Home, sweet home
On my way onto Ile Saint Louis tonight I took this picture of Notre Dame and part of the island. I tweaked it with film grain and tint to make up for the darkness and the noise. I do like the cloud-covered sky.
I should probably take a photography class at some point in my life. Real photographers are probably wondering what I am thinking.
Radio silence
I decided from the outset that I’d only post pictures taken that day, and now I’m experiencing a short dry spell with the photos. This is really because it has rained two of the last three days (and the lighting inside my apartment is horrible), and the other day in the middle there, I had a migraine. Wah, wah, blah, blah, suck it up and take some pictures in Paris! I know. I’ll get back to work right away, sir. Sorry to bother you, sir.
Happy baby
It’s sometimes hard to catch a baby laughing on film, so I’m always glad when I do. For one thing, it’s proof they don’t hate me. (Kidding!) For another thing, it captures that moment when you can look at a child and forget the rest of the world.
Here, Roxy had decided there was nothing funnier than me piling all the blocks up in her lap. Look at me with that smile on your face, and I’m convinced.
Hidden gems
I love the passages and galleries and other little alleyways between buildings in Paris. I always feel I’ve stepped into a secret little world. This photograph reinforces that feeling in every possible way for me. I took it on a whim in the Cours du Commerce Saint Andre and promptly forgot it existed. Finding it in my photos returned me to that sense of discovery.
Ancient gazebo at Buttes-Chaumont
Today we walked to Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (oh yes, we walked!) and the literal high point of the day was this gazebo. I wandered off the trail to take this picture through the trees.
Though the day started off with a dreary white sky, around 3 pm the blue shone through. By the time we reached the top of this hill, the sky was clear of clouds. It looked like a beautiful spring day; check out the buds and flowers on the trees!
Shrimp, shrimp, and more shrimp
When I pulled out my camera to photograph this seafood stand on Rue de Buci, Elizabeth said, “I knew you were going to do that.” It did look enticing though, both to the eye and the stomach!
Table for two in the tropics
Such a gray day in Paris makes for the perfect time for me to experiment with color saturation. This table for two in the overcast city now looks almost tropical!
A little illumination
I like the way this tree seems to have light caught in its branches like a spiderweb tangled in its hair. I made sure to get the Place Camille Claudel sign in there for my friend Elizabeth who is doing her dissertation on the work of Paul Claudel. Voila!
The famous Paris Metro
I enjoy the stylized Metro signs as much as any other tourist to Paris. (I wonder do the locals appreciate them the way we do?) As someone from a young country, I see them (like so much else) as a juxtaposition between the old and the new. (That’s not to say they’re that old, compared to the long history of France.) Here is a Paris Metro sign and a stoplight, viewed from the bottom of the stairs at the Duroc Metro:
