Sunday, February 5, 2012
Cimetière de Saint-Denis
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Last month, Genie, Holly, Peter and I joined Owen ( Magic Lantern Show) and his delightful wife Anne, for a day touring Basilique Saint-Denis. Owen is a lover of French cemeteries, so after we toured the church, he took us a few short blocks to the municipal cemetery. It was late and we only had about 15 minutes to get our photos, but we took advantage of the opportunity until the guard shooed us away. We adjourned to a local café for coffee, tea and chocolat chaud. The perfect ending to a lovely day.
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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.
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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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16 comments:
What a wonderful day Virginia ....and to spend it with blogger friends is extra special. I don't remember noticing the Victor Hugo quote at the top of your site before.. But I just love it .... oh ! How true.
Beautiful pic.
Eerie image...
God bless you!
Cezar
I agree - it’s a fabulous way to end a day. Cemeteries are full of photo opportunities. A great image.
Bonne semaine
That cross is so ornate...certainly not what we are used to here. I love the way you have caught the light on the trees behind..almost like flames licking around the feet of those angels. Great shot V.
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the cross and the lighting is perfect!
Wow that is gorgeous.
I am trying to figure out how you and Genie decided who got the shoot? Did you call out. "This one's mine?"
Virginia, the cross, so gorgeous, and the dusk lighting, a great capture!!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Perfect lighting for this photo op.
Beautiful details on the cross Virginia, the two angels near the bottom are lovely in Silhouette! Perfect light as the sun's going down.
Religious symbols are not my thing, but this is nice.
You have a really ornate cross here, Virginia. Another magical day in Paris: Click. Eat. Click. Drink. Click. Eat again. Click. Drink again.
A heavenly photo with a magical memory, V de B!
You may not have had much time, but you still got the perfect shot!
Jack has it all figured out.
Janey, well Genie are most likely going to post a number of photos that we both shot. Hopefully not on the same day, but you never know!
It was a wonderful day with friends and we loved getting to know Owen and his wife. Has Jack been spying on us? How did he know? hehehe!
This is gorgeous and your lighting and focus is perfect!
I do love cemetery pics...especially ones that turn out as lovely as this one!
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