I was in Paris a few weekends ago to visit my parents. I took the opportunity to walk around Paris for a few days.
I had to wait a while to get people and the pigeon in the right place.
Walking under the arches
On Library Lending Cards
Warning: this is photography-adjacent only.
Sometimes I buy second hand books. Either on Amazon or on local markets. Mostly because when you buy a lot of books it becomes expensive. Especially photography books. And I need the money for photography and astronomy. On occasion, these books come from libraries that have closed or that have sold some of their stock of rarely borrowed books to replace them with books people prefer.
I love when these books still contain their date stamped lending cards.
Is Substack Just a Bunch of Echo Chambers?
I’m still trying to identify why I like Substack so much more than other social platforms. So navel gazing warning is in place.
One of the things that annoyed me with Substack is the fact that the various people writing on it do so for duplicates of themselves.
Exploring Street Photography in Paris
I’m not a street photographer. Part of it is that I live in the middle of nowhere and we don’t really have streets. I was in Paris at the weekend to visit my parents, so I experimented a bit.
An Obsession with Details
Sometimes, photography reminds me of scientific research. Both disciplines demand an intense focus on minute details, adhering to conventions that outsiders rarely understand, communicating in a formalized way, and both often seem incomprehensible to the general public.
What happened to Rita Carl?
During my last visit in Paris, I went to a Richard Avedon exhibition at the Cartier-Bresson Foundation.
The Case for Printing Photographs in the Digital Age
In our modern world of unlimited cloud storage and high-capacity hard drives, the practice of printing photographs might seem antiquated. Yet, this traditional approach to preserving memories remains not just relevant but crucial, particularly when considering the long-term preservation of our visual heritage.
Another walk
With the spring definitively here (though some cold weather last week), I go for walks outside more often. This time I took with me the Canon 5DII with 50mm f/1.8 lens for a change.
The fields are covered in wee daisies.
Pedant, moi?
Sometimes people call me pedantic because I insist on defining things precisely. I don’t do it for pleasure. I do it because it’s important and it helps understand things.
I Hate Photography Challenges. But I Like Them
I hate photography challenges. They just don’t work for me. But I also desperately want to take part.
