Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
I love antique stores and flea markets — there are SO many interesting vignettes to photograph. It’s even easier to do with my iPhone because shop-keepers don’t seem to mind (vs. a bigger DSLR).
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
This is in the Venice Lagoon, approaching Burano Island, Italy, on a lazy Sunday afternoon. What a life!
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
…on Route 66. This is the tiny town of Oro Grande, in the Mojave Desert between Victorville and Barstow, California. Was very lucky to catch that gorgeous orange train. This section of Route 66 has dozens of great photo ops — it’s well worth a day trip from the Los Angeles area.
And, if you look closely, you’ll find a cow on the roof!
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
Burano is a colorful island in the Venice Lagoon. It’s about a 30-minute boat ride from Venice and it’s a gorgeous tour of the island from the water. The day I visited, there was a regatta (lucky!), so the boat dropped us off at the stop before the main dock, and we had to walk a short distance along this gorgeous path. It was Sunday, and I suspect this adorable couple had been to church and were out strolling.
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
This is the front of a building in Burano Island — those scrolls are painted on the building…not Photoshop. The entire island looks Photoshopped!
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
This store window on King Street (Charleston, South Carolina) was fascinating! I don’t know how long it had been there, but it looked like forever. And I hope they never change it!
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
I’m obsessed with road trips, and one of my favorite local road trips is old Route 66 (tons of photos still to come – you’ll probably get sick of them). As every weekend approaches I start to think about throwing the dog in the car and hitting the road. I’m lucky that there are so many great, diverse day trips here in Southern California.
This shot is from the car (I was NOT driving) (this time), and it’s a stretch of Route 66 just outside of Oro Grande, California — somewhere between Victorville and Barstow, in the Mojave Desert. I was SO lucky to spot that ORANGE Corvette passing by the ORANGE gas station!
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com
I do this all the time — shoot from the car. And most of the time I’m driving. I’ve gotten really good at pointing and shooting. Sometimes it works…sometimes it sucks. That’s the brilliance of digital photography — it never hurts to try!
We were on one of our Route 66 road trips in the middle of the Mojave Desert in California, and I’d seen this sign several times but never in time to stop and grab it. It’s on old Route 66, and we were on the freeway right beside it. Grabbed it at the last minute but since it was soft (blurry), I decided to convert to B/W and isolate the colors. I have this printed on a 20×30 canvas in my office and I love it!!!
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