Photography

For my photography class, we had to turn in some portraits of people we'd met in Barcelona. I'm terrible at portraits-- I think it's really uncomfortable to make people pose for you because they're usually really uncomfortable. I'd rather be at a real scene, quietly observing and creepily snapping shots without being noticed. But I gave this all a go and here's what I came out with. It's not that awful, I don't think.

There's a theme. I asked people to tell me the color they think they emanate, and then I edited their photo using that color.

First up, Vidal from southern Spain, who described himself as the electric blue painted by that German post-modern artist... I've forgotten his name. But you know, it was that painting that marked the point in modern art when people started making millions off of painting a canvas a single solid color.

Fernando from Barcelona, whom I had lunch with for four hours. He said brown, which made sense since he's a wood carver.

Davey from Belgium, who said that green was his color. Spent the day at Ciutadella Park with him and his friends.

This is the brother of one of my compañeros de cuarto from Ibiza, Spain. His name is Elias and he's really sweet. He's always hanging around the house and he's in a picture or two from previous entries.

Me, with the happy, sunny color yellow. I'm shooting for the sun, anyway.

And last but not least, Megan and the color purple.

What do you think? Do the colors seem to match up with the people? For those you don't know, that's solely based on the pictures, of course... but I want to know your opinion. Dime!
Besitos,
Emily

This was taken inside the Museum of National Art of Catalunya, which I think is my favorite museum I've ever been to. It's situated in a huge, beautiful park on "Montjuic," a hill on the side of Barcelona overlooking the city.

Also at Montjuic. And I'd like to know, which do you prefer? The above, or the one below?

Una angelita que mira sobre la ciudad...
This was on a little plaza in front of the museum where an hombre was playing really pretty and relaxing classical guitar. It was one of those perfectly pleasant moments of overlooking a beautiful European city in the sunset light, accompanied by a romantic acoustic guitar soundtrack.

Below is a shot of the Romanesque exhibit... this is art that was peeled off of ancient church walls in Barcelona and plastered onto the museum walls. It's from the 11th century and as you can see, the characters look like cartoons because artists of that time hadn't really gotten the depth concept down yet. This isn't the greatest picture, but you're not supposed to take pictures in museums so I had to be sneaky and quick.

Megan casting her shadow in the Museum atrium...

So that's a good summary of my quiet, wintry afternoon of last Friday in Barcelona. Qué corazón que esta ciudad tiene!
Amor,
Emily