A glimpse of Italy

A selection of what we saw from last year's European tour. The bane of joining tours is that you don't have a lot of opportunities to explore.. so you tend to end up with one cliche photo after the next.. the good thing is you get really good company, everything's arranged and you might just save a buck or two if you were to go on your own... places we visited include Rome, Pisa, Florence, Burano Island, Venice, Vatican City (ok.. not stritly speaking Italy ..) and a few others in between...Nov 2005.

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Venice Carnival
A miniature experience of what Venice would be like for the Venice...

street performers in Venice

thrilling Gondola Ride
Kissing under bridges?

Gliding along

Back Streets of Venice, Italy - Venezia

Cat by the Window

Breakneck speeds

Local arts and craft

Burano Island
Burano is a very characteristic village with coloured houses, where they keep...

Quaint Alley

Calm waters

Burano Island
Burano is one of the greater centers of the lagoon of Venice, with its 7,000...

Old Lady

Colorful Houses
The Burano houses have their distant origin in the ancient lagoon casoni, or...

Back alley @ Burano Island

Masks of Venice

Nice Facade
unidentified building

Campanile of Burano
Now look over there beyond Torcello and you will see the fine campanile of...

Lagoon Sunset

The Lagoon
Around Venice, in the Lagoon, there are some island that it is worthwhile to...

Sunset logs

Santa Maria della Salute at dusk

St Mary of the Health

Santa Maria della Salute
Santa Maria della Salute is a large Baroque church located at the entrance to...

San Marco Piazza @ Twilight

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article published 1/24/2006

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italy
i was looking at picturesof tuscany, an u like your camera,u made good use of it, pictures are loverly
— mrs bev sutton, January 11, 2008

WOW....
What can I say?. These photos blew me away. I started to make a list of the ones I especially liked but there were too many..... and what do you mean you're not good at building & church pix?? these are FANTASTIC..... Composition & angles are great.... Adeleide is right. I am sooooo jealous ;o) You have a good eye Jon, & like Carol, a good eye for the unusual... Your humor shows through which makes your journals fun to look at... your night & sunset shots are great..... that's not my strong suit I'm afraid.... I see you like windows now too ;o) Keep up the great work (applause....)
— Lorraine Brecht, April 7, 2006

Your photos are always fantastic. These are no exception.
— Lisa Rimlinger, January 26, 2006

Brilliant !
Jon thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures.Our memories of this trip will last forever. Keep up your excellent work Regards Merle and Colin Russell ps pass on our love and best wishes to your mother
— Colin Russell, January 26, 2006

Venice is lovely
This series going to make Rainy screeammmmmm!!! Venice is so so lovely to me because is my personal favourite... thanks for sharing. Its not easy to snap nice landscape with crowd+limited time.. Architecture is stunning..
— Adeleide Lim, January 24, 2006

Thank you!
Ah Jon, even when you take what you modestly call tourist-type "cliche" photos, they turn out to be marvelous. What a great overview! You have broad scenic vistas and closer views,as well as more personal vignettes from everyday life, such as "Cat by the window" and "Back alley @ Burano Island". My favorites of all are "Going for a walk" and the "sunset logs". Thanks for sharing these shots that give vivid testimony to the cultural richness of Italy, and to your photographic prowess.
— Fred Perry, January 24, 2006

Jon! How beautiful! You are a wonderful photographer. I look forward to following your career. I can't wait to tell people I know the famous photographer, Jon J. Tan!!! Good Luck...and please send more photos!
— Valerie Delavigne, January 24, 2006

Well done!
Jon, These pictures are superb and beautifully presented, A joy to see them all, Hodge p.s. little time but lots seen ... the flip side of the photographer's paradise?
— Roger Vacher, January 24, 2006