At first I muttered something under my breath when this obvious touriste stepped into my shot. After seeing it again on my computer.............I had to laugh!!!
It always bothers me when someone walking in front of me when I'm trying to take a picture or a video. I do have a standard phrase I say loud enough to be heard when it happens.
I'm wondering what Starman's stock phrase is for photo-op interlopers. In this case, I'm glad you took the shot anyway—he adds a certain je ne sais quoi to the composition!
We all like the shot -- and your tourist. (I read the text b/4 the photo downloaded, and thought you wrote tortoise. Had a whole different image in mind.)
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.
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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Classic! I think the tourist really adds something, and gives it scale. I wonder what he was looking at.
Kind of looks like the subject in the painting, sans beard!!!
I laughed, too! "Strike a pose."
I am glad you didnt delete it ...
It always bothers me when someone walking in front of me when I'm trying to take a picture or a video. I do have a standard phrase I say loud enough to be heard when it happens.
I'm wondering what Starman's stock phrase is for photo-op interlopers. In this case, I'm glad you took the shot anyway—he adds a certain je ne sais quoi to the composition!
That's funny! He definitely adds an extra element to the image!
We all like the shot -- and your tourist. (I read the text b/4 the photo downloaded, and thought you wrote tortoise. Had a whole different image in mind.)
That is actually quite good with him there! And, it gives perspective on how big the sign is!
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