Big Friendly Canuck Photography

Our friends from Ottawa, moved to Italy and opened a villa and a tour company, Amazing Abruzzo Tours…we spend the last week in Italy exploring the central mountains of the country and the adriatic coast in our last week there.

This was taken in an alley that lead to our B&B in Venice.

The Grand Canal, Venice, bustled with activity from daybreak until well after dark.

The Grand Canal, Venice

The Grand Canal, Venice, shining brightly in the midday sun.

Jocelyn, looking down one of the many quite “side streets” of Venice.

Looking towards San Marco Square on our first day in Venice.

Looking towards the Lagoon as a bright afternoon sun had the water looking emerald in colour.

Jocelyn’s hat colour co-ordinated nicely with the water

Looking down onto the Grand Canal from atop the Per Riato, Venice. I love those varnished wood clad boats.

Midday sun cast shadows over three of the primary ways to move about on the water, in Venice: Water Bus, Gondola and Private “cigarette” boats.

The Grand Canal, Venice, is considerably more quiet before dawn

Looking towards the Rialto Mercado as, pre-dawn, merchants get ready for the business day.

The fish market, pre-dawn, in the Rialto Mercado, Venice

Employees, reporting for their days, pre-dawn, in Venice. Looking towards Per Rialto.

Off to work….Venice. Riato Bridge [Per Rialto] in the background

Looking down on the Grand Canal. before the sun comes out.

Pre-Dawn, San Marco Square, Venice….pigeons never rest!

Pre-Dawn, San Marco Square, looking out towards the lagoon.

Gondolas at daybreak. It does not get more Iconic Venice than this!

Beautiful light shines on the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

Venice Sunrise… beauty!

Gondolas at sunrise

Here comes the sun….Iconic Venice

it does not take long for the sunlight to draw tourists to the Lagoon boardwalk.

Bringing in the goods that will re-stock the shelves of hundreds of restaurants and shops.

Selfie time for this young lady. A beautiful locale to do it!

Our neighbourhood for the duration of our stay in Venice

Lagoon at sunrise. Gondolas at the ready.

Taken during our very romantic sunset gondola ride. Just wow!

Our dinner spot. I know…fancy!

Not all of the canals are grand. Still pretty, though.

Jocelyn bathed in light….The church is ancient.

My favourite kinds of boats

Ummm… you are in my sunrise view big fella

Beeeeeeauty!

I was trying to capture the motion of the gondolas on the water at sunrise. I think it worked1

The only time Venice is quiet, is before dawn!

Murano canal

Not great light, but amazing glass in Murano

Colourful Burano…a short ferry day trip from Venice

Jocelyn was looking for lace in Burano! Davey was looking for colour. Neither was difficult to find!

Burano, unlike a lot of Venice now, supports a community that actually lives on the island.

PINK!

Did I mention lace?

I liked how the leaves and clothes mirrored the landscape in the houses in this one. Burano.

Tree bark…

Burano…hard labour in a hot sun.

Rome, view from the hotel bathroom…not bad!

Rome…do i even have to name the place?

Rome, even in September the Crowds around the Trevi Fountains were massive.

Bathroom views, Rome { they were good enough to nor put on a screen and have a window you could open completely. It made Davey photography very easy.

The views of Rome from the Castel Sant’ Angelo are breathtaking

Restaurant, Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona, Rome

Castel Sant Angelo

Rome, Pantheon

St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Rome

The view from our hotel room deck. That beige/grey wall above the trees is the top of the Colosseum

The road on which our hotel was located in Rome

View into the Forum from the Colosseum

view from Palatine Hill, Rome

Always heavily armed security at every mass tourist location

The view of the Colosseum from Palantine Hill, Rome

Inside the Pantheon, Rome

Sunset as seen from our hotel room, Rome

Deck views….

Pantheon, Rome

Sunrise of the hotel deck

View across the Tiber River, from Castel Sant’Angelo

Piazza Navona, Rome

Castel Sant’Angelo

Photo-bombed by a pigeon

Castel Sant’Angelo

Not every corner of Rome is beautiful

Looking into the Jewish Quarter in Rome . Synagogue in the distance .

Old & New….

Watson Mill, Manotick, Ontario, Canada

Watson Mill, Manotick, Ontario, Canada

Watson Mill, Manotick, Ontario, Canada

Dick Bell Marina, 1918

Early Autumn, 2018

Just down the SJAM at Westboro Beach

December morning, 2018

The Ottawa River at sunset, in the summer especially, is magical.

An early October snow, results in an unique winter/autumn mix

Autumn transforms a simple parking lot entrance into something amazing.

Fremont Street, Las Vegas

Taken on a very cool & windy morning, March 2018