In my final weeks of living in the UK, I took a day trip to Greenwich. I visited the Royal Naval College, the Painted Hall, prime meridian, and the Royal Observatory.
Casa Batllo
Last December, I visited Barcelona where I was inspired by one of my favorite artists, Antoni Gaudi. I went to Casa Batllo, an apartment building that Gaudi restored in the style of Art Nouveau. I took over 100 photos in about 2.5 hours.
A Day in Boston
After finding a super cheap flight to Boston, I decided on a whim to fly across the pond to visit my sister. I flew over to spend some time with my fam and help my sister with house projects, but I took one day out to walk around Boston. Here’s some photos from the day. The dog photo is inspired by Elliot Erwitt’s chihuahua photo.
Cairo
I'm finally going through hundreds of digital negatives from all the trips I went on in the past year or so. These images are from a trip I took to Cairo in October 2009. Most of the photos needed touch up work, and I played around a lot with black and white filters. I also had to go through all of the images with blue skies and remove the sand spots which appeared after a trip to the beach in Barcelona. I really need to send my camera in to Pentax to get it cleaned. Anyone want to donate a couple hundred pounds to get the inside of the camera cleaned? Here are a few photos from the trip.
In Mourning
So, I'm mourning the loss of my Panasonic LX3 digital camera. I left it on a train in Switzerland while there on holiday with my parents. Not only did I lose my camera (and my mind), I lost hundreds of photos that I took from a trip to Canterbury, a visit to Sissinghust Castle in Kent, a long weekend in Paris, and a few days in the beautiful mountains of Switzerland. I had some really great shots and was loving my new camera. It was about a month ago, but I'm still having a hard time getting over it. I had some amazing shots of the Louvre at night with bicycling tourists and a wondrous night sky. Oh well, lesson learned. I submitted a claim to the insurance company, so we'll see if I get any money to replace the camera. The photos are gone forever. I guess the only good thing to say about the whole incident is that Panasonic upgraded the LX3 to a new and improved LX5. If the insurance money comes in, they'll have paid for a new upgrade. I couldn't wait for the whole insurance process, so I went ahead and ordered the LX5. It should be here by the end of the week, allowing me to take more photos and make more posts to the blog. :)
