Category Archives: Paris

Paris: Firemen of rue Saint-Honoré

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Les

My philosophy of life can be summed up as: if you don’t play, you can’t win. The best photos are created when the photographer is engaged with the subject.  With people, it means connecting, even briefly, and generating a sharing … Continue reading →

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The Copyist: Resurrecting Old Negatives

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Les

The Copyist was taken in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, in 1991. I prefer using available light which in this case was a mix of fluorescent and heavily overcast daylight. The painter is reproducing Women Ironing by Degas. At the … Continue reading →

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Traffic on the Place de la Concorde

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Les

I’ve been working on a post about the impact of the Japanese woodblock printers on artists in Paris around the turn of the 20th Century and how, even today, I still feel that creative energy. One artist in particular interests … Continue reading →

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Homage to Henri Cartier-Bresson

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Les

On occasion, I intentionally take a photo that reflects the work of another photographer. Homage to Henri Cartier-Bresson is such a photo. With it I pay respect to a photographer whose images have given me great pleasure and taught me … Continue reading →

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