{"id":154,"date":"2022-01-31T19:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marywhitney.me.holycross.edu\/?p=99"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:15:37","slug":"a-second-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/2022\/01\/31\/a-second-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Second Christmas&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christmas, again? At the end of January?<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely! That&#8217;s how it felt anxiously awaiting for the time Temple Rome&#8217;s darkroom opened for the semester and I could <em>finally<\/em> develop the four rolls of film I shot over the break. What I especially love about film photography is that I&#8217;m more inclined to take adventurous photos\u2014I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s not what you&#8217;d expect to hear when each roll costs five or six euros and you&#8217;re limited to 36 shots! Whereas I take more documentary style photographs with my phone, I love that black and white film encourages me to play with the depth of field, lighting, and texture. So&#8230; Let me share some of my favorite shots!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney069-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"820\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sculpture in the Uffizi Gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney081-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shadow of the Duomo from the top.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney055-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Benedictine monastery at Subiaco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney051-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"330\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The film&#8217;s grainy quality makes a rainy day at Civita di Bagnoregio especially picturesque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney054-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"837\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunlight on the grand staircase at Caserta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney024-652x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"825\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some great texture in Herculaneum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney029-648x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"830\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A conservator in Pompeii.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney002-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of course, I had to photograph one of Pompeii&#8217;s special residents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney009-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"813\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Documenting those who left their mark on Mount Vesuvius.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/Whitney016-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And last but not least, what I would consider my dream house in Positano.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas, again? At the end of January? Absolutely! That&#8217;s how it felt anxiously awaiting for the time Temple Rome&#8217;s darkroom opened for the semester and I could finally develop the four rolls of film I shot over the break. What I especially love about film photography is that I&#8217;m more inclined to take adventurous photos\u2014I&#8217;m &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/2022\/01\/31\/a-second-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Second Christmas&#8230;?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/marywhitney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}