Italy - photo journal - April 8-14, 2005

coreybyrnes · 04-22-2005, 01:36 PM

Hello Eskimos. You guys have always been very supportive of my music and my photography so I thought I'd share. This is not a pimping post!

Recently I took a vacation to Italy with my girlfriend of three years, Mary Kovaleski. We travelled for 36 consecutive hours to get from Boston to Positano on the Amalfi Coast of southern Italy. We were lucky enough to travel through this beautiful country and experience some very unique moments. We visited Positano, Sorrento, Pompeii, Amalfi, Capri, and Rome. If you wish, please take a look at the photos I took along the way. They are much smaller and edited versions of the original photos (and fewer of them, as I took over 400 and there are ~only~ 280 in the journal). If you ever wish to hear more about the trip just ask and I will respond. We created some fond memories over there such as reading at Mass in Positano to a church filled with local Italians, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and having the locals laugh at me because the water was so cold, witnessing chunks of ice fall from the sky in a brief but beautiful hail storm while sipping hot chocolate at a cafe, walking down pathways created by men that lived during the time of Jesus, being stared at by locals as Mary and I zoomed past them on our mopeds in Positano and Capri, and the best of all... drinking local wines and eating fresh foods everyday. If you take a look at the images, thanks very much. If you would like any of the photos to be blown up for your own personal use, please contact me and we can discuss options. They will be high quality largescale prints. They are powerful images for me and I hope you enjoy them.

here's the link to the gallery:
http://www.coreybyrnes.com/gallery/2005-04-Italy

Vienna · 04-22-2005, 02:05 PM

corey i envy you so much, you just seem to live the most amazing life!!! and the way you describe things and put your experiences into words is always beautiful!!

right now i'm at work so i shouldn't be on here, but i'll look forward to taking a look at your piccies!!

Wheels · 04-22-2005, 02:32 PM

Wow looks like a great trip. And some really great photos in there too!

samuelle · 04-22-2005, 03:24 PM

wow. those are really beautiful photos, corey. it looks (and sounds) like a once in a lifetime kind of trip. i particularly liked the black and white shots - the old man on the train and the prayer candles were especially powerful. you have such an artistic eye.

thanks for sharing

cello_pudding · 04-22-2005, 03:45 PM

your ladyfriend looks kinda like jessica simpson at times.

this one is my favorite....

could be really cool if you messed with the contrast and saturization....

rosey · 04-22-2005, 04:22 PM

Wow.....those photos are definitely the best thing to appear on my computer screen in a while (apart, of course, from pudding's bare feet!). I can't pick a favourite - they're all stunning in different ways.

coreybyrnes · 04-22-2005, 04:29 PM

thanks so much everyone for your kind comments... i'm glad you enjoyed them... i take photos for my own personal pleasure but sometimes it's even more enjoyable to hear that they evoke emotion and thoughts from others... much love...

Beevers_uk · 04-22-2005, 04:56 PM

Hi fisrt thing is first! WOW!!! Amazing Pictures. I was wondering if you didnt mind, if taht i could use your image of the candles... and have it painted on to the back of my Spanish Accoustic, in rememberence of the March 11th Terror attacks? I understand if you dont, and i wont use them!!
But tahnks for considering it!!

Thanks..

coreybyrnes · 04-22-2005, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beevers_uk

Hi fisrt thing is first! WOW!!! Amazing Pictures. I was wondering if you didnt mind, if taht i could use your image of the candles... and have it painted on to the back of my Spanish Accoustic, in rememberence of the March 11th Terror attacks? I understand if you dont, and i wont use them!!
But tahnks for considering it!!

Thanks..

i would be honored!

i would also be very interested as to how you're going to do it! you can use the photo on one condition... you have to post a picture in this thread when the project is completed!

administrator · 04-22-2005, 08:08 PM

the photos are so great corey, well done!

Beevers_uk · 04-22-2005, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coreybyrnes

i would be honored!

i would also be very interested as to how you're going to do it! you can use the photo on one condition... you have to post a picture in this thread when the project is completed!

I have a friend who builds guitars and designs spanish guitars! and he has some pretty impressive tools for the job! So i will get him to do the Design for me!! And i will definalty post a image of it when it is done!!
Thank you sooo Much Corey!

PS I loveeeee the image of the moon through the Coloseum arch!! i would love to incorporate it some how on the head stock!

Thank you

cille · 04-23-2005, 09:55 AM

lovely pics, looks like you had a lovely trip. you have a really good eye for good motifs (sp?).

beheeee, i wanna go to italy too!

btw, this guy looks almost like he's smiling!:

maybe being washed over by lava and ashes aint that bad...?

i never dared going this close to the 'corpses' when i visited pompeii.

