With the surge of over tourism since the Olympics in 2024, Paris is now under the influence of high-strung influencers jiggling in front of the Eiffel Tower. Monuments and the City used to be the main subject but no longer.…
Modernist architecture is no longer flavour of the month. Yet it can be interesting at times. As I was walking down the street, not that far from where I live, I stumbled upon the following building and found it rather…
A few photos of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a town where I was fortunate enough to spend many happy years. This post is a way of keeping alive an old piece I wrote for a now-defunct local paper, Côté Yvelines. Picture this: Saint-Germain-en-Laye…
Here are a series of shots taken from Orange Cloud for Business’ Normandy data center. As Orange is my client, all the pictures are watermarked with their French hosting website. Plenty of opportunities for great pictures in such a building.…
Your LinkedIn headshot matters, and appearances can be deceptive. Despite the fact that we are in the midst of the iPhone photo age, the image you project on your CV, on blogs or in the press, and obviously on social…
Paris has its own Romeo and Juliet. Their names are Héloïse and Abélard, and their story dates back to the 12th century, on the Île de la Cité. Heloïse and Abélard: Paris’ Own Romeo and Juliet We visited the Conciergerie…
2025 has been quite a ride, but despite the challenges, we remain hopeful for better days ahead and wish you a happy new year 2026. It was already over six years ago, in December 2019, when someone allegedly bought fish…
Studio portraits are sometimes a bit of a challenge. They are part of these thing that look simple and straightforward and are anything but simple and straightforward. The Paris Salon de la photo is a great gathering that is dedicated…
Today’s daily writing prompt is ‘What could you do differently?’ but right now it’s more like ‘What must you do differently?’ Doing differently: adapting to the snow storm Snow has been falling heavily for the past few days and it’s…
Finding a subject for a tourist’s look at the Eiffel Tower doesn’t require much effort. Since I’ve remained one in my own city, I’m probably the ideal man to talk about it. I chose to focus on the Eiffel Tower…
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