LOC: Various places in Italy
DATE: June 9 – July 3, 2008

I went to Italy. I got a passport and everything. I’ve been waiting to put these shots up because I had hoped to add interesting comments about what each shot contained. But it’s been about a month now and it’s time to just get it done.

The more I think about it, the more appropriate it is that these shots are just as they are. I didn’t go to Italy to take pictures (don’t get me wrong, I was excited to bring my camera along). The main focus of my trip was to minister to high school kids of men and women in the armed forces. We did get to travel a bit afterward, but the traveling was really just an afterthought to the work we did on the military base. The shots I took were just that; kind of afterthoughts. Just a way to document the time I spent there.

To be honest, there wasn’t a ton of thought put into the shots I took. Whatever mood I was in, that’s the lens I reached for. In fast moving Rome or Florence, you’ll find a lot of wide angles and blurred motion. Compare that to a relaxing day at the vineyard in Tuscany: you’ll see most of the shots taken with my 35mm with a softer focus and composition.

It was really pretty liberating now that I think about it.

Hope you enjoy them!

CAMERA: Canon 40D
LENSES: Canon EF-S 10-22 F/3.5-4.5; Canon EF 35mm F/1.4; Canon EF-S 17-55mm F/2.8