07.10.09
Posted in Architecture, History, Landscape, People, Travel at 9:21 pm by Warren Williams
Exploring the wondrous city of Venice, can only be achieved by water and on foot. Venice is unique in many ways, with endless beautiful detailed buildings perched alongside the water. Capturing the sights from the gondola boat ride, through the twisting passages and underneath low bridges was definitely a highlight and impossible to ignore. Later in the afternoon, took in the spectacular views from atop St Mark’s Campanile, witnessing the sprawl of intricate architecture over hidden islands.
Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge
Narrow passageways
Wedding photos in St Mark’s Square
View to San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice Gondalier
Pigeon in St Mark’s Square
Too many pigeons for my liking
Gondola Riding – Niki, Pete, Grant, Richie and Warren
Passing old buildings in the narrow canals
Arriving into the Grand Canal
Cindy, having a good laugh
Riding under one of the 400 bridges
0.6 seconds on a Gondola
San Giorgio Maggiore
St Mark’s Square – Notice the water patches from high tide
Endless views over Venice
More views from the Campanile.
Yet another pigeons flies by St Mark’s Campanile
Terrific thunderstorm approaches Venice
Speed boat, passing St Mark’s Campanile
Heavy thunderstorm clouds over Venice
Painting Santa Maria della Salute from Accademia Bridge
Slow shutter speed over Venice
Low sunlight over Venice after the thunderstorm clears
Rich coloured buildings are always a spectacle
Ending back at Constitution Bridge after 24 hours
Ready for an early morning departure, over Northern Italy, and into Vienna, Austria.
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07.09.09
Posted in Architecture, Travel at 11:30 pm by Warren Williams
The beautiful city of Venice is built upon 118 small islands, connected by 177 canals, and a whopping 400 bridges. Arriving in the early evening after a long day driving from Rome, Peter and I decided to head into the city for an hour to take in a view of the Grand Canal.
The newly built Constitution Bridge, connecting the bus and rail terminals
Peter alongside the Grand Canal
Light trails from passing boats
Chiesa degli Scalzi – Church of the Barefoot
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07.08.09
Posted in Architecture, History, Travel at 11:45 pm by Warren Williams
Every angle of the streets of Rome is a marvel, with ancient ruins and cobbled streets viewable in every direction.
Foro di Cesare (Forum of Caesar) – Built between 54 & 46BC
Due to the G8 summit, and visiting world leaders including Barack Obama, we were unable to get any closer.
Reflections on Niki
With the hassles of not being able to shoot the Colosseum up close or inside, Peter and I decided to venture off later in the evening once the area was reopened.
Arch of Constantine & Colosseum
Colosseum Detail with the moon rising
Light trails by the Colosseum at which point we had to rush back to catch our last metro and bus around midnight.
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Posted in Architecture, History, People, Travel at 4:30 pm by Warren Williams
Quickly acclimatising to the Italian heat, Peter and I ventured West of the city of Rome to our start of our action packed 16 day tour. Our first two nights were to be spent at the modern and clean facilities of Camping Roma. Being wary of directions from their website, we found the correct metro and bus connections to arrive just after lunch time. First stop, pizza!
Meeting our exciting tour leader Michelle, and coach driver Billy for the first time we ventured back to central Rome.
Well known shopping street of Rome, with top brands including Armani, D&G and Prada.
The crowded Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain amongst more massive crowds
Temple of Hadrian
Pantheon – incredibly built in 126AD
The open ceiling causing light to filter down from the 142 foot tall roof
Piazza Navona
Street artist in Piazza Navona.
Fontana del Moro – 1576
Cobbled street in Rome
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06.14.09
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, People at 4:59 am by Warren Williams
Some of the London and South-East UK photography-on-the.net (POTN) members converged on central London for an all night shoot, featuring off camera flash (strobist), followed by sunrise soon after 4:30am around the Millennium Bridge. Some were pumped on Red Bull, eager to get every shot, whereas a few of us, it was a desperate game to keep awake. This shoot immediately followed the road trip to Warwick Castle, so a new form of zombie like shooting was formed.
