Photos from Sagrada Familia – Barcelona

HDR Image looking up into Sagrada Familia's apse and the riot of colors created by the stained glass

Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia – Barcelona Last week I was in Barcelona, Spain on business and although I had a miserable head cold, I did have tickets to visit Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s unfinished masterwork. I forced myself out with camera and gear in tow and grabbed a bunch of shots. Two of […]

Happy Easter and La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia - Crucifixion - 20150808 - john-p-hoke

La Sagrada Familia – Happy Easter Happy Easter Weekend everyone. Here is a photo of La Sagrada Familia (the Church of the Holy Family) taken on my last trip to Barcelona. I’ve been going through a bunch of photos taken for a project of prints I am working on and this caught my eye and begged […]

Barcelona: Park Güell

A shot of the entrance of Park Güell in Barcelona - a park designed by Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain

Gaudi’s Park Güell – Barcelona While in Barcelona, we tried to visit a couple different Gaudi landmarks, and were hoping to walk around Park Güell and take some photos. Unfortunately, we made a critical mistake – not buying tickets in advance. We were able to walk around the outside of the park, and a small open area, […]

26 hours to go …

Map of this summer's travel (so far)

Heading home … Its been a long 5 out of 6 weeks of business travel this summer – but it is coming to a close very shortly. In 26 hours I get on my British Airways flight from Budapest, Hungary to London, Heathrow … then Heathrow back to Philadelphia … then finally back into the Poconos […]

Barcelona Panorama

Panoramic view of Barcelona from the top of the Cathedral of Barcelona

Panorama from the Cathedral of Barcelona Another photo from my recent business trip to Barcelona, this one is from the top of the Cathedral of Barcelona  (Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia).  This is about 210° centered on the large cross at the back of the Cathedral. For €3.oo to get to the top […]

Barcelona: Why Have They Cast Me from Heaven?

Sculpture by Julio Nieto "¿Por qué me echaron del cielo?" at the Cathedral of Barcelona

Barcelona Cathedral: Julio Nieto “Why Have They Cast me From Heaven?” For the past week I have been on a business trip in Oslo, Norway – and – one of my favorite cities, Barcelona, Spain Catalonia and have been able to take my wife with me and show her this amazing city. After work we […]

Barcelona Cathedral Revisited

Barcelona Cathedral III

Barcelona Cathedral Revisited On the road again, this time in Boston, Mass… and it was an unusually rainy and cold night so I spent the evening in my hotel room catching up on some of Matt Kloskowski‘s Lightroom and OnOne training videos I purchased last month… I somehow missed Lightroom’s inclusion of a native merge […]

Barcelona Cherubs

Barcelona Fountain Cherubs

Barcelona Fountain Cherubs An image from a trip to Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain earlier in 2015 while in the city for business. The walk from the office to my hotel was through La Rambla and I passed these cherubs two or three times – each time the lighting was fubar or there were too many people sitting in […]

Summer Business Travel

Paris Eiffel Tower

So it appears that I will be heading back to Europe this summer for work … currently on the itinerary: London area, Paris, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Budapest, Oslo – that’s for starters … While I am not loving the idea of traveling over the summer – it takes time away from one of my favorite hobbies/mental […]