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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
Paris je t'aime
I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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- God I Love Paris
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- Hip Paris
- Little Brown Pen
- Lost In Arles
- Lost in Cheeseland
- Love in the City of Lights
- Ma Vie Française
- Magic Lantern Show
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- Paris and Beyond
- Parisien Salon
- Peter's Paris
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10 comments:
Virginia, do you think there is a difference in photographic style in your two main blogs? Not to do with content/topic but the way that you shoot and what it is that you choose to post?
HA, Julie I really don't know if there is or not. Maybe Paris has more opportunities for more interesting or striking photos than my hometown. Also at BADP, I try and focus more on community photos rather than what just appeals to my eye, although I cheat a lot!
What do you think? I'll be you have something to add and I'd love your take. P.S. If I have a "style" I sure don't know what it is!!
I enjoyed my time being here.
Paris is so beautiful.
As you said:
le coup de foudre : love at first sight
Great art-job!
I can tell it's the same photographer. As I see by your biog your're a painter first then it's the same premise. Brush strokes and camera stokes will out within our artwork. The difference is the subject matter, the b&w being a case in point the opportunity to play with your natural style shines though.
Your forte is people, the human condition and the that's where the images can be transposed between the blogs as the same photographer. The b'ham blog is a very natural you blog and that's why the people shots would sit so comfortably there where as Paris, not for the location, but the conscious change of style wouldn't.
Alert! Alert! pretentious photographer on the loose.
I suspect that Bham does not offer less to the photographer than does Paris. It is maybe, real life compared with a love affaire! I guess too that the commentary on BDPB tends to "humanise" the photo whereas just a title tends to "artise". To take an example, the images of the Parisian boys playing football/soccer was a very BDPB series of images.
I agree with Babooshka (golly!) that you are a "person" photographer: your affection for humanity reflects out of the image, eg the grump on the steps. Your best landscapes also have this effect: you take a closeup of a larger whole and require the viewer to work to understand your feelings, eg the sentinel.
I suspect that you are not at your artistic best when you think "shit I am supposed to be showing Bham to the world" and cut your cloth accordingly. And then you make a post like the damned red truck ...
Well, I am at a loss for words, which is really unusual. Maybe in my hometown I have a story to tell. In Paris, I rarely had that luxury. Maybe this next trip will afford me that opportunity. I will need to improve my French and also, be able to spend the time I'd like to get the stories I love. Merci mes amies for your insight. I look forward to Meredith Mullins' "art of the wait". Heaven!
As a candid photography guy, I really like the last shot
See what roentarre just wrote - bears out my thoughts- your forte is the human condition. Babooshka is never wrong - despite what Gary thinks.
Another door? Yes! Doors there are a work of art. I like you B&W shot with the lack of cars in it.
Holy cow DL, never even noticed that! It was a Sunday morning and it had started some snow flurries which I was unable to capture through the windows. I couldn't figure out how to get outside and then get back in! Missed photo op. Oh well.
V
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