Portrait Suites

... B. Put it back in your private collection under air-conditioned  and secure shelter the owner pays for. At the National Portrait Gallery, a security guard approached me to tell me that my messenger bag could not be worn too far on my back, ...

... ceilings were somehow married with a sense of homeliness.  There existed the scratched pool table, the father's portrait and his beloved horses.  This contradiction, while grossly displayed was quintessentially Elvis. Much like Him  it was ...

... in after school finished and we did a shoot of them on a trampoline in the studio before making another montage in the afternoon and choosing which ones to get printed. Today ends the portrait part of the course....wedding photography starts tomorrow. ...

... was time to hit the sack. Today I have been very busy - the London Eye (with no queue), the National Gallery, the Nat Portrait Gallery, the National History Museum and St Paul's Cathedral. I am now sitting with Patrick and Martin - 2 friends from school ...

... but put together well. The guys called me abound 1 pm ready to move on. I met up with them and we headed to the National Portrait Museum. We all enjoyed this one too. Lots of very interesting art to see. When we we're done, we realized we were in ...

...  we actually had cold water for longer than five minutes, yea!!!  After dinner, Danielle decided to have her portrait drawn.  We were in the artist quarter, remember I mentioned that above, so there were many artists willing to draw ...

... a collection of jewels that would make a pirate weep for joy. It was fun being dazzled. We also made our way to the portrait gallery after a STELLAR sandwich from the Potbelly..oh it was so yummy. But I digress. Here's a peek of what I ...

... small windows as in the Washington Monument, you look out large wire covered openings.   My next stop today was the National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum which opens at 11:30am each day. This was my first visit here, as it had been closed ...

... impressive are the entry hall (with a pair of extinct Irish Elk antlers), a main hall with stag's head and portrait collection and a huge oak staircase, dining room containing authentic period furnishings, billiard room, library and parlor. Upstairs is ...

... carnival atmosphere at such a late hour. It was then that two members of the group decided, rather spotaneously, to have a self portrait done. Keeping the models anonymous, (it was Jon and Dan) half an hour later the portrait was complete. ...

... at the Riverbend Music Center. It is a little known fact that Andre Kostelanetz commissioned Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, which received its world premiere performance in Cincinnati in 1942 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Cincinnati ...

We left the Green Suites Hotel in Saigon early Saturday morning to head to Cambodia.  We enjoyed one last patio rooftop breakfast, before boarding our first long distance bus of the trip.  We have heard stories about buses in Asia.  ...

... part of a now "retired" coal fired one. It has been painted from top to bottom in wonderful bright colours with a prominent portrait of Nelson Mandela on the city side. Our next stop is just outside the Baragwaneth Hospital. This is the destination for ...