Dormer, Burano, Venice, Italy

Dormer, Burano, Venice, Italy, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

Burano is the most colourful place to visit. It is one of the smaller islands outside of Venice, famous for its lacemaking. The colours of the houses are kept the same and are subject to planning controls

Isola di San Michele, Venice 3 of 4

Isola di San Michele, Venice 3 of 4, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

Hey, I'm sure that I have put this pic up before, but I LOVE IT! It has a wonderful symbolism to it. Taken at the remarkable Isola di San Michele - it is the burial ground of Venetians. I took it with my Bronica ETRSi 645 medium format camera - which I miss sorely. I miss the mechanical clunk and geared feel of the film winder. I miss putting 645 film into the back on a windy day. I miss its bulk, weight and feel.

Zecca Mint, San Marco, Venice

Zecca Mint, San Marco, Venice, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

This beautiful building by Sansovino built in the local Istrian stone can, when contemplated from the ground, be read like a music sheet.

Santa Maria della Salute

Santa Maria Salute, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

Built by Longhena in the early C17th as a votive church in thanks for Venice being spared from the plague. He deliberatly used these spiral motif's elevate the dome and give it a spinning fairground feel

Piazzeta San Marco, Venice

Piazzeta San Marco, Venice, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

What a joy it is to be on the Piazzetta at San Marco watching the cruise ship travel by!

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Mini Planet - Venice

This is a really cool effect I picked up from others at flickr and it's great for use in stock photography to symbolise the Venetian World and support all sorts of editorial.

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Miracoli, Venice

I have been reviewing my Venice stock images today, and I came across this image from the facade of Santa Maria dei Miracoli built 1489 to 1491 by Pietro Lombardo Cannaregio.

It reminds me of the Opus Sectile floor (click below) I have been photographing at Bury Parish Church.

Floor or facade both outstanding works of art in worlds far apart

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Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice by Andy Marshall

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Perfect Piazzeta

Piazzetta San Marco in front of the Doges Palace Venice Italy

Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Here is a remarkable example of Gothic Medieval found in the Castello region in Venice Italy (C13th). This image recently sold in a worldwide travel guide for Venice.

What strikes me about the building is the wonderful use of brick to articulate the facade. Many people I meet think that brick is a recent form of construction but brick has been in use for thousands of years. The Romans used brick (and concrete) in many of their buildings.

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Happy Anniversary!

Charlotte and I got married 12 months ago to this day in one of the most romantic (and er.. ahem... architecturally significant) locations on earth - Venice.

After the grand occasion at the Palazzo Cavelli we had lunch in a simple trattoria around the corner. For starter's we had Champagne and Parma Ham with oven baked aubergine. It's a taste I will never forget. At the ceremony, in typical Italian style, we had to vow to live up to Italian beliefs and bring our children up in the Italian way - no problem.

Charlotte's Mum and Dad and my Mum and Dad came along aswell as Sam and Emmy.

I said to Charlotte's Mum that it was Italian tradition that once married, the groom had to throw the Mother In Law into the Grand Canal - but she was having none of it;)

Tonight we celebrate with an Italian extravaganze - with champagne, parma ham, aubergines and much much more.....

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Santa Maria dei Rosario Dorsoduro on the Guidecca Canal Venice Italy

Rialto

The famous clock of San Giacomo di Rialto Venice Italy

Burano Venice

Statue detail of the Libreria Sansoviniana on the Piazzetta Saint Marks Square Venice Italy

Capital detail of San Giorgio Maggiore Venice by Palladio

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Ca d Oro Palazzo facade Venice Italy

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Pediment detail of Santa Maria del Giglio Venice Italy by Giuseppe Sardi 1678

Ducale Palace Piazzetta San Marco Venice

Pattern detail from Chiesa Santa Maria dei Miracoli built 1489 to 1491 by Pietro Lombardo Cannaregio Venice
Black and white architecture print style image of detail of the Santa Maria Della Salute votive church on the Grand Canal Venice Italy by Longhena C17th

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BEHIND THE PHOTO....

Well it's that time of week again. Every Wednesday I will be looking in depth at the technical, emotional, etc background to one of my photos. Today it is more on the emotional side. This image was taken in Venice in February 2005. It is on the Piazzetta San Marco outside the Doge's Palace. This photo was taken on the day before I got married at the Palazzo Cavelli on the Grand Canal. I found the process leading up to such an important event invigorating and the subject of my photography changed from one of abstract architecture to that of people and the associated hustle and bustle. This picture holds more than a memory for me then, with the sun slowly setting over the Zecca. It has a comfort and warmth which is calming and soothing - just what one needs on the night before the wedding. Stag Night? - just a quiet drink at Harry's Bar sufficed.

Feeling a little drained, artistic inspiration on the wane? Shoot into the sun my friend, shoot into the sun...