Paris Street Photography

Fine Art Photography - Paris, France

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Emily and I recently took a trip to Paris, France and there is no way to overstate how much we enjoyed it. The city certainly doesn’t need endorsement from us or anyone else, but our experience greatly exceeded high expectations. We loved every bit of it and both agreed that Paris would be a great place to live for a year (or more). One of our favorite things to do while traveling is exploring a city on foot. So days and nights were filled walking through the different arrondissements, taking in everything Paris has to offer - cafes, restaurants, museums, galleries, and of course the undeniable tourist attractions like the Eiffel Tower. All of the photographs you see here were made casually during walks. None of them were planned at all. They are just reactions to whatever we came across, which I find to be an incredible amount of fun, while also equally relaxing, and a great exercise in photography.

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Fine Art Photography - Paris, France

The Seine River - Paris France

Paris Street Photography

Street Photography - Paris, France

Street Photography - Paris, France

Photograph of a couple embracing on the street in Paris, France

Photograph of two restaurant waiters in Paris, France

Cathedral surrounded by homes in Paris, France

Photograph of two women drinking at a cafe in Paris, France

Paris Fashion Photography

Paris Street Fashion

Photograph of a well dressed woman walking in Paris, France

The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre

Hat shopping in Paris, France

Riding the subway in Paris, France

Parisian bicycle

Paris Fashion

Drinking wine and eating cheese in Paris, France

Looking at a Monet painting in the Louvre

Shadow the Notre Dame Cathedral on buildings along the Siene River in Paris, France

Street Photography

2012-ish in Amsterdam was the first time I recall embracing the simple joys of street photography. After years of lugging around a lot of lighting equipment, it was very refreshing to just have a camera bag on my back. That was also the first time that I remember having a focus on one subject. The first time I grasped the notion of a “series” of images. Maybe it was too much time spent in the cafe’s, but either way, the singular focus wasn’t intentional. After miles and miles of walking around Amsterdam, it just struck me that I had photographed a lot of bicycles. And all of a sudden, Emily would be saying “look at that one over there” or “that’s a good one”. The theme had caught on. She recognized what I was doing too. Probably because she always had to wait while I made 35 different images of one bike from 35 different angles. Regardless, it stuck and was most likely the beginning of the way I think about long term personal projects like Barbershops of America and The Hoops Project. Both of which are focused on one subject and have been going on now for 8+ years. They are a great balance to the commercial work, which I love, but it very involved with planning, time, and gear. Over the past couple years, my kit for personal trips has been cut down even further. In fact, on this last trip to Europe, all that came along was one camera body and one lens. The feeling of not having options is quite freeing. There is no need to think about switching lenses every 5 minuets to accommodate the situation. You just have to make do with what you have. ultimately, it makes you a better photographer. And it cuts down on weight. Nothing better than traveling light. Here is another batch of images from Europe in December/January. They were all made with very little thought as to why or a care of where they would end up.

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Austria Travel Photography

Traveling in Austria

Europe - Photography

Good times over in Austria. For whatever reason, I did the least amount of shooting on this trip compared to all other in the past. Travel always brings on great experiences no matter what. Perhaps the funniest and unexpected came out of the need for a bathroom. During a long drive, we stopped at a market in a small town to pee and get food for lunch. I couldn't find the bathroom and tried asking the two workers in the back. They obviously knew very little English, and had no idea what I was saying. After trying every word they might know, I moved onto the universal sign for a guy going to the bathroom, the actual motion of doing it. They instantly knew what I needed and showed me the way. When I came back out, one of the guys was still there and asked me with a very Austrian accent "Ver ah you from?" I replied simply with "California", to which he screamed "AAAAHHHHH, SCHWARZENEGGER!!!" 

Travel Photography - Spain

Spanish Culture - Food Photography

Traveling and eating in Spain

A few months ago we took a trip to Spain, and one of the highlights for me was the meat. It's something they definitely don't play around with over there. Everywhere you look, there are pig legs sitting on a bar, or hanging from the ceilings. At the markets, it seemed like there wasn't a single part of an animal that you couldn't buy. Don't made saying that I completely overdid it with the mean consumption, but whatever....