Winter is and isn’t the most ideal time to visit Rome: If you hate crowds (like me), winter travel is great, but you will have to deal with a lot of scaffolding covering famous…
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Finally getting around to posting some photos from my visit to Italy. It was so strange seeing these famous landmarks in person. Everything seemed smaller than I imagined–except for the Statue of David. My pictures…
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The English countryside is where it’s at. The origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant, the supposed giant fertility symbol drawn on a hillside, is apparently up for debate, but it was enticing enough for…
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Some lens/camera issues meant I unfortunately ended up with a lot of out-of-focus images during my London escapades. I eventually figured out a work-around and was glad that at least a couple images of the…
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I ran away to England and saw some pretty things. Gileseyboy isn’t the biggest fan of his hometown and often talks about getting out. I, on the other hand, always lecture him about appreciating…
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Used my birthday as an excuse to head down to the Carolinas to see my family and old friends. It’s nice living in the same time zone again as my sister. That hasn’t happened…
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Attempting to revisit some old photos now that I’ve downloaded some more tutorials on using Lightroom. Change is not always easy…still haven’t decided whether it’s better than Photoshop. These were taken in May 2013.…
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Back in 2010, when I visited my sister who was living in the DC area at the time, I took a photo of some Metro escalators. After reading an article about the longest Metro…
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The stolen Renoir painting returns to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Considering I’ve written a few VOs on this story and also considering I’m just a 5-minute walk away from the (free!) museum, I…