Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45327125444/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > The photographers wear uniforms of sorts, albeit with sensible shoes, > while the wedding director choreographs the proceedings. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/44235738230/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > The bride arrives with her parents in a classic car. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45327125274/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > The bride ascends the church staircase with her father, mother and > (probably) brother follow. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/44235737880/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > A closer shot of the "bridal car." Can anyone identify it? (I'm talking > to you, Jim Shulman). > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45327125124/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > 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. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/45327123044/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html>