"Quite a Lady!"
(I still pinch myself over this one!)
"With Her Head in the Clouds"
"Blue Doors"
The fetish continues...
"La Chanteuse"
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About Me
- 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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French Sites J'adore
- Auberge Chez Richard
- Carla Loves Photography
- Champagne and Macarons
- FInding Noon
- French Cravings
- French Essence
- French Girl in Seattle
- French Rendez-vous
- God I Love Paris
- Growing Berries
- Hip Paris
- Little Brown Pen
- Lost In Arles
- Lost in Cheeseland
- Love in the City of Lights
- Ma Vie Française
- Magic Lantern Show
- Manger
- Paris and Beyond
- Parisien Salon
- Peter's Paris
- Southern Fried French
- The French Basketeer
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14 comments:
Merveilleux!! The singer photo is quite wonderful, with her (seemingly) audience of one. I love the doors -- what is it about these? They are just so intriguing. And any view of La Tour is always a feast for the heart and soul.
This is some selection, Virginia. The cigar (?) lady is, indeed, to die for. How tempted were you to crop off the bike rider? The blue door plus bicycle is drop-dead gorgeous - especially the tawdriness of it! However, the chanteuse is so tender and so emotional. They are both giving out - and the steps and the building create a gulf between them. Just terrific ... terrific ...
J'adore! If I could tell you why in French, I'd give you so many reasons about angles and colors...But you've said "No French today"...;-))
Oh I am open to cropping on the cigar lady. I think I even tried it. I like the bike for some reason but don't like the walker but it's awkward getting her out. I personally think she was the catch of the trip. The singer was giving it everything she had. While not terribly good, we gave her an A for effort!
Alice, let me have it in French I will see what I can do with it! You got a work out yesterday n'est pas?
V
Blue door and bike. I have mentioned this to Dusty Lens but bicycles and photography go hand in hand, old pushbikes are best. Singing lady, very brave. Top shot how many stories could you weave around that lady. Don't even ask me to cast my critical eye or professional opionion over the Paris pics blog, it's my virtual tourism and I'm thoroughly enjoing.
One day maybe I will go to Paris and see all the beauty you have captured in your photographs!! They are all wonderful!
Terrific. I love them all. Thank you for the sneak preview of what to expect. So much better than the travel books I've been devouring.
My Paris countdown:10 more days!
My friend Carolyn, who is an artist, went to France for a year to look for peace and inspiration. When she came back she had only pieces of wood, bark, nails and such in her suitcase with no idea of what to do next...
For years ahead she produced beautiful beautiful 3D doors to hang of walls.
Virginia your angles are marvelous.
Love your first pic! Have you made it up to the top level?
Fantastic! Today I have a favourite: the 1st one with the smoking lady! The composition is brilliant! I really like the 'extras', each one moving in a different way on the right place :-)
Love the chanteuse photo. Bravo! The bike photo is also wonderful. I'm loving this new blog Virginia.
I imagine a person could make a lifelong hobby of photographing doors in Paris.
More doors for me! Merci! And the singer, oh, one can simply stop and sing on the steps in Paris - but my guess is she's probably a trained opera singer, being grand.
I adore these pictures, I'm really glad you set up this blog,if I had a chapeau I'd take it off to you! By the way, you do seem to be stalking an awful lot of men on trips!
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