A Thursday in April in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

I spent a very pleasant morning walking around observing people going about their daily routines in Jerez de la Frontera. My camera of choice was my Canon 6D with an older Lensbaby Composer fitted with a star burst shaped aperture, that's how the points of light in some of the images have a star burst shape, all done by the camera... and the photographer. Sometimes a happy mistake :-)

The blurred edges are a result of the Lensbaby lens, an effect I enjoy playing with.

The outdoor market is always my favorite place and happens every morning in Jerez.

This baby's grandfather gave me permission to take the photo. I love the baby's 'who are you?' look.

First visit to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Jerez de la Frontera will be our home for nearly 3 weeks when we leave Seville. We'll meet friends there for photography and good times and wanted to see what will be our home while we're there. Even though I wasn't focused on finding images, we were visiting with our landlord and getting a feel for the town, I'm still happy with what I captured. Lots of possibilities in Jerez!

Plaza del Arenal in Jerez with 3 textures applied in Photoshop.

We just ran into these men waiting to get into their church, nice scene!

The church across the street from where we will be living.

Our gracious host, Jose, invited us for a dram of sherry in what will soon be our temporary home.

Jose walked us through the streets to a restaurant for lunch.

Plaza in Jerez.

Getting set up for lunch.

We had a great lunch here!

So did these locals.

 Bring your dogs, bring the children....

...playing hide and seek while the parents linger over lunch.

Another recommended place for later.

The Jerez Cathedral.

 Tio Pepe. Jerez is famous for it's sherry, flamenco and white horses.