The Photography Club Critique

It was a two day trip, with lots of snapshots.

We left Keykira for a two hour ferry boat ride to the mainland.

Beyond the island is the entrance to the harbor of Igoumenitsa

 

 

    It is dramatic. The ferry pulls up, literally, to the shore and let's its ramp down. And out come the people and the cars.

 

We left for the 100 Kilometer drive to the city of Preveza.

Guess what?

 The bracket holding the muffler broke. So many memories of my travel days.

Antonis said it is "normal for the course".

We got to the hotel where they had put us up. I don't know if it was intentional or not.

The decor, which Antonis said was he felt, "Chi Chi" included a camera collection.

 

We went to the gallery where the critique took place.

It had a beautiful ceiling.

While we were waiting to start I and a club member had a "snapshot shootoff".

Antonis showed his work and lectured and then I showed a few images of mine.

We then critiqued 35 photographers. Each had about 10 images. The age range was from 11 to the mid fifties. It took a little over four hours with a couple of short breaks.

A variety of work and approaches, and experience. There were approximately 60 to 70 people.

 

It was a workout and afterwards we went to eat and relax.

At dinner everyone had fun making "portraits" of each other.

He was sitting in the front row at the crit.

He was sitting at the front table and talked a lot.

The next morning we left by the hotel's back door.

We passed some Roman Ruins. (I had met the night before an archeologist who has been working on them for six years)

This is a very small sample of extensive ruins.

Back at the ferry ticket office. No one stands in line. They crowd around. Antonis is waiting to get us on the 10:00 ferry so he can get back for a Telemann concert in Kerkyra.

The big (big) tour buses are waiting to get on.

 We got in just in time.

Three different sized ferries. The one on the right goes overnight to Venice.

It has luxury staterooms. Or a cheaper ticket gives you a "chair".

We pass more island Roman Ruins on the way back. The ambiance is strong.

We come past the old fort at Kerkyra on the way to our shore docking.

You can see the street entrance to Antonis and Maria's home marked with red on the right side of the image. The fort was built in 1542, their home in the early 1700's.

Apolodorou Street.

For now, Ta Leme