After a restorative coffee in Piazza Venezia, we walked past Trajan’s Column and Forum, gorgeous in the evening light. We ate (a lot!) at a nearby restaurant called Massenzio; a bit pricey, but excellent. The spaghetti with shrimp and pecorino di fossa (sheep’s milk cheese aged in caves) was amazing. And we hadporcini again. Then,… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 4.5
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Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome
Oct, 2006 : Tony got a review in the Guardian I spent the week of October 12-18 in Rome,on Tony Boccaccio’s Imaging in Italy course, a wonderful, fun experience that I heartily recommend to anyone wishing to improve photography skills OR, even if you’re not an experienced photographer, if you want to do something completely… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome
Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 2
Our first activity Tuesday morning was a review of Monday’s (digital) photos, with expert commentary and pointers from Tony. He went on to talk about other aspects of imaging, but I confess I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should, distracted by these fuzzy little Romans: After lunch (at an excellent, old-fashionedosteria, da Alfredo… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 2
Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 4
Tony saved the best for last: on Thursday we went to the Colosseum and Forum. There was so much to photograph that we didn’t even do the full tour; we saw the Colosseum only from the outside (I’d been inside before), then went into the Forum. Plenty of architecture here: But also details: We descended from… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 4
Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome (and Viterbo) – Day 3
On Wednesday we took a train to Viterbo, a town with some unusual Gothic architecture. The symbol of Viterbo is the lion, which you can find in various incarnations all over town. Evidently the town went through some rough times; some of these lions look awfully worried. Clovis Aquino, a painter who accompanied us on… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome (and Viterbo) – Day 3