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Ten Days in Italy: Rome

May 27, 2016 by John Batdorff 1 Comment

It’s been about six weeks since our Italy photography workshop wrapped up, and while I’m still plugging away trying to scan some of my film, I thought I would share a few of my favorites so far. We had a great time with six amazing photographers spending days dedicated to photographing Rome, Florence, and Venice. This was a truly memorable photography workshop. I have too many photos to put them all in one blog, so I'll do three installments, one for each city. Since Rome was first on the itinerary, I'll start there. Enjoy!

Rome is known for it's fashion

Rome is known for it's fashion. The people there are definitely dapper dressers!

Italian Store fronts

Italy is known for it's classic streets and storefronts…

Italy is well know for being an artisan community

…as well as the artisan community. This man builds his frames one by one using a little glue, a hammer, and some nails.

Nuns window shoe shopping

It's “nunsense” to think you're the only one who enjoys shopping for Italian shoes! 🙂

Guarded Italian statues

It wouldn't be the Vatican if there weren't a naked statue with a personal guard around every corner.

Relaxing in St. Peters

The only way to truly take in St. Peter's Basilica is to sit back and enjoy it's grandiose beauty.

Rome is very colorful and gritty at moments. Frankly, some people just belong there :)

The streets of Rome are gritty and colorful. Frankly, some people just blend right in there. 🙂

There's a hidden treasure around every corner in Italy and workshop crew milked every photograph to it's fullest.

There's a hidden treasure around every corner in Italy and our workshop crew milked every photo opportunity!

The sketch

Rome has over 900 churches! A young person sketched Jesus from a pew in one of them.

The Carousel

There's something very magical about night photography in Italy. A big shout out to Jon for catching this one along our walk.

Rome had so much to offer in term of travel and street photography.

Rome had so much to offer in terms of travel and street photography.

Who knew rollerblading and drinking beer was big thing in Rome?

Who knew rollerblading and drinking beer was big thing on a Saturday in the park?

Italian kids

The Italian kids were the best. Since I have a 15 year old daughter, nothing was lost in translation. 🙂

The Collosseum

There are some places that I just prefer to photograph in black and white. The Colosseum is absolutely one of those places.

The Forum

The vast size of the Forum was incredible. To add drama to this image I used a red filter on my Leica Monochrom.

john's foot

We walked nearly 8 miles every day. I know it's a lot, but I'm a big believer in getting around on foot and public transportation when it comes to visiting a city like Rome. When you walk that much with a camera in tow you're bound to get a few shots of the ground. The image served as a reminder that we really did pound the pavement and we were rewarded for our hard work. Once I get to the end of the series, I'll share some work from our participants as well so you can see more than just my perspective. I hope you enjoyed Rome. Next up…Florence!

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  1. Lauri says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:15 pm

    I love love love the carousel!!

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