know what to expect. Our primary mission was to visit [...]
Views near Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy
One of the best views of the city of Florence, Italy can be enjoyed on the Piazzale Michelangelo, which is just across the Arno River in the Oltrarno district of the city. My friend Lauren, who studied art history in both Florence and Venice actually recommended that we make a trek to the San Miniato [...]