Posts on Paris

4 posts were published about Paris.

Winter Photos of Paris, Taken with a Film Camera

La Samaritaine, which was the BEST department store in Paris. It is now closed. I took these photos of Paris a while ago with my Canon film SLR I bought on eBay. These photos were taken all around Paris during the colder months of the year. L'Opéra Garnier de Paris. Worth the visit if you like classical music If you are visiting Paris, one of my favorite guides is National Geographic’s Paris guidebook. Read more...

Water and Peacocks in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris

Peacock in the Bois de Vincennes park in Paris, France The Bois de Vincennes is a nice park in the east edge of Paris, with a gigantic lake and nice activities. Rowboats can be rented, and children can mount ponies for a 10-min ride. The best part about this park is that it is easily accessible by subway (Metro Line 8, Porte Dorée stop); because of that, a lot of Parisians living on the east side have made it their preferred place for picnics and outdoor activities such as jogging or tanning. Read more...

Paris, in Black and White

Notre Dame, Paris Black-and-white pictures are always interesting to take. The photographer has to think about the quantity of light that will be reflected by subjects rather than colors, and composition becomes all the more important. All the pictures in this post were taken in 2012 with a Canon film SLR directly on a black-and-white film (I believe it was a Kodak T-MAX 100), except the last one which was taken in 2015 with my Canon Rebel T3i (EOS 600D) and then processed with DxO Optics Pro and DxO FilmPack. Read more...

Departure from Paris!

September the 3rd, 2012, 6:45am. I was so excited! I was going to be in Seattle in less than 16 hours! My trip to Seattle was composed of three parts : a first flight from Paris to London, then a 5-hour layover in Heathrow Airport and the final 9.5-hour flight to Seattle. The first part of my trip First step was to go to Orly Airport with my father behind the wheel and my mother at his side. Read more...