Tag: Italy
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Scenes from Lake Garda Italy Part 3
Lastly, we took a drive up the Lake Garda coast. The views of the water were gorgeous. We stopped in Gargnano to take in one of the beaches where a group of gonna-be windsurfers were learning to stand up for the first time: And we stopped in another town, quite possibly Toscolano Maderno, because of…
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Scenes from Lake Garda Italy, Part 1
No visit to a city is complete without going for a run through its streets, paths, and environs. Our stay in Gardone Riviera by Lake Garda was no exception. I rolled out of bed to run up to the Via Panoramico to see what delights might be in store for me. Going up was quite steep and…
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Scenes from Padova Italy, Part 2
Our guide-book warned that visits to the Capella degli Scrovegni in Padova are by reservation only. We didn’t have one on Thursday morning but, at our guide-book’s suggestion, we showed up anyway and asked if there were any spaces left. Fortunately, we were able to get in one hour later. At the appointed time of 12:40 we…
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Scenes from Padova Italy Part 1
Orto Botanico or the Botanic Garden of Padova is just off busy plaza Prato Della Valle. Tucked away from busy roads even in 27C heat, here it is cool in the shade. It’s perfect for a jet-lag nod-off on one of the benches. Focused on rare plants in the Veneto region of Italy, the garden dates…
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iPhoneography App Stacking in Italy Part 2: Experiment and Play
While we “set the base” in the last entry, that’s just the starting point. Different treatments of the same image can yield radically different meanings. Experimenting and playing can help discover a possible range of options to chose from. Even though it makes for a longer post, I’ve made the pictures bigger today so…
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App Stacking in Italy Part 1: Set the Base
This post is part one of a five part series. One of the first things I do when I decide to edit an iPhone photo is to “set the base.” By this I mean take care of the structural basics before moving on to filters or layers etc. Here’s the original image that I’m going to…
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From Film to Phone and Back
From Film to Phone and Back I returned home from a recent iPhoneography workshop in Venice, Italy through Il Chiostro with tons of material, skill and ideas for new creations. Ironically, one of the first things I did, when my soul caught up with my body across 9 time zones, was root through my old…