Neal managing his best awake impression
Millennium Bridge and St Pauls at 2am
Gosia dreaming of the next shot
Couple hours later over Millennium Bridge just after 4am
Against the fast incoming tide
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06.13.09
Posted in Architecture, Birds, Nature at 6:01 pm by Warren Williams
With a bright summer’s day looming over England, my friends Katie and Ken decided to venture off to Warwick Castle and Stratford-upon-Avon for a day trip. Considering I had been there a couple of years ago, I offered to show them around at one of the prettier and entertaining castles on offer.
The birds of prey were again on display, as well as a special flaming trebuchet and glorious warm sun.
The rear view of Warwick Castle with the Avon River passing by
Katie taking a photo in Stratfor-upon-Avon at sunset
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05.16.09
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, People at 10:06 pm by Warren Williams
Hosted the photography meetup group meetup again, starting at the tasty Borough Food Market near London Bridge. From there, we ventured off to Tate Modern, and the pub on the Thames. Following this, we headed off to Camden Market, and finally watched the sunset from Tower Bridge. Another highlight of the walk, was meeting Pink Floyd album cover artist/photographers, Storm Thorgerson & Rupert Truman who produce some amazing work.
[ cheese ]
Got beer?
Walking along the Thames walkway
Photographer shootout
London Underground
Camden Market
Andrew
Neal
First time catching the bridge lift in operation as a ferry goes beneath
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04.07.09
Posted in Architecture, Travel at 2:45 pm by Warren Williams
Spent the second day in Sydney doing a hop on, hop off bus tour. Quite a productive day, with a walks around Kings Cross, Woolloomooloo, Botanical Gardens, before lunch in Darling Harbour.
View from Mrs Macquaries Point
Approaching Darling Harbour
Centrepoint
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04.06.09
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Travel at 9:30 pm by Warren Williams
Flew into Sydney during the early hours of the morning for a three day quick sightseeing trip with my mum who lives in Melbourne. Sydney is Australia’s largest city with just over 4 million residents, surrounding the beautiful Sydney Harbour and coastline of New South Wales. First day in Sydney involved plenty on long walks around the CBD, Opera House and finally a walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, for a spectacular view of the bridge and CBD from Luna Park.
(Reposted from last year, showing vast stretch from CBD to the beaches of Bondi in foreground and Manly across the mouth of harbour)
The iconic Sydney Opera House
The enormous Pacific Dawn passes under the Harbour bridge
Opera House and CBD viewed from the walkway on the Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge at night
Sydney Skyline from Luna Park
The flag atop the Harbour Bridge flutters at night
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03.05.09
Posted in Architecture, People, Wedding at 10:00 pm by Warren Williams
Johnny & Kirsty were wed at the stunning Kelliher Estate, on Puketutu Island. Featuring a Spanish villa, set amongst bush and landscaped gardens.
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01.02.09
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Travel at 9:36 pm by Warren Williams
The Eureka Tower of Melbourne, is currently the worlds tallest residential building in the world standing 300m (984ft) tall. Presented with what looked like a great upcoming sunset with good visibility, decided to head up to the 88th floor lookout. Spectacular views 360° around, although the top ten floors are gold plated (looks great on the outside), but cut out much light within making photography extremely difficult.
Eureka reflecting on the neighbouring PWC
Overlooking the Royal Botanical Gardens
CBD and Docklands
Albert Park – home of the Formula 1 every March
Sunset looking towards Newport & Geelong
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12.28.08
Posted in Architecture, General, Travel at 10:30 pm by Warren Williams
Took an evening walk along the Yarra River, and setup for the hourly fireballs from the Crown Casino.
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12.09.08
Posted in Architecture, General, Travel at 6:35 pm by Warren Williams
Fresh from arriving from London, took a walk around the city to familiarise myself with the new surroundings for the next month.
Eureka tower standing 300m tall over Southbank
Rowing on the Yarra River
Free city circle Tram
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11.09.08
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Nature, Travel at 8:39 pm by Warren Williams
Scotney Castle is a ruined 14th century, set in picturesque surroundings of a lake and English gardens.
A different mood
“Anke”, who runs the popular blog, http://anke.blogs.com/
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10.11.08
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, People at 11:29 pm by Warren Williams
We had our 5th London Photography Meetup (facebook group), based around the Drift 08 – first annual art exhibition based on the Thames. Around 30 fellow photographers came, armed with tripods to capture the art between Blackfriars bridge and Tower bridge.
Group shot against the sunset
Ghost Bridge
Millennium Bridge and St Pauls
HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge (undergoing repairs)
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