Final Photos For Travel Photography

These are the photos chosen as the top shots from my travels in Italy and Europe. It is always a difficult task going through the many photos and finding those which are 'the best' or that meet the requirements for a class. But I feel I have chosen wisely. 

All photos were taken with my Canon 5D mark ii and all photos were taken without flash. 

Enjoy...  

International Travel

'Fierenze Statione'

f- 4.0

1/60 sec.

105 mm

ISO 100 

       Architecture of Italy 

'The Duomo' 

f- 4.0

1/250 sec.

35 mm

ISO 100 

                                                     

HDR City Scapes

'Piazza di Spagna'

f- 5.6

1/30 sec.

24 mm

ISO 100  

Cultural Food
'Broccoli Roman'

f- 4.0

1/30 sec.

85 mm

ISO 400 

Cultural Traditions/ Events

'Albero di Baba Natale'

f- 4.0

1/50 sec.

24 mm

ISO 400 

Faces of People 

'Big Cup of Joe'

f- 4.0

1/50 sec.

95 mm

ISO 400 

Rocky Promo Pic

'The Panth'

f- 4.0

0.3 sec.

17 mm

ISO 1600 

Painting with Light and Stars

'Sardegna Sky'

f- 8.0

142.0 sec.

24 mm

ISO 100 

'Personal Choice'

f- 4.0

1/40 sec.

96 mm

ISO 3200

Reflections of Italy

'Arch of Titus'

f- 7.1

1/250 sec.

105 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy 

'Brunelleschi's Duomo'

f- 4.0

1/320 sec.

100 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy

'The Colosseum' 

f- 4.0

1/200 sec.

65 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy

'Santa Maria di Fiori'

f- 4.0

1/160 sec.

105 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy

'Santa Maria di Fiori 2'

f- 4.0

1/160 sec.

105 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy

'Interior of Pantheon after Rain'

f- 4.0

1/40 sec.

24 mm

ISO 1600 

Reflections of Italy

'Closer View of Fierenze'

f- 4.0

1/400 sec.

80 mm

ISO 100 

Reflections of Italy

'Migiana'

f- 4.0

1/40 sec.

67 mm

ISO 100 

Sustenance
'The Aftermath of Caffelatte'

f- 4.0

1/30 sec.

84 mm

ISO 1600 

Sustenance
'Straight from the Sculptures Mouth'

f- 4.0

1/250 sec.

105 mm

ISO 100 

Sustenance

'Roman Acqua' 

f- 4.0

1/400 sec.

85 mm

ISO 100 

Time-lapse and video of the trip 

Work With HDR

Here are a few shots that I have worked out in HDR. They didn't turn out all the way I wanted, but I can tell that HDR is going to be a medium that takes a little time to get used to. I do enjoy how the subjects that move between images still show up slightly ghosted. 

Rocky Promo Video

I had some free time before we left the villa so I put together a video for the potential students to watch and see what the villa life was like. Here's what I came up with: 

Thanksgiving Italia

Here are a few shots of Thanksgiving dinner in Italy. It was a wonderful time full of great food and a giant turkey! 

Getting ready for the first time in a while... 

Appetizers:

First Course: 

Our 15 kilo Turkey

The carving

3rd course 

And here are a couple of shots from Corciano, Migiana, and Antonella's studio 

The double rainbow over Migiana

Antonella's studio 

Harvesting Olives 

One little slope down from Corciano 

Art Field Trips: Deruda and Cociano

This past week we had a couple of art outings to local towns. Deruda is a city in Italy that has been producing pottery in the mijolica style since the 1200's. It was a great experience to go and see how it's all done and get some shots of the people, process, and products. There are also some shots of our walk up to Corciano for another art outing. 

Chilly day in Deruda brought the group closer together. 

The leader of our tour. 

In the drying room.

Appreciating the drying pottery. 

Nearly ready to have the first layer of glass. 

Explaining the process. 

Soaking in knowledge. 

Outside visit to the pile of clay. 

Finding the Beatles signatures in the guest book. 

Fall in Deruda. 

Migiana

Caffe Latte in Corciano