Perception of Life Photography Blog

It seems the internet dies in the afternoon but is alive in the morning. Let’s see if I can get this post out before it dies again!

More photos from Venice :)

Long exposure. I took this shot with the camera on the ground, lens propped up with a cell phone, and very very close to the water… I was getting some odd looks… :)

A B&W version of the previous photo.

One of the many many canals that leads out to the water by San Marco.

Gondolas. Lots of gondolas.

The moon has been very beautiful, especially at dawn.

More gondolas…

Yup…more gondolas.

This was around…oh…probably…5:05am? I need more sleep…

There were already some tourists going home with luggage by 5am in Piazza San Marco. But when we walked through here this morning at 4:30? Dead empty. It was literally just the 4 of us in the entire gigantic piazza and that was awesome.

The many artists that dot the waterfront. But none of the art looks as good as what it looks like with your naked eye…

We went to see the Eliott Erwitt exhibit. It was great. One of the instructors, Jeffrey, checking out some of his work.

And finally…….you see the oddest things in Venice sometimes…

This is a big post. I had no internet for a while so I have not posted any photos from Venice. Soooo here they are :) At least the “keepers” so far. Or at least the ones I’m willing to share. 18 in total :)

Now THIS is the type of clouds I’ve been waiting for in Italy!

The “super moon”!! There was no way to get the moon and the building exposed right so I just made the moon one giant star burst :)

More of the super moon. The piazza was flooded so I got some nice reflections and also some great clouds for some motion :)

Just a little bridge by San Marco near the hotel.

Saw this graffiti on a railing past the Ponte Realto. I liked it. :)

Venice in B&W.

My personal favorite.

Dramatic clouds lets me play with dramatic B&W.

Yup. I am in Venice!

Ahhhh…Venice…

While Mike and I were lost somewhere in Venice, we saw this chef step out into an alley for a smoke break.

The gondolas. Cheesy? Yes. Touristy? Yes. But it’s still part of the city and here it doesn’t bother me. It’s just part of Venice as a whole.

Just one of the many many restaurants tucked away from the busy streets.

Kids playing in a church courtyard. The church is probably hundreds of years old. The kids don’t care. To them it’s just a wall. And I kind of like that. (By the way, try clicking on this and seeing it full screen. The kid’s facial expressions are great!)

Yup. Venice

I’ve seen these in every city so far. On a bridge or even on a hook on a wall couples will write their names on locks and put them there.

More locks from couples.

Long exposure. A wind storm (with some rain) was coming in. I had my camera on a stone raining by the Grand Canal doing this shot. Good thing I don’t care if the new camera body gets scratched to hell :)

More from Lucca, San Gimignano, and Bologna.

From Lucca, this is like every Italian imagery crammed into a frame! You have the old wall, the doorway, the hanging plants, and the bike. :)

Got this shooting from the hip with the wide angle. I just liked the expression I got as she was getting up to meet her friends in Lucca.

San Gimignano. I wonder how much it is to buy one of those houses down there…looks nice…

San Gimignano also had these leatherbound notebooks. I love them. I would probably never write in them…I just like the potential of it and the look.

We will probably see a lot more of these in Venice. But we found them in San Gimignano too.

In Bologna they don’t mess around with the church decor. The outside wasn’t anything special but step in and wow….

While Bologna isn’t nearly as bad as Florence or Siena, the amount of graffiti in the cities is a bit alarming…

We saw her stepping into this doorway. I have no idea how old that wall is or where she was going or what was in there…but it was very old…

Scooters are everywhere and they fly down the streets. You really need to be careful! But this driver was happy to give me a big smile as she zoomed by!

Too tired…I was going to upload this last night but the internet sucked in Siena. For descriptions of the photos, for now, please go here:

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Don’t worry. You don’t need a FB account to see this as it’s public. There’s 13 photos for this day and the next day (today) will be up shortly.

Made it to the medieval town of Siena today. A nice bus ride on a double decker bus (got to ride on the top!) from Florence and we were here in just over an hour and a half or so. A bit of a walk to the hotel (we get to do it again on Friday with luggage…wheeee) and we went off to explore the town.

First off though…I mean…I have to post a photo with hanging laundry right? Isn’t this another requirement after those colorful doors? :)

How about some hanging clothes in wide angle??

Eating outside is a great way to enjoy food and company and people watch!

The medieval city of Siena! Very pretty. Cobblestone everywhere. Narrow alleys. Hills. Did I say pretty? Now…if only WE could be the only tourists :)

A long exposure shot tonight of one of the many alleyways in Siena.

…Sometimes I wonder why we take photos when you can buy them off of the rack. But then again, these don’t have my memories in it too.