An Ode to Brit'

Brittany is a girl who traveled with me in Italy. What a pal! This post as I mentioned in the title is an ode to Brittany. Here are pictures of some of the friends Brittany and I made in Venice.  One is a Chinese man that we stalked...he worked at a chinese food restaurant that we ate at every day. Chinese food in Italy...I know what you are thinking but it was awesome. We were very concerned that our little friend did not have any friends because he worked so much but here he is chatting on the phone. The other is a little toy we bought from the street vendors because we felt so bad that no one was buying their product. Mostly this is a inside joke and really I am not this pathetic....well maybe just a little. 

BARBIES !!!!!!!

A couple days ago I went down to visit my family in Clinton and take a few portraits of them. While I was there I played with my little cousins and some neighbor children on my grandma's porch. It was such a nostalgic feeling of being there. Here are some fun pictures of us playing. I love the picture of Brooklyn standing on the play house not because it is a great photo but just because it is hilarious.

Blogging Machine

WOW! I sure am a blogging machine today. Here is a picture of me holding up the leaning tower of Pisa. 

Old Man

Here is a picture of an old man that I took in Ravena, Italy. A while ago I know...

Holy Cow

Holy cow I love this picture I took of my dad for a photo assignment for a photography class I am taking this summer. The assignment was to photograph someone important to you in your life and to capture them... There will be more pictures from this assignment to come in a later post.

A guy on the train

This picture is of a guy I saw while I was riding on the train going to Assisi. What a good sport!

Pictures from Venice

Wow it is really hard for me to keep up on my pictures. These pictures are from Venice about 2 weeks ago. I have since been to Paris and now I am home. The pictures are of the gondolas and the gondoliers. 

Carnival

Here are some pictures taken from Florence 2 weeks ago. Wow I am behind on my pictures. This is in a little plaza in the center of town with a ferris wheel and the old lady is out there every night selling balloons.  

Cinque Terre

I went to the Cinque Terre last weekend. The Cinque Terre is a beachy community with 5 little towns along the ocean. A snail, my foot in the water, a vespa and grandpa grandson walk. I really like my friend Brittany. We always seem to wonder off from the group and find the coolest things. It's fun because neither of us have any expectations and we are both up for anything... This day she and I walked around this sleepy little Italian town and took photos. On the way we met this grandpa and grandson on their hike, found a cool vineyard, watched snails, discovered that we do not like anchovy pizza and stuck our feet in the water.

Cute man with his dog

One of my favorite things to do is photograph people. It is as if I have an immediate connection with the people I photograph and through my photographs those people live through my photographs forever. This man I just saw on the street and I snapped a shot of him. Somethings are just perfect little moments in themselves and I have just captured that moment in my picture. 

Mish mash of pictures

Here are some more of my pictures I have been working on in Italy. The first one is a crazy guy I met on the street. He was so funny after I look his picture he asked me if he could take a picture of me. It was really awkward (awkward is an awkward word to spell) but terribly funny because he got really really close to my face when he took the picture.. The second picture is of a little skeleton head inside a church. And the third is from last weekend when my group went to Cinque Terre ( some beaches in Italy). My buddy Brittany and I went exploring and found this vineyard. I know I am writing a lot...I am trying to write more on my posts.