This week, I share a collection of street photography taken in Atlanta in August of 2020. https://youtu.be/d45mmWTqWz4 I try to make it down to the city at least once a month for a day of shooting. I love the buildings, graffiti, streets, and views that the city has to offer. The month of August was … Continue reading Street Photography in Atlanta
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Editing Atlanta Street Photos
https://youtu.be/aX8imf93_xs https://youtu.be/aX8imf93_xs Samuel shows you how he edits Atlanta Street photography done in July of 2020. All of these photos are available for prints! You can find them athttps://allorastudios.picfair.com/ Follow me on Social Media pages!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlloraStudios/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallorastudios/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shotsbysam?lang=en Check out more content on my website!http://www.allorastudios.com/ Don’t forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe! My GearNikon D5600 … Continue reading Editing Atlanta Street Photos
Roma | There’s Almost Nothing Truly Spanish About These Steps
La Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti, as the Italians call them, are not quite as Spanish as the English name implies. The Spanish Steps Here's the deal. At the top of the steps there's a monastery built around 1494 because of Pope Alexander VI and a church beside it built in 1502 because of Louis XII … Continue reading Roma | There’s Almost Nothing Truly Spanish About These Steps
Roma | Everything You Needed to Know About the Colosseum
First thing's first. The real name of this wonder of the world is the Flavian Amphitheater. Tourists and most modern people call this place the Roman Colosseum. This beautiful work of Roman Architecture was built around 70 to 80 AD and is still the biggest amphitheater ever built. It is made from a mixture of … Continue reading Roma | Everything You Needed to Know About the Colosseum
Roma | The Most Overlooked Roman Ruins
In Latin Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae In Italian Colonna di Marco Aurelio In English Column of Marcus Aurelius This towering column sits in Piazza Colonna in the historic heart of Roma. It's modeled after Trajan's column in Trajan's forum. It stands about 130 ft. from the ground. The spiral tells the story of Marcus Aurelius during the … Continue reading Roma | The Most Overlooked Roman Ruins
Roma |The Most Famous Fountain in the Eternal City
Located in the Trevi district, this stone beauty is one of the top tourist attractions in Roma. The fountain is at a place where 3 roads (tre vie) meet. Pope Urban VIII asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to make sketches for a new fountain to replace the one that had served Roma for nearly 400 years. Before … Continue reading Roma |The Most Famous Fountain in the Eternal City
Venezia | A Bridge as Famous as the City
The Ponte Rialto is one of the most famous bridges in the world, and the oldest of 4 bridges in Venice that cross the Grand Canal. For those of you who don't know, Venice is a lagoon city. It is basically a collection of 117 flat islands connected by water canals. The islands are manmade structures. Wooden … Continue reading Venezia | A Bridge as Famous as the City
Venezia | This Astrological Clock is More Than Meets the Eye
I told you I would talk about St. Mark's Clocktower! The Torre dell'Orologio is the clock tower that sits to the east of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice. It was constructed after a lot of its neighbors in the piazza, between 1496 to 1499. The first two years were for the tower, which displaced a … Continue reading Venezia | This Astrological Clock is More Than Meets the Eye
Venezia | The Church of Gold
The Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark's Basilica) was originally ordered to be constructed in 828 when Venetian merchants allegedly stole relics of Mark the Evangelist and brought them to Venice. After the Doge (commonly translated to Duke) ordered the construction and it was completed, the church became a personal chapel to the Doge. It was probably … Continue reading Venezia | The Church of Gold