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A Day in the Floating City

I hope to share with you, once or twice a month, one of my passions -- photography. I believe it's so important to make time in life for what you love and who you love. I love photography and always do my best to integrate it into my travels around the world. I'm currently in Italy working on my next online course, which will be called Unwavering Focus. In between writing and developing the course, I've made a couple of small trips here and there in this gorgeous country. Two weekends ago, I went to Venice for a couple of nights. It was my first visit to this gorgeous city. Though it is packed with tourists, me being one of them, I found some quiet places and moments to try and capture some aspects of this city. I hope you enjoy the photos. And always make time in your life for the people and things that are most important to you.

Every now and then, wandering the many alleyways of Venice, you stumble across a lone boat in a quiet canal.

"Nobody told me it was black-stripe t-shirt day today!"

Venice skyline of rooftops, domes and steeples.

A view of Venice from the Rialto Bridge. Long exposure shot, 8 seconds, f10, iSO 320, 28mm. No tripod -- camera resting on the bridge.

Venice canals at night. Long exposure shot, 4 seconds, f6.3, ISO 320, 28mm.

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