Notre Dame
I spent yesterday wandering around Notre Dame, shooting the cathedral and surrounding areas. Here I am, cleverly disguised as a tourist. Don't you envy me the sly and daring use of a floppy hat and glasses to amp up my dorkiness? I'm a darer.
I'm not happy with how most of my shots came out, actually. Here's one of the best. For some reason, that's a hard building to capture. It's so huge that either the building looks crooked or the horizon does when you try to fit it in the viewfinder. Also, the sun was horrible and I had trouble seeing the LCD screen. So several times, I just guessed. Which you can tell. Also, I was trying to keep the millions of tourists out of my photos, which is really hard, because you wait forever for a clear shot, and just as you finally get one, someone walks literally right in front of you just as you squeeze the shutter. Like, right in front of you. Two feet in front of you. I know they're tourists, but HELLO. I'm right here, with a camera up against my face. Walk behind me or give me a second, for crying out loud. Paris is not the place to go if you lack patience or don't like people.
I went into this little medieval neighborhood next to Notre Dame which Baron Hausmann managed not to bulldoze in his zeal for widening the streets and creating space in Paris. The streets there are just about wide enough for a small car. I don't think my 1990 Honda Civic would fit. It's funny watching drivers try to get their car around the corners. The house on the right side of this photo is where Heloise and Abelard carried out their ill-fated affair. It's grey in real life and located at 10, rue Chanoinesse.
This is Notre Dame from quai de la Tournelle, shot over the Pont au Double. This is one of my few shots that came out well. Too bad you can't really see Notre Dame...
I had one more image, of the rear of the cathedral, but Blogger must have like a 4 image limit per day, because it keeps cutting me off from using the image function, even just to link to more. It's frustrating, but if you want to see Notre Dame from behind, talk to freaking Blogger. My emails go totally unanswered except for form letters that assume I didn't read the FAQ and don't address my problem.
Au revoir,
Jenie
I'm not happy with how most of my shots came out, actually. Here's one of the best. For some reason, that's a hard building to capture. It's so huge that either the building looks crooked or the horizon does when you try to fit it in the viewfinder. Also, the sun was horrible and I had trouble seeing the LCD screen. So several times, I just guessed. Which you can tell. Also, I was trying to keep the millions of tourists out of my photos, which is really hard, because you wait forever for a clear shot, and just as you finally get one, someone walks literally right in front of you just as you squeeze the shutter. Like, right in front of you. Two feet in front of you. I know they're tourists, but HELLO. I'm right here, with a camera up against my face. Walk behind me or give me a second, for crying out loud. Paris is not the place to go if you lack patience or don't like people.
I went into this little medieval neighborhood next to Notre Dame which Baron Hausmann managed not to bulldoze in his zeal for widening the streets and creating space in Paris. The streets there are just about wide enough for a small car. I don't think my 1990 Honda Civic would fit. It's funny watching drivers try to get their car around the corners. The house on the right side of this photo is where Heloise and Abelard carried out their ill-fated affair. It's grey in real life and located at 10, rue Chanoinesse.
This is Notre Dame from quai de la Tournelle, shot over the Pont au Double. This is one of my few shots that came out well. Too bad you can't really see Notre Dame...
I had one more image, of the rear of the cathedral, but Blogger must have like a 4 image limit per day, because it keeps cutting me off from using the image function, even just to link to more. It's frustrating, but if you want to see Notre Dame from behind, talk to freaking Blogger. My emails go totally unanswered except for form letters that assume I didn't read the FAQ and don't address my problem.
Au revoir,
Jenie
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