My Spring Break 2010
The view from South Beachs' Loews Resort
Spring Break was quite the experience for me, I traveled with my family, my girlfriend, and my sister’s boyfriend. Aside from the odd cooler weather than normally expected when traveling to Florida in March preventing us from really enjoying the beach, it was quite the experience. It was actually my first vacation/trip to a bigger city since I got my camera, and according to my eight hundred plus pictures, I definitely got my use out of it. While looking forward to taking using my camera, I always look forward to the experience. I definitely got that out of our all-day bike-ride trip. I can’t exactly tell you how many miles, or where we even ended, we started off from South Beach, at the Loews Resort, and ended up on some Island I believe. It was quite the trip. Although I can’t tell you the exact mileage, I can tell you that it wore us out, and we ended up paying this Hispanic guy to take us nearly half way back in his truck with the bikes in the back. What an experience right!
I got a lot of pictures on the bike trip, probably a majority of my pictures, but like the one you see above, a lot of them also came from the skyline of Miami’s own South Beach. One thing that was really a shock to me personally was I lost my love for Miami, as far as wanting to live there. You see for years we have visited South Beach for vacation and spent several days there, and I have always been a fan of getting the best of both worlds, you have the beach and the city in one, what more could you ask for right! But, that’s not how it went down for me over break. I have finally realized why so many people have given me that look when I say I’d like to live in the “City City” when I get older. I even gave in to “they’re” saying, “It’s a great place to visit, but not somewhere I would want to live.” Yep, that’s how I’m feeling now. Although I still want to visit, because they make great Photography spots, the “City City” is not really somewhere I’m a big fan of anymore.
The Rear-View
So anyways, after South Beach we traveled to my Mom’s favorite spot, which also happens to be the “Seashell capital of the World,” Sanibel Island! I also got some crazy pics there that I’ll post below, and when we got there, well to one spot by these rocks, there was a wedding photo shoot going on! Crazy right! I snuck in a few pics of my own. See below!
Lookin Up...from the Poolside
The Beach View
On "Solid Rock"
Wave Rocks
"Fishermen's Sunset"
Wow. Your pictures are awesome! I especially liked “Fisherman’s Sunset” and “Looking up from the Poolside.” My favorite is probably “The Beach View” picture simply because of the clouds. You really have a talent with photography and I hope you use that gift in your future plans.
But anyways, I definitely know what you mean by no longer wanting to live in a city. Although I’ve never been to Miami, I have a similar experience with New York City. I love being in the hustle and bustle of a huge city and just being able to take pictures of everything I see. There are just so many angles and so many different scenes that I could spend days with my camera. After thinking about it though I just don’t think city life is for me. But I would be nice to go there whenever I get that itch to shoot. Keep up the good work!
I’m glad you had a great break with your family.
Thank you for your comment, I definitely agree with the whole city thing, and being able to snap for hours. Thank you for the encouragement.
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Those pictures look like they could be fake! Haha, and by the way, cities are wayyyyyyy over-rated. Living on the beach is the best way to live.. You don’t have to deal with the hustle and bustle life-style. I guess that’s just my personal favorite way of living because I enjoy always being on island time….hehe 😉
Thank you for the comment. And I feel like the city life is either loved or hated, depending mostly upon the age of a person, and what their hobbies consist of. Many people love the city because of the many things to do, than they seem to become so dependent upon events and things being held within the city, that they lose their natural passion for life, things like reading, and doing family-oriented activities that don’t require going out to a social event.
I really like the way you laid this post out, it is really catchy for the eye. I have only been to Miami once, and I was there for a few hours and then had to leave, so I don’t have a good feel for the city. It was interesting that you said you have kind of lost your love for the city, but I can understand that as sometimes the beauty and peace of living in more of a suburb or rural area can become nice and cozy. City life is hectic and tough and often steals away from the natural beauty at hand. Beautiful pictures you have a real eye for the lens.
Thank you for the comment, I definitely agree how one’s vision can become slightly tainted from the natural beauty that rural and suburb areas can bring. I just feel like it’s two different kinds of scenery without a doubt, but to me there is a lot of beauty within the city. More so for the person looking for natural every-day lifestyles within the city. Plus, if one is going for that artsy kind of touch, than the city is a great place to open up the lens. And although I love pictures of natural scenery, I have even a stronger passion for art, and for life, every-day life photography if that makes sense. But thanks again for the comment/compliment.
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