I recently went to Barcelona for a few days and visited some of Gaudi's architectural jewels. I took a TON of photos. There are SO many to go through, edit, and and tweak. It will take me a while, but you can enjoy these in the meantime. More to come later.
What's Occurin' in Wales
In August of 2009, I took a trip to Wales. My Dad's maternal ancestors, the Ellis family, are originally from Wales, so I wanted to visit their old stomping grounds. I knew that they had lived in the small town of Llambedr for many generations, so I booked a random B&B in Llambedr for a long bank holiday weekend. When we arrived, the B&B just happened to be right in front of the church where my ancestors were buried and married. My hubby and I explored the area and visited a castle or two. I'm just now getting around to reviewing and editing the photos. Here's a few of my favorites.
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. :)
