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Via Appia and Wandering

My latest batch of photos, fresh from the Appian way and random city streets.  Today featured the most beautiful weather and sights I've ever seen in my entire life.

ROMA

I am now in the land of Romans!  Here are a few shots from my first week.

This morning we went to what we thought was going to be an Italian Independence parade.  What we found, however, was much more hilarious and photogenic.  Apparently by "Independence parade" they meant "Communist Rally."

  

And here's my favorite slide from our Roman orientation powerpoint:

A Walk in the Parks

Yesterday I took a stroll through Riverside and Central Park:

Times Square: Street Photos

Today we had a workshop with a street photographer by the name of Markus Hartel.  After learning a bit about his techniques and insights, we were let loose on Times Square to see what kind of interesting images we could cook up.  I'm rather shy about taking pictures of strangers (which makes me a horrible street photographer), so I took this opportunity to focus not so much on the compositions and content of the pictures themselves as coming up with interesting ways to process them in photoshop.

   

Also, another little Roman doodle since I'm on a bit of a Roman kick.

NYC Continued

Here be some more photos and doodles.  The great architecture you see is a mixture of Grand Central Station, Grant's Tomb and the cathedral of St. John the Divine.

      

Greetings from New York City

The first week of my Cinema and Media Studies globetrotting extravaganza has successfully ended with a wonderful Introduction to the sights, sounds (and smells) of New York City.  Two weeks from now, I'll be flying off to Rome, and three weeks after that I'll be making my way to Prague by way of Northern Italy and Austria.  Accompanying me on my travels is a group of twenty four fellow Carleton students who all share a love of photography, new media, and snazzy digital cameras.

 

This is the first round of photos I've taken over the past few days.  Some are heavily photoshopped, others not so much.  I'm snapping about 300mb worth of pictures a day, so expect to see a heck of a lot more in the future.