04-22-2005, 01:36 PM	#1
coreybyrnes eskiphotographer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: between heartbeats Posts: 782	Italy - photo journal - April 8-14, 2005 Hello Eskimos. You guys have always been very supportive of my music and my photography so I thought I'd share. This is not a pimping post! Recently I took a vacation to Italy with my girlfriend of three years, Mary Kovaleski. We travelled for 36 consecutive hours to get from Boston to Positano on the Amalfi Coast of southern Italy. We were lucky enough to travel through this beautiful country and experience some very unique moments. We visited Positano, Sorrento, Pompeii, Amalfi, Capri, and Rome. If you wish, please take a look at the photos I took along the way. They are much smaller and edited versions of the original photos (and fewer of them, as I took over 400 and there are ~only~ 280 in the journal). If you ever wish to hear more about the trip just ask and I will respond. We created some fond memories over there such as reading at Mass in Positano to a church filled with local Italians, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and having the locals laugh at me because the water was so cold, witnessing chunks of ice fall from the sky in a brief but beautiful hail storm while sipping hot chocolate at a cafe, walking down pathways created by men that lived during the time of Jesus, being stared at by locals as Mary and I zoomed past them on our mopeds in Positano and Capri, and the best of all... drinking local wines and eating fresh foods everyday. If you take a look at the images, thanks very much. If you would like any of the photos to be blown up for your own personal use, please contact me and we can discuss options. They will be high quality largescale prints. They are powerful images for me and I hope you enjoy them. here's the link to the gallery: http://www.coreybyrnes.com/gallery/2005-04-Italy __________________ coreybyrnes.com - my online music and photography collection... cheers darlings Last edited by coreybyrnes; 04-22-2005 at 01:40 PM.

04-22-2005, 02:32 PM	#3
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	Wow looks like a great trip. And some really great photos in there too! __________________

04-22-2005, 03:24 PM	#4
samuelle care bear stare! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,087	wow. those are really beautiful photos, corey. it looks (and sounds) like a once in a lifetime kind of trip. i particularly liked the black and white shots - the old man on the train and the prayer candles were especially powerful. you have such an artistic eye. thanks for sharing __________________ "I can hope, see? Even if I don't believe."

04-22-2005, 04:29 PM	#7
coreybyrnes eskiphotographer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: between heartbeats Posts: 782	thanks so much everyone for your kind comments... i'm glad you enjoyed them... i take photos for my own personal pleasure but sometimes it's even more enjoyable to hear that they evoke emotion and thoughts from others... much love... __________________ coreybyrnes.com - my online music and photography collection... cheers darlings

04-22-2005, 04:56 PM	#8
Beevers_uk Esquimal Conducido Pasión Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In My Sugar Coated World, Filled With Angels And Love And Happiness And... And You. Posts: 4,421	Hi fisrt thing is first! WOW!!! Amazing Pictures. I was wondering if you didnt mind, if taht i could use your image of the candles... and have it painted on to the back of my Spanish Accoustic, in rememberence of the March 11th Terror attacks? I understand if you dont, and i wont use them!! But tahnks for considering it!! Thanks.. __________________ ...~Gemma Hayes~... - Just To See How Hard, You Can Make Me Cry - ...~Duke Special~... - Im Not Who You Think I am, I Slipped A Stranger Inside - ...~Noelie Mcdonnell~... - You'll Be My Muse, And I'll Be Your Poet - ...~My Myspace Thingy~...

04-22-2005, 02:05 PM	#2
Vienna Eskimo Grammar Queen Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 5,626	corey i envy you so much, you just seem to live the most amazing life!!! and the way you describe things and put your experiences into words is always beautiful!! right now i'm at work so i shouldn't be on here, but i'll look forward to taking a look at your piccies!!

04-22-2005, 03:45 PM	#5
cello_pudding Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 185	your ladyfriend looks kinda like jessica simpson at times. this one is my favorite.... could be really cool if you messed with the contrast and saturization....

04-22-2005, 04:22 PM	#6
rosey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 300	Wow.....those photos are definitely the best thing to appear on my computer screen in a while (apart, of course, from pudding's bare feet!). I can't pick a favourite - they're all stunning in different ways.

04-22-2005, 08:08 PM	#10
administrator forum administrator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,480	the photos are so great corey, well done! __________________ Keep checking the news page for all the latest Damien Rice news.

04-23-2005, 09:55 AM	#12
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	lovely pics, looks like you had a lovely trip. you have a really good eye for good motifs (sp?). beheeee, i wanna go to italy too! btw, this guy looks almost like he's smiling!: maybe being washed over by lava and ashes aint that bad...? i never dared going this close to the 'corpses' when i visited pompeii. __________________ Yeah Last edited by cille; 04-23-2005 at 10:04 AM.