I couldn’t contain my excitement when I reached Venice. I felt like a school boy in a candy shop, skipping along the canals in wonderment at the floating city.

It is so surreal that I need to remind myself that it in’t an amusement park, it is a vibrant living breathing city, and it is incredibly photogenic.

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I couldn’t contain my excitement when I reached Venice. I felt like a school boy in a candy shop, skipping along the canals in wonderment at the floating city

I was accompanied by a photographer Anna Volpi. I must admit I was excited to have her experienced hand guiding me around this complex labyrinth of squares, canals and quarters

We planned our visit to coincide with the first day of Carnivale and the whole city was in a festive mood

Brilliantly decorated gondolas floated down the Grand Canal and along the streets and in the Plaza Saint Marco one could spy locals dressed to the nines in decorative costumes

Unlike the Captain Jack sparrow who will charge you for a photo

These Carnivale attendees didn’t expect any money for a photograph, rather the opposite as they were happily posing for photographs and exposing their wonderful costumes

I had to break myself away from the flurry of activity around the Square as Anna had a few places she wanted to take me to so we could capture the sunset

As soon as the sky broke into a passionate red and then into a smooth pink I had set up my camera and was snapping away

It is hard to deny the popularity of shooting at this time of the night

Night fell and once more we were on the move to cast our eyes over the water to the San Giorgio Maggiore

The reflection of the full moon over the calm waters was perfect and helped to give my images balance. Before I knew it, it was time to leave

With so much excitement it was amazing how fast the day went. I couldn’t thank Anna enough as I am sure I wouldn’t have seen even a quarter as much if I wasn’t in her capable hands

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