from the lens...

01 December, 2008

MOVING...

to facebook for pictures. blogspot is cropping the pictures funny for landscape shots, thus moving! find me there!

14 November, 2008

sorry late post since this was last month, been pretty busy! last week of school, but taking a break to post. so venice, beautiful! not really our style, expensive, more for older folks, but breathtaking. raining, but that didnt dampen anything. acqua alta was pretty crazy, the whole place on stilts. biennale and brion will be a different post, since they deserve it. here is VENICE!

BURANO, the COLORS man THE COLORS!

the grand canal

famous venetian masks:

st. marks square during the day:

st. marks at night

enjoying the canals

gondolas

cant imagine living here, riding on boats instead of cars

photoshooting!

cool lights

beautiful

01 November, 2008

BAR-CELONA

barcelona, barcelona, barcelona. city of modernist architecture, beautiful people, pickpockets, gypsy beers. getting there was the hard part: delayed trains, long waits, late night flight, bus rides to the city, finding the hostel. after all of it, it turned it out fine. minus the rain and the bed that had springs jamming into my ribs, barcelona is a fine city. not top three to say the least, but quite allright. the food was great, though half the meals we had consisted of hot dogs and sausages. seeing all the awesome architecture was amazing. the beaches were great. the food was awesome. yet the city was filled with gypsies and their mysterious everlasting 6 packs. never understood it, but it was cheap. nonetheless, the pictures!

waiting for the late train, photoshoot!

casa batllo, night

natural gas tower

still dont know what it does or how it works, but it does look cool:

inside the agbar tower

the famous lizard at guell park

my abstract impression of andy's pictures

mm...paella

agbar tower at night

lighting is sick

cool public art installation

beautiful metal work for a gaudi house fence

them bike boys

bridges in barcelona are sick

taking a break for a quick photoshoot

the fish:

the rest of the pictures will be up on facebook soon.

as for now, sleep. post later on venice!

27 October, 2008

LAKE COMO/SWITZERLAND/VALS

well.....this is probably one of the best trips we been on.

8 of us

1 ford transit

drove from florence through northern italy stopping at beautiful lake como before crossing the border to switzerland. the winding roads and the hairpin turns in a 9 person van is quite a feat.

switzerland is the most beautiful country i have ever seen. it is perfectly green, natural landscapes, small homely towns. everything was great!

VALS, the meat of the trip. at first, a thermal bath was not impressive in my opinion. just another spa. this was not just another spa. it was the most relaxing time of my life. enjoying the architecture, the water, the lighting. everything. bathing for about 6 hours makes one feel completely revived. well worth the 80 euros spent.

and now the pictures....

the tranny van hauling ass on the A-1

the fog encompassing a small swiss town

more switzerland, more alps

stayed overnight in a city called Chur. Peter Zumthor created SHELTER FOR ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE. the place was pretty sweet

onto VALS, exterior shots and some of morning by the outside pool

all and all, the one of the best trips we have been on!

SIENA!

siena, the last class trip before break.

at first, the thought was oh, another hill town. great. HOWEVER, siena turned out to be one of the best hilltowns, as recommended by rick steves. so we take the usual charter bus, check out the town. Siena is not your average hilltown. It is BIG, it is an actual city even with their own Serie A football team. So here are the sights.....

THE DUORMO, the best one we seen yet.