with students at the Weitman Gallery opening

Students who were able to make the opening celebrated an exhibition 

of their work at the Weitman today. We had a great turn out and the 

work on the walls was terrific!

Leaving Florence 4:45 am

Workshop over, bags packed, last vists to favorite places made. We

caught the 6:30 am KLM flight out. It was an 18 hour in transit

adventure but it all happened on time and without problems. I find it

more than a little ironic that the last photo I made in Italy this

year was with an iPhone.

San Lorenzo Market

Duomo Square Vendor

Last Night Photography

Piaz. Ciompi

Lucca

Arno

light at the end of the day

Rural Tuscany

Weekend in Rome

Palatino

Sunset-Florence

Stormy weather in Florence

Assisi

Three hours via regional train to get there, 3 hours in 

street and in the churches, a nice lunch, then 3 hours

on the return train to Florence. Didn't get a lot of work

done, it threatened rain the entire time we were there

but we didn't get wet!

Duomo of Siena

Night photography

Made it out last night while it cooled off a little from

the daytime high of 97. These were taken with the

D800 Nikon and the 14-24mm lens.

at the Casine

Really hot, even in the morning and most of us did not last more

than 90 mins this morning, still, I managed a few.

near San Lorenzo market

Silver in the sunlight

Random field in the hills around Fiesole

Pisa

Near the Duomo

Night Photography

My first night out shooting in Florence this trip with Susan Moore.

Shot with the D800 and my 24 PCe.

village south of Florence

Here's another shot from the small village we had lunch at 

yesterday, taken with the X Pro1 and the Zeiss 12 mm Touit

Tuscan Landscape

Wall/Grafitti

Wrapped Fiat

Found this on the way to the Leather School today.

Florence: first photo walk

We arrived in Florence at noon and although jet lagged and a

little wobbly, we hit the streets to get a sense of our new

home for the next month. Taken with the Fuji X Pro1 and

the Zeiss 12 mm

In Transit!

A long day today of planes, trains and automobiles for me. I always like to get into Italy a few days early to get over jet lag and tune up my Italian language skills before classes start. This year we're staying at a great little hotel just across from SRISA. See you at the airport!

What's Stan packing for Italy?

I have it all in a Think Tank roller

that I will carry on with me.

Here's the inventory:

Nikon D800, Fuji X100S, Fuji XPro1, Nikon 14-24/24-70/24PCe, Fuji 18mm, 

Zeiss 12 mm Touit, SB910 flash, lots of memory cards, extra batteries, microphone

for the Nikon, extra hard drive (#3) and the usual cables, chargers and cords.

Still torn about taking the F5 film camera.

What am I leaving behind? the Nikon D7100, the Lumix GX-1,

 the Nikon 20 mm, 60 mm 85 mm and the Tamron 70-200.

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Meeting Tonight

Tonight, tuesday april 1 will be a mandatory meeting for all students going to Florence this summer. The meeting will be in Steinberg 204 at 7:30 pm, if you have not already done so, bring a copy of your passport!

Reworking Images from the 2011 trip

Reworked this digital file with NIK's Silver Effects

plug in.

The Work Shop is a GO!

Just got word that we have enough students signed up for the workshop this summer. Its time them to make some real plans and buy those plane tickets! Still a few spaces left if you want the experience of a lifetime.

Upcoming Deadlines

The deadline for deposits is fast upon us, March 3 is the deadline to hold your spot in the 2014 summer photo workshop. Don't put this off!