[Leica] Sicilian wedding

[Tina Manley]

What a spectacular setting for a wedding!

Beautiful!

Tina

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:28 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> We visited Modica, known as a "Baroque" town because it was destroyed by
> an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in the Baroque style. While there, we
> got to see the beginning of a traditional wedding, grandly staged on the
> steps of the Duomo of St. Peter.
>
> The groom waits for the bride with his parents at the top of the church
> staircase.  Guests arrive and are duly photographed.
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> The photographers wear uniforms of sorts, albeit with sensible shoes,
> while the wedding director choreographs the proceedings.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/44235738230/in/dateposted-public/
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> The bride arrives with her parents in a classic car.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327125274/in/dateposted-public/
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> The bride ascends the church staircase with her father, mother and
> (probably) brother follow.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/44235737880/in/dateposted-public/
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> A closer shot of the "bridal car." Can anyone identify it? (I'm talking
> to you, Jim Shulman).
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327125124/in/dateposted-public/
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> Bonus:  A Sicilian signorina demonstrates the local method of making
> chocolate. They say they got it from the Spanish, who got it from the
> Aztecs.
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327123044/in/dateposted-public/
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> Olympus E-M5 and  20/1.7 (chocolate) and 45/1.8 (wedding).  The wedding
> photos were taken standing on a bench outside the chocolate shop in a
> light drizzle, with the camera held over my head. It was worth it.  Enjoy!
>
> --Peter
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