I shot a cover for Charlotte Magazine! Thanks Carrie for thinking of me for the shoot! Can’t wait to do it again.

I made this quick shot of the magazine at the book store with my Iphone. The cover actually looks really good!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and Hanukkah and is gearing up for New Years. This week in between is one of my favorite times of the year. When I worked in newspapers, I always took this week off. I love just hanging out, doing a little bit of work, going out to lunch, taking a nap, fixing some stuff, going fishing, sleeping in or catching a movie or two. It just feels like the pressure is off for the week, of course it comes back with a vengeance on Jan 2d! Have a great in between week everyone!

A couple of months ago, I shot this gig for Charlotte Weddings. It was a lot of fun and I think the photos came out terrific, although the ‘Kiss’ cake kinda freaks me out. Lindsay did an excellent job with the layout ( I love seeing my images full page! ). These are Iphone shots of the pages in the magazine at Barnes and Nobles, I have not received my copies yet.

We landed in Rome and 60 minutes later we were on the train to Venice. Having only slept for about an hour on the plane, we both spent the ride drifting in and out of sleep. The Venice train station is kinda awesome. You arrive and get off the train and it looks like most any other train station, until you walk out the doors. Then you see it, The Grand Canal. And boats. Lots of boats. We stayed at an awesome B&B, Ca Bonvicini. We really enjoyed our stay here. Had some great meals, saw some art, some palaces, some churches, a market or two, walked all over, visited the Jewish Ghetto, the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, visited Murano, saw some glass being blown, bought some street art, went to the top of a tower, drank at cafes, rode in a gondola, a water taxi and a vappereto. Even though Venice is expensive and a bit touristy, I think we would go back if we had the chance.

Here are some photos!

We spent our last day in Italy running around like tourists. Took a great tour of the Colosseum and the surrounding areas with Context tours. I would highly recommend them for any tour in a major city. After lunch we met up with Lesley’s friend from grad school Jessica and wandered around the city as they caught up. Jessica has lived in Rome for over ten years and it was great to hear about her life here. We wandered over to the Fondazione Roma Museo and caught a Georgia O’Keefe retrospective. It was awesome to see her work again and the Museo did a great job with the exhibit. After we left the museo, we wandered down the street and encountered a huge crowd. Jessica realized that we were right in front of the Palazzo Chigi, Italy’s Prime Ministry, and it was the last night of Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister. The crowds were singing and there was music playing and chanting and some arguing. I waded my way into the crowd for a few moments and took the photo below, my little interaction with Italian history!

We leave in the morning and will be sad to leave Italy, but happy to be heading to our home.