This is one of my oldest photos, one I took in May 2008 in Versailles, in a corner of the Park behind the Chateau. We’d just joined a handful of friends for a picnic and suddenly, it started raining quite hard. We left hurriedly and I took my camera with me and waited for a little while under cover. And then I spotted that light, which made the scene surreal and beautiful. It’s a reflex shot I took in haste for fear my brand new DSLR camera got wet. Not the most beautiful shot from a technical point of view, but the composition works nicely and would make up a nice sketch for a watercolour. Don’t you think so?
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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Gorgeous! I watercolor and I think you are so right, this would make a lovely painting.
Thank you so much, why not do one then? We could launch some sort of contest.
That sounds like fun…if you start it…I will paint.
Very good idea, some sort of collective painting over the Internet. Nice 🙂
You are so right. It would make a lovely watercolor. Love the contrast of light in the shot.
Thank you so much, why not do one then? We could launch some sort of contest.
I think this is a wonderful image, Yann — especially so, considering you were new to photography. Thank you for this dip into your archives!
Thanks Heide. I wasn’t new to photography per se, I have practiced since childhood. This was a new camera, and my first DSLR. I have been in digital photography since 95 but it’s only when I got that Alpha 100 camera that I started taking OK pictures.