(sitting at a restaurant in siena: Piazza Del Campo) (these vendors were kind of a running joke. you’d see the exact same products down the street [after you thought the first ones were original]. this vendor sells grass sculptures that are really pretty cool, but the concept of them is pretty hilarious. so you go [...]
Archive for the ‘Europe’ Category
through the lens.
Posted in Art, Europe on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
a bittersweet ending.
Posted in Europe, Life on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’m sitting here in a hotel in Milan. reflecting on the past 5 1/2 weeks. and missing people of course. i stopped blogging about every day in Florence because it was stressing me out. i hope you understand. i will just give a little synopsis of what has happened here in the beauty that [...]
lazy sundays.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Day 12: A classic lazy Sunday. I miss Stephanie. She went on the school trip to the Amalfi coast. we wake up pretty late and get some lunch at a place by Santa Croce cathedral in the piazza. It turns out that this is our neighbor’s restaurant. The restaurant has some good Chianti. Jamie finds [...]
the angel on the vaporetti.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 11: Venice is so impressive. it is so surreal that we are here. all of these movies, postcards, photography, TV shows have been shot in this place and we are walking the same streets. Or riding water buses through. Today we explore Venice via vaporetti (the water bus system). We ride around all day [...]
foto critique.
Posted in Art, Europe on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
here are my 7 chosen shots for the first digital photography critique: feel free to give [constructive] criticism.
faux tourist pictures and diseased pigeons.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 10: I love that we have Fridays off. Let’s just put this into perspective: 4 day weeks and 3 day weekends for 4 total weeks for 6 credit hours. Also, I’m making sick jewelry and taking sick photos. This is my life. I cannot even believe it. So today we woke up early to [...]
inspiration: magnum and david.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Day 9: Note: my post titles are often references to favorite parts of my day. Third day of class. best class day so far. they just keep getting better and better. photography is so good. we watch this photography podcast called magnum in motion. (and my professor’s name is david). if you haven’t seen this [...]
mcdonald’s. mcdonald’s.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Day 8: 2nd day of class. kept falling asleep in photography during the photoshop tutorial. our first assignment was to take shots of our roommates in spot lighting. he apparently wasn’t very satisfied with the photos so he re-assigned the same assignment. ha. jewelry making was very fun. i finished my brass pendant and just [...]
E una studentessa all’universita locale.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Day 7: translated: “She is a student at the local university.” Because that’s what I officially am. today. the first day of class! 9-11:30 i have digital photography. 12-2:30 i have jewelry making. i have an American professor for photography. he grew up in new york and has lived in florence for 10 years. he [...]
the secret garden.
Posted in Europe, Life on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 5: woke up at 11 to find no one else up. we’ve been sleeping later since we don’t have class yet, but this HAS to change. i feel like i can’t miss any moment by sleeping in. so i left the apartment and went across the river to get a cappuccino and pastry. i [...]
