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I used only the basics for equipment, one camera body and one prime
lens—a 24mm f1.4. Keeping it simple allows me to travel light, focus on
using one tool, so I’m able to savor the freshness of an unexplored
city. Paris is a tourist destination, so the challenge was not only to
make images, but also to do so without the clutter of the masses,
trying to keep each image as graphic as possible.
How
successful these images are is a matter of taste, but for me they are
memories of a different kind, more experience than photograph, more
postcard than reality—they simply make me smile.
Do you have any
postcards that you’d like to share on this post? If you do, submit a
comment alerting me to your intention, then upload your image via the Your Shot page. Include the keyword ParisBlog
(no spaces) along with the other relevant information needed to submit
a Your Shot image; I’ll then add your image to the others in this post.
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Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
These are just wonderful. Especially the tubes and the tower in the distance.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Thank you for sharing these beauties.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
wow these images are exceptional; I quess you are senior editor at the NGM for a reason :-P
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Wow...i've see and learn a lot of things for an amatir like me. Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures...it's means a lot.;)
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
The Notre dame and Venus pictures are excellent. Congrats on those images.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
I love the birds most of all. The photo seems alive. Thank you for posting this. I am learning a lot.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
I loved your pictures of Paris, especially the picture of the Louvre with the birds flying in the background. Even though I had an old camera when I visited France, Belgium, and Holland, I think I also got some interesting pictures! Here is the link to my blog post to where you can see my pictures: http://amylynneadams.blogspot.com/2008/05/enchanting-european-vacation.html
I am just getting into photography myself and have purchased a new camera that has been taking amazing shots. You may also see other pictures on my blog at: http://amylynneadams.blogspot.com
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Quite inspiring pictures the ones you featured. Every time I visit Paris is a new opportunity to find new places and angles all the time, in every season.
A new time to learn always more about classic photography.
Cursos De Intercambio - França
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Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Paris is one of my favorite cities in the world,and I enjoyed finding your postcards!
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
great shots! I am new to NGM and am having a wonderfully inspiring time viewing and sharing photos all over the world. My shot of Paris includes a contraversial Anglo/Franco rivallry with not one but 4 St Georges 'invading' the Eiffel tower!
Jill Griffin
www.jillgriffin-fineart.com
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Beautiful simple minimalist kind of pictures! I have some of my own taken recently in Paris.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
These are fantastic, such amazing use of alternative angles etc. But I have to ask about the last one, of the Mona Lisa, in The Louvre. Did you have to get special permission to photograph the painting or have they changed the rules,since there are less professional cameras in the picture as well?
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
You still got it! The eye that is. All those meetings haven't wrung all the life out of you yet...
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Thanks for sharing this amazing pictures..
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Simplicity is beautiful..a great lesson for we aspiring photographers here, that it's not the equipment but the Eye that matters the most. Thanks..they are inspiring..most beautiful n timeless.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Unbelievable shots. I have a Paris postcard of l'arc de triomphe that i will upload too.
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Simply awesome pictures!
Thanks for sharing!
Oct 6, 2008 7PM #
Great photos you have! Awesome.
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