Paris Photography

[rssilverandlight]

I am very excited to tell you that I have a publisher for my book,
THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE: IMAGES OF A SPECIAL LIGHT.
It will be a hard bound art book with 50-60 black & white
infrared photographs of Paris and the surrounding areas.

I will have my new website up in about two weeks with 18
of the images included.

Please send me your email address and I will send you the URL.

My email address is [e-mail]

Comments are always welcome.

[Jody]

HI Randy and welcome,

I'll look forward to your photos. One thing I really wish I could do is take great pictures. I may have a lot of questions for you.

Now off to see your blog!

Jody

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Wow, congratulations Randy! The pictures on your blog are wonderful, and I can only imagine a whole book!

[rssilverandlight]

Thanks for your kind replies.

For me it comes in three parts:

1. Creating the images a real joy
2. Getting it published a real pain
3. Sharing it a real joy

I'm glad the joy is 2 out of 3 !

[rssilverandlight]

Hi Jody -

I'm here for you with any photography questions from
now until September 16 and after October 4.

In the interim I will be in Russia and Paris,
you guessed it - photographing.

[Jody]

We're heading to NC too in about 3 weeks and then to Paris in Nov.


I just looked at your blog..your pictures are sensational..they match your name

[Darcy]

Hi Randy,

Beautiful photos, thank you for sharing them!

I love to take photos in Paris, and anywhere, however mine are definitely more quantity than quality!

[geordy]

Nice to see you here Randy and I look forward to more of your photos!

[Truffaut]

Randy,
The next time you're in Paris, you should visit the vintage photographic equipment boutique on rue des Batignolles in the 17th. I can't remember the name or address, but it's on the right side as you walk toward the church that anchors one end of the street, and is 2 or 3 blocks from the church. The neighborhood is very artsy and there are several other photography studios around.

[rssilverandlight]

Thank you Truffaut, what a great idea.

My grandfather and my mother were both professional
photographers. I began working with my grandfather
in 1950 (he began the business in 1926).
I'm afraid that when I go to the studios you mentioned
I will be very familiar with some of the equipment.

A favor - could you point me in the direction of how
to place an avatar

Thanks again

[rssilverandlight]

Annette, Susan, Jody and Darcy,

Thank you for your email addresses and you should
have the 21 B&W infrared images by now.
As soon as I have the URL to my new French Landscape
website I will pass it on.

[annettecinca]

Thank you, Randy! I got them and they are amazing!

There are directions for adding an avitar in this old thread:

www.ourparisforum.com/index.cgi?board=technical&action=display&thread=1179758972

You can open your own Photobucket account and upload your own photo if you'd rather

[Jody]

Thanks so much, Randy!

Got them this morning and every single one is beautiful!

[Truffaut]

Randy, you'll need to upload an avatar image to PhotoBucket or a similar hosting site. You can then go into your account for this forum and paste the image code into the avatar field. If you go to the "Technical Questions" part of this forum, you'll find a very detailed description of how to add an avatar.

[grunblack]

Hi Randy, welcome! Would you be able to provide one (or two!) pieces of advice on what to consider in photo composition, I would love to be able to take some wonderful pictures while we are in Paris in October. Thank you for any advice you can give.

[cybee]

Randy,
Thanks so much for sharing your excellent photos! Obviously you employ lighting, etc. techiques with special skill! I look forward to seeing more of our beloved Paris via your pics! How fun it must be to be able to capture Paris like that!

[rssilverandlight]

Hi grunblack-

I'm pleased to share some ideas that might be of help to you
in your photography.

As Ansel Adams said to me in a workshop in the late 60's,
"Randy, if you can't see it, you can't photograph it."

1. THE RULE OF 3RDS - Pretend your viewfinder has tic-tac-toe lines
on it. Try not to put your subject in the middle, it is generally
stagnant and boring. Put your subject at any of the intersecting
lines.
2. DIRECTIONALITY - Leave more room in the direction the subject
is facing, the car is going, the plane is flying, the statute is facing, etc. This way they don't look like they are going out of the picture.
3. FOREGROUND FRAMING - Shoot out of a door or window
that is darker than your subject or back up from a building
and shoot it with tree branches framing it.
4. LINEAR PERSPECTIVE - There are lines all over the place
that can be incorporated to draw the viewer into the picture.
Fences, curbs, sidewalk lines or lines that a shadows
of something else makes.
5. VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL - It's funny, 90% of the things
in the world are vertical and yet 90% of the photographs
taken are horizontal. LET THE SUBJECT DETERMINE H
(now called landscape)or V (now called portrait)
6. WATCH THE LIGHT, it's direction, intensity. It creates the
shadows, patterns, is it hard light or soft, does it work
with what you want to photograph now or should you
come back ?

I share some other things to consider in the next post.

Take care,

Randy

[annettecinca]

Randy,
These are really helpful tips! Thanks for trying to educate us

[cybee]

Randy,
Wow! Those are excellent photography tips! I do appreciate well done photos and obviously you know your stuff! Incredible you had first had first hand instruction from Ansel Adams (whose calendar graces my office each year!). Thank you so much for those photography orts of advice!

[Shoesy]

My husband is definitely not a professional photographer, but like so many others, he loves taking pictures when we're on a trip. I still haven't found a way to convince him that no photo (even of Paris) will look good if it includes somebody who doesn't feel comfortable having his picture taken. Truthfully speaking, having to pose for photos was one thing I disliked about being in Paris..........even more than that annoying blister I had on the bottom of my little toe.