Roma Archives - Mel Curtis

Particularly Magical

Hi, Got your text and saw your FB post this morning. Neither are my preferred method of communication, so I write from here. I am glad you are finally reading Four Seasons in Rome. Charming little easy read. According to Amazon I bought my first copy in September of 2007, right before I went to Rome for my first time.…

February 21, 2023Roma

What am I looking at?

Portrait Pro software is pretty cool, especially when you do as many headshots and portraits as I do. It is a very simple way to give skin tones the spa treatment. I think it works better too, with women than men for some reason. Maybe because smoothing out men’s skin is not so fashionably desired as smoothing out a women’s…

November 9, 2022Musings, Roma, Travels, Uncategorized

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I Never Tired of that View

I taught with the UW Design in Rome Program and we had our classes at the UW Rome Center in Campo di Fiori. It was a pretty nice gig, though August in Rome is pretty hot and steamy. Teaching was fun there, students were great and I created a pretty amazing collection of images. I would always just sit and…

October 1, 2021architecture, Celebrations, Musings, Roma, Travels

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Ten Years After

This image popped up on Facebook this morning. Share your old memories they say. This was 2010 class in Rome. I was to go one last time in 2011, then called it quits. Hard to believe it has been ten years already. For maybe three or four years after that last class I would have a yearning to be in…

August 25, 2021architecture, Celebrations, Musings, Roma, Travels

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Let it Flow

Ok, let’s do Friday the 11thsay 1 or 130? I will nose around a bit more and see what I can find. I see this time and again when it comes to film and prints. Folks keep the prints, toss the negs. But the fact of the matter is the negs are the original source material and way more valuable…

May 31, 2021architecture, Celebrations, Roma, Travels

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Dub Me Brilliant

Hey John, Pure and simple, your replacement is probably cheaper. I know the loss stings, it is hard to compete when it all about the bottom line. I am slowly losing my last UW client, largely due to costs. The U hired a couple of full time photogs a few years ago and have been encouraging the schools and departments…

May 11, 2019Celebrations, Odds and Ends, Roma, Seattle, Travels, Uncategorized

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Passion and Perseverance

Thank you for taking the time to view my website. It is dated now and needs a seriously make over. Only the blog is relatively current, the rest dates to 2012 and really needs a re boot. And thank you for your kind words. My life has been an interesting journey. I did take a lot of risks, but I…

June 26, 2017Celebrations, Paris, Roma, Travels, Uncategorized

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The Big Show

June 28, 2015architecture, Celebrations, Roma, Travels

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Divert to Paris

I tend to save ticket stubs and other bits of ephemera, like boarding passes. Not collect them really, but rather stuff them into pockets of whatever coat or jacket I may have been wearing at the time and leave them there. Last week I was wearing my black linen jacket on a photo shoot and when I went to put…

May 13, 2015Paris, Roma, Travels

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Then You Remember Why it Came to an End

Just saying hello, Seems like forever since we chatted. Everything ok in you world? Lavelle asked me about processing some photos and said they were working with a different designer. That you had things to take care of. Is everything ok? I hope so. We last chatted around the time of your sister’s death and I hope the sadness…

July 29, 2014architecture, Celebrations, Odds and Ends, Roma, Travels