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Today I had two classes: Architecture of Barcelona and City Literacy. In both, we talked a lot about how metropolitan cities grow and consume the space around them, how they grow on top of themselves, and how they reuse and repurpose existing space to meet the changing needs of its constituents. I know I’ve already bored half of you but I actually found the classes extremely interesting. I have a feeling that both classes will be quite difficult but extremely engaging, especially with Barcelona as a backdrop. Barca has a very rich culture and history that has brought it from being an ancient Roman outpost 2000 years ago to the sleek modern European city which has not forgotten its roots. Barca has somehow been able to hang on to its ancient heritage and yet become a growing center of industry, culture and commerce at the same time. Not many cities can claim both.

       

In between classes I took a short metro ride to Placa d’Espanya to take pictures. In the ~90 minutes I I was there, realized a few things….

 

  1. My camera chews through batteries like crazy (I depleted 2 new AA’s in 90 minutes)
  2. I want a camera with a better optical zoom
  3. I want to take a class in photographic composition
I will be the first to admit that I am a crummy photog but I tried to take pictures with interesting angles. Some turned out okay, most did not. I would love to take a photography class sometime though. I’ll bet that will happen right about the same time I take those culinary arts classes I’ve been dying to take…


See the rest of the pictures

 

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4 Responses to “Class / Plaça d’Espanya / Class”

  1. Christy Says:
    May 19th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    So question this might be silly I dunno…are your nonSpanish classes like architecture taught in English or Spanish?

  2. Michael Says:
    May 19th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Good question… they are taught in English. We actually brought Tech professors over with us, so it’s been pretty nice.

  3. randy orr Says:
    May 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    my only tip for better photos… get closer. when you think you’re too close, take a couple steps forward and then take the pic. this especially applies to portraits. also, don’t be afraid to crop or adjust.

    I say this like I know what I’m talking about. HA!

  4. Michael Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Yeah, I did zero editing on those… just threw them up on flickr. I lost my CS3 install when I reformatted and I haven’t played in iPhoto yet so we’ll see.

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