Vienna, Austria, Easter 2016
Just a small post about the recent trip to Vienna over the extended Easter weekend.
Vienna is the capital, and primary city, in Austria with a population of 1.8 million. Until the beginning of the 20th century it was the largest German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I the city had 2 million inhabitants. Today it has the second largest number of German speakers after Berlin. It's city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Apart from being regarded as the City of Music because of its musical legacy, Vienna is also said to be "The City of Dreams" because it was home to the world's first psycho-analyst – Sigmund Freud
day 1 - Lugeck
Day one was the typical very long first day, but with a bit of time to get our bearings on the city after finding our hotel. With the weather against us, we headed to the center of town for a stroll.
Pick of the day has the Johannes Gutenberg statue in front of the Regensburger Hof building home of the Lugeck tavern.
Day 2 started with the sun barging in through the windows, setting the mood for the day. Vienna looks great in sunshine. All the opulence of the gold plated monuments around the town center shine, and you feel you are in a city that at some point in time was the center of the world. We just spent the day walking around town, starting with the Austrian Parliament building.
day 2 - Republik Österreich Parlament
Day 3 was dedicated to the majestic Schonbrunn Palace, and thankfully had a glorious sunshine to make it a great day out in the gardens. Going up to the Gloriette for a light lunch is always a good idea, as it seats on top of a hill and has some of the best views of the city.
day 3 - Schloss Schönbrunn Gloriette
Day 4 saw the return of the clouds and the cold weather, but still had some sunshine moments. One of the must see places, the City Hall at the Rathausplatz, was the obvious choice to start the last day since it was a 5 min walk from the hotel. Visiting the Johann Strauss statue at the Stadtpark was the next stop, and a walk about the park is recommended if you like art-nouveau.
day 4 - Johann Strauß Denkmal
So, why is this post called Dailies from Wien, Österreich?
Well the second part is self explanatory, just the original name of Vienna and Austria, but the term dailies is not so common.
Dailies, in filmmaking, is the raw, unedited footage shot during the making of a motion picture. They are so called because usually at the end of each day, that day's footage is developed, synced to sound, and printed on film in a batch (or telecined onto video tape or disk) for viewing the next day by the director and some members of the film crew. However, the term can be used to refer to any raw footage, regardless of when it is developed or printed.(from wikipedia)
And It is a term I always liked to describe the rough first choice I tend to make every night at the hotel after a day shooting. Although they are not raw images, I always go through my dailies preset, they do represent a very raw perspective of the day just so I can post something from the day.
More on my dailies processing on a future post...