Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

This very cute feline resides at the Book Barn in Niantic, Connecticut, one of my favorite places to allay my chronic bibliophelia. Although I can always shop on line, it's great to go there to touch and smell the books. Shots like these are what smart phones are made for.

The Amalfi coast is on of Italy's top tourist spot. It's crowded, expensive, it practically has no beaches and it features the scariest roads in Italy. No matter, people flock there in droves. Physically it's beautiful and the food, especially the freshly caught sea food, create incredible eating experiences. . A great place to visit.

It's not easy finding fresh images to post so I'm always looking. This is what I found; an image that I had sort of forgotten. It kind of brought back a peaceful place and time. Although I hate the winter. it does provide great photo ops. This is a scan of a Tri-X negative.

Naples is perhaps one of the interesting cities in the world. A true sociological laboratory of sorts. These images date from 1990 but I noted little change in subsequent visits except for things getting more crowded. Once again we are in il quartiere spagnolo he old Spanish quarters or il

I cannot believe the advances brought by the digital revolution. Such images would have been very difficult to capture using film - negative or slides. Yet with my iPhone 6S, actually outdated as these things go, I was able to shoot with ease. Just amazing. Just imagine that I used to shoot with Kodachrome II with an ASA of 25 and would have to switch to Kodachrome X with an ASA of 64 as it got later in the day and then try Ektachrome 160. With black and white I would shoot Tri-X at 400 and if need be push it to 800. Super fast in those days. Now one can practically shoot in the dark. As we say in New York, go figure. These images had no photoshop manipulation of any kind. I was trying to see how far the iPhone would take me.