Paris Photography

[rssilverandlight]

grunblack -

You are very welcome.

Your post reminded me how important it is to take your
camera manual with you when you travel. Inevitably,
something comes up that you need to find out.

[rssilverandlight]

Another thought about your photography.

These days, most cameras are powered by batteries; either rechargeable or alkaline.

Many digital camera, particularly if you use the flash a lot or use
the monitor a lot, eat alkaline batteries very quickly. You can take a lot with you (heavy) or you can buy them in Paris.

On the other hand, in might be prudent, to take 2 rechargeable
batteries and the small recharging unit. You can use one while
the other is charging.

Although rechargeable batteries can be expensive, they tend
to be a good value in the long run.

[rssilverandlight]

Truffaut -

Thank you for your suggestion regarding vintage photography
equipment on rue des Batignolles in the 17th. I have it
on my list when I am in Paris the end of September.

I couldn't help noticing that there is a street parallel
to rue des Batignolles called rue Truffaut.

[annettecinca]

rssilverandlight said:

I couldn't help noticing that there is a street parallel to rue des Batignolles called rue Truffaut.

That's the street his apartment is on (shhh!) ;) Which explains how he knows the area so well! I just ran across another street named Rue Francois Truffaut out by Bercy, and of course thought of you-know-who.

[Truffaut]

Yes, we once had a shuttle driver try to make us get out on rue François Truffaut. We explained that there was another rue Truffaut, but he said absolutely not (as if we didn't know perfectly well where we live....). Ever since, I always specify the arrondissement to a driver any time I get in.

Randy--you might find some rather striking photographic opportunities in the neighborhood, as well. I'd specifically recommend Square des Batignolles, place du Dr Félix-Lobligeois, and perhaps what's left of the railyards leading from Gare St-Lazare (if you're interesting in something industrial).

[luckyluc]

Dans la même veine, also nearby, Cité des Fleurs villas are really unique in Paris and would do a great photography study.

[rssilverandlight]

Truffaut - I have researched rue des Martyrs and will do the same
for Square des Batignolles, place du Dr Félix-Lobligeois and
will do the same for luckyluc's suggestions of Dans la même veine
and Cité des Fleurs.

Someone emailed me www.thisfrenchlife.com website
which featured my images under Photos and Paintings
of France. The cite was very complimentary. Out of the
blue, rather nice.

[Anne]

Randy, you misunderstood Lucky . "Dans la même veine" isn't an area in Paris, it is a French expression meaning something like "talking about the same kind of things" .

[rssilverandlight]

Thanks Anne,


It is now very obvious that my french does not go
much beyond Bonjour !

It is a good thing I am also not visually impaired.

[Shoesy]

There's a very similar expression in English: "in the same vein"

[rssilverandlight]

This is too good not to be shared !

I received an email from a women in New York who had
seen the B&W infrared images on my new website
rssilverandlight.com
It's a prelude to my upcoming book,
THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE: IMAGES OF A SPECIAL LIGHT.

She said that "when your book comes out I am going to
buy a coffee table to put under it ! "

[Shoesy]

Randy - I believe that's the ultimate compliment a photographer can receive.

[rssilverandlight]

Robin -

I would like to thank very much you for featuring my photography
in your blog

www.mymelange.net/mymelange/2007/09/francein-a-diff.html

Another year and we miss meeting each other in Paris; this time
it is by ONLY 1 DAY.

Next year I will have an autographed copy of my book for you !

[rssilverandlight]

I have just returned from photographing in Paris following
a two week trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg. I thought
I would be exhausted but quite the opposite - Paris was
still as energizing as it was my first 5 visits when I was
photographing for my upcoming book.
Yes, the book is coming along. I have a publisher and
am having approximately 70 black & white infrared
images scanned for it. It is getting exciting.

Since I was shooting digital this trip I selected the Pantheon
(inside and the 360 degree view from on high covering the
entire city) and L'Orangerie, the first year it has been open
since I started coming to Paris in 2000.

As usual I am happy to share images, both of Paris
and Russia. Send me your email and I'll send them along.

My email is [e-mail]

The FRENCH LANDSCAPE: IMAGES OF A SPECIAL LIGHT
website is rssilverandlight.com

p.s. Next trip I hope to have time to photograph in the
areas recommended by Truffuat and others.

[rssilverandlight]

Gitte -

Now THAT'S what I call linear perspective !
I hope you really like it too.
Can you go back to the LEFT side of the road with your mobile
phone and take the same picture ? Let me know which side
of the road you like best.

Randy

[sandy]

I found this website, it is a rather strange site with pictures not only from Paris but from many cities. The site looks original but I think the pictures are nothing exceptional, what do you think?

www.letstakepictures.info/index.php#france-paris:8

[rssilverandlight]

Hi Sandy -

Initially the subject, quality or style of photographs from someone
learning photography is not as important as developing a photographic eye. This can only happen in the environment
around them with the possibilities of subjects at hand.
It take a short time for some people and a long time
for others (or never).

Concepts of linear perspective, foreground framing, orientation,
composition, cropping, 1/3 2/3, the rule of 3rds, a photograph
within a photograph take a LOT of practice.

As Ansel Adams said to me some 37 years ago during a break
in a class at his home, " Randy if you can't see it, you can't photograph it".

Gitte is really on track and your photographs and Becky's are excellent.

I too, look forward to more and more quality images on Our Paris.

[rssilverandlight]

Hi Gitte -

Thanks for the courtyard photograph.

A lot of the time there is nothing you can do except move on.
If it's people in the way and you really like the image
you need to wait. The longest wait for me was in Bath,
England where I waited for 45 minutes for people to
get out of MY PICTURE of the Roman Bath.
Sometimes I just photograph a building and tip the
camera upwards just above the tourist's heads.

One thing that helps with foreground framing is to have
it dark. If that were the case with your residential
courtyard, the eye would move past it to your building
without stopping to look at the details in the wall.
(a good candidate for photoshop).
Annette's avatar of the Eiffel Tower is a good example
(I have that photograph framed and in my dining room).

The book is moving along, I have a publisher, the specs
and have almost all of the negatives carded and
ready to send to my digital lab for his res scanning.

Keep at it and share what else you do with your mobile camera.

Randy

[GitteK]

NO MORE PHOTO QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD.
Please see new Travel Photography Help section !

www.ourparisforum.com/index.cgi?board=photographyhelp