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On a beautiful Thursday evening after finishing work I decided to walk to Chatelet station to catch the RER out to the airport instead of taking the Metro.  This was the right decision as there were plenty of people out enjoying the sunshine in the Jardin des Tuileries.  This offered me the perfect opportunity for a spot of street photography with the Fujifilm X100. The Jardin des Tuileries are located between the Louvre and Place de La Concorde.   Created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution. In the 19th and 20th century, it was the place where Parisians celebrated, met, promenaded, and relaxed.   CLICK HERE for more on the Jardins des Tuileries With the X100 I set about capturing a number of candid images.  The X100 is perfect for this type of photography and with its silent leaf shutter and 'old tourist came...

Pont Neuf  Pont Neuf (New Bridge) is the oldest surviving bridge across the River Seine in Paris with construction starting in 1578 by King Henri III.  The plans for the bridge were drawn up 22 years early during the reign of Henri's father, Henri II, but opposition from the merchants of the city delayed the start of this new crossing.   The bridge wasn't actually opened until 1607 during the reign of Henri IV but it marked the end of the medieval style of bridge building because Pont Neuf had no shops or houses on it.  Over the years the bridge has been altered and restored but it is essentially as it was 400 years ago. Along each side of the bridge 380 faces have been carved in stone and set facing the river.  In addition the lamp posts all have the same four faces cast into the base and these stretch from the north bank near the Louvre to the south side of the river. Using the Fuji X-Pro1 and the Fujinon 35mm f1.4 lens I captured a set of images sh...

Continuing my whistle stop tour of Paris on my many trips to the City of Light, I had to take a detour past the Louvre to catch the Metro to the office.  I wasn't going to take any images around the Lourve as I intend to go back on my next trip to Paris to spend some time there.   BUT I spotted this shot as the low sun hit the top of the pyramid structure in the centre of the courtyard.   The symmetry between the modern and the old part of the Lourve caught my eye and this is the resulting image.  Image taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon 35mm f1.4 lens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support this blog - thank you for helping ------------------------------------------------------------...