And then there was light
I had what must have been a triptophan-induced dream the other day where I spent a few hours in Paris. I have never actually been to Paris, the closest I got was a train ride to Strasbourg, which is a mix of German and French being so close to the border. Anyway, I always find it interesting when I dream myself to foreign cities I have never visited. Doesn't happen often, but is still quite interesting.
I must admit it has ignited a bit of a wanderlust in me. I have not been out of the country in a couple of years now (not counting a recent road trip to Canada) since a vacation to Costa Rica and I think it is getting close to time again. Paris is definitely high on that list. So is Berlin. I have been to Germany, but spent all my time in Pforzheim in southwestern Germany. My boss and I are currently working on landing a dual photography show in Berlin for sometime later this year or early next year, depending on the schedules of the galleries who accept our work. So I imagine Berlin will come before Paris, but we shall see...
This shot was taken in Vatican City a few years ago during a week I spent in Rome. This was one of the most amazing trips I have been on, in no small part because I had just finished my degree in history, so I was a kid in a candy store. I had also just discovered photography a year and a half before, so I was at least at that stage where I could semi-regularly take semi-decent photos.
I don't normally plan on visiting a place more than once, meaning, there are so many places I want to travel to, pretty much all of them in fact, that with time so short I figure I would rather see a different place than revisit a previous one (when traveling abroad that is). But Rome and Vatican City are big exceptions to that, this is a city I really want to return to along with all of my new friends; Holga, Zero Image, Pentax, etc. ;-)
This shot is all about timing. The amount of detail and planning that went into building St. Peters just defies one person's ability to comprehend. Getting rays of light to hit the statuary is just a matter of timing and sunny days, as throughout the day, the light streams through the windows and highlights various features of the basilica. It was built with this in mind.
Anyway, was not sure what I wanted to post this morning, but this one marched itself forward. I figured it was worth revisiting.
And then there was light
I had what must have been a triptophan-induced dream the other day where I spent a few hours in Paris. I have never actually been to Paris, the closest I got was a train ride to Strasbourg, which is a mix of German and French being so close to the border. Anyway, I always find it interesting when I dream myself to foreign cities I have never visited. Doesn't happen often, but is still quite interesting.
I must admit it has ignited a bit of a wanderlust in me. I have not been out of the country in a couple of years now (not counting a recent road trip to Canada) since a vacation to Costa Rica and I think it is getting close to time again. Paris is definitely high on that list. So is Berlin. I have been to Germany, but spent all my time in Pforzheim in southwestern Germany. My boss and I are currently working on landing a dual photography show in Berlin for sometime later this year or early next year, depending on the schedules of the galleries who accept our work. So I imagine Berlin will come before Paris, but we shall see...
This shot was taken in Vatican City a few years ago during a week I spent in Rome. This was one of the most amazing trips I have been on, in no small part because I had just finished my degree in history, so I was a kid in a candy store. I had also just discovered photography a year and a half before, so I was at least at that stage where I could semi-regularly take semi-decent photos.
I don't normally plan on visiting a place more than once, meaning, there are so many places I want to travel to, pretty much all of them in fact, that with time so short I figure I would rather see a different place than revisit a previous one (when traveling abroad that is). But Rome and Vatican City are big exceptions to that, this is a city I really want to return to along with all of my new friends; Holga, Zero Image, Pentax, etc. ;-)
This shot is all about timing. The amount of detail and planning that went into building St. Peters just defies one person's ability to comprehend. Getting rays of light to hit the statuary is just a matter of timing and sunny days, as throughout the day, the light streams through the windows and highlights various features of the basilica. It was built with this in mind.
Anyway, was not sure what I wanted to post this morning, but this one marched itself forward. I figured it was worth revisiting.