Against all odds, on Dec 3, 2016, when we paid a visit to the newly rebuilt Piscine Molitor swimming pool building, I wasn’t expecting to find anything else but a 4 star hotel and restaurant and bar. Little did I know that a real open-door pool was there, hidden in the background.
And I wasn’t expecting anyone to swim there either, in the open air, in freezing temperatures (0° celsius).
I was there with my favourite camera and lens.
These people were swimming outdoors and it was freezing out there!
Don’t ask me to mimic this guy, don’t even think about it, I need 5 layers in this kind of temperature.
I'm a photographer and watercolourist. I have practiced photography since childhood and digital photography since 1995. I turned it into my main occupation in 2021. I own a photo studio in Paris, France.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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I love the photo with colorful chairs, it’s very expressive.
Thank you so much. As a matter of fact I used it for my Greetings cards this year: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j73szpnv3zt5gze/cartedevoeux2017%20small.jpg?dl=0
Great idea.
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Love your differently angled shots. I try it but never quite make it. I get confused about which line to follow!
Thanks Meg. I suggest you buy Scott Kelby’s 4 in 1 book https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Kelbys-Digital-Photography-Updated/dp/0321966759 it’s chock full of good tips. Then there’s practice I suppose. As I draw a lot (and used to paint a lot), composing pictures is a bit of a second nature I believe. Keep trying 🙂
Thanks for the tip, Yann. Cheers
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Lovely collection of shots!
Thank you kindly