New feature: slide show

I have figured out how to add a slide show of photographs to the blog so I can upload all photos taken during the trip. In addition to posting larger individual pictures (see earlier test post) on which I can comment specifically and in more depth, I hope to maintain a running montage to the left.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Testing video attachments

Wow, I am thrilled with the way the photos uploaded. I will tweak the relationship of the caption to the photo, but that's just a matter of preference.

Here's my first attempt at uploading a video. My digital camera allows me to take short bursts of video, so, although I have the capability, I may not always have the memory or battery power to do so. Don't expect a minute by minute documentary, but do expect short, video headlines. Technology is SO COOL!!

I shot this in the same park as I shot the still photo of the two men on the bench. The little boys are playing Gladiator in the shadow of the Coliseum. How could I NOT capture the irony for posterity? When the little boy in red sees me, he runs away.

Testing photo attachments

Because I am taking my laptop, I will be blogging throughout our trip to Italy. I've never posted photographs to a blog before, so this is a test. These are pictures from my last trip. I will try to post video separately.

This is a picture I snapped while wandering through a residential neighborhood between our B&B and the Coliseum. I am repeatedly drawn to this color Mediterranean blue. It always seems so fresh and vital.

This photo was taken as I approached the Coliseum through the park behind it--not the standard touristy perspective. I felt as if I was eavesdropping on a private moment here, but the mood of the shot captured a peacefulness that I have never personally felt in Rome because it is such a giant, pulsing metropolis.