If you do see a picture of the subject below on another website or photo sharing sitevening. The reason for it ? Seasoned street photographer Peter Turnley had taken his workshop students on an outing. As for the story of the man below, I don't really know it. I already shot him yesterday while he […]

A light wind blows over the Tuileries Garden ponds. Many sailors elected to stay home, indeed who would want to board a ship in the middle of a storm. (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 50mm Summicron at F8.0, 1/500, ISO160

By looking at the picture below, can you tell whether the I witnessed both sides of an encounter between friends ?  Or were they two independent scenes whose reality was twisted by a reflection ?   (click on pictures for high res) Sigma DP2 at 41mm, F5.0, 1/250, ISO160

By the Seine river, the waiters seem to have trouble finding their customers in this virtual patchwork. (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 60mm Hexanon at F1.4, 1/2000, ISO160

I am not sure whether this street lamp tells jokes, but it surely does make people laugh.  (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 50mm Summicron at F2.0, 1/1500, ISO160

In the Louvres court, a few cooks take a break. Apparently, some of them don't seem to impressed by the chef's suggestions for the menu of the day.  (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 50mm Summicron at F4.0, 1/4000, ISO160

Though the last few postings might give that impression, this blog is not converting itself into another Sartorialist ersatz. Don't worry, it is not. Yet Paris is also about fashion and glamour, and therefore represent a theme I like to include in my pictures. As you might know, the Sartorialist hunt the streets, in search […]

It's 10am on a Thursday morning. The usually busy streets of Montmartre are still deserted. Inside a bar, a man leans against a table. He probably does not feel like talking, at least not to the barman. Or he is just waiting for his friends to arrive, one by one. A daily ritual. I love […]

Paris is a unique city, you walk past a corner of a street and suddenly you feel thrown back in time. The times of Coco Chanel ? (click on picture for high res) Leica M9 with 50mm Summicron at F2.0, 1/350, ISO160

Often wrongly considered as a gimmick in street photography, the capability to blur backgrounds (or foregrounds) is to the contrary a wonderful creative tool when used appropriately. To illustrate it, let's have a look at two similar pictures taken in Paris by Notre Dame. In both cases, the focus was set on the little girl […]