Irish Countryside...

Here are a few pictures from the Irish countryside in County Wicklow.

End of Istanbul

I'll end Istanbul with one of my favorite things. The Turkish tea which they drink constantly in strong, small servings. Very, very good. Also, there were flags everywhere hanging from buildings. That's it from Istanbul for now. Enjoy.

Istanbul...

More Istanbul...

Istanbul...

Well, here are a variety of random shots from Istanbul. This is from the very beginning of my shooting days before things like RAW and CS3. I did use a few artistic liberties with some of these in post-production. Enjoy...

San Gimignano & Monteriggioni

Here are some pictures that I took in two small towns in Tuscany. The first is of a street in San Gimignano, Italy. The next is the view from the highest tower in the town which is open for tourists to climb, if they feel like paying around 5 Euro. The final one is a backyard shrine at a winery that I visited with my cooking class. The middle picture especially looks better with the enlargement. Go ahead and click to check out the enlargement. Enjoy!

Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

This past Spring my sister joined me to study in Florence, Italy. We both managed to get Monday's off from school and one of these free Mondays we decided to get out of Florence and go two hours south on the train to the town of Orvieto. The town is reached by a train and then a funicular ride up the hill and through the walls of the old city. This first picture shows one of the turrets of the fortified city and the view to the farms in the valley below.


This photo is of Orvieto's cathedral. The weather had started to get cold and windy at this point, but the overcast conditions made for decent lighting during the afternoon.


This picture shows the same cathedral at the end of the street.