Tag Archives: Street Photography

Make your own luck

OMG, a second article written so quickly! Don’t get carried away, I’m about to fall back into my usual torpor and I’ll spare you my mindless posts … The thing is, following a brief exchange with John on my previous Blog, I had the idea of writing something.

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A glimpse of Vietnam

1500 photos. That’s roughly the number of photos I brought back from my recent trip to Vietnam. It’s just enormous. I’m talking about the photos I processed in Lightroom. As for the number of photos I took there, multiply that figure by 5. Yes, you’re not dreaming, I must have clicked the shutter more than 7,000 times. In just one trip, my Ricoh GR3 got a bit old …

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Good Morning … Reunion !

I know you’ve probably been waiting to see the photos I took in Vietnam during our recent trip, but I thought it would be a good idea to start 2025 with a few photos of the streets of Saint-Denis, where most of my work is done. It’s not even a week since we landed after a journey of almost 24 hours through the airports of ConDao, Saigon and Bangkok. I’ll come back later on to this trip, which went beyond my expectations. Not only in terms of the places we visited, but also photographically speaking.

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Last Blog of 2024

We’re in the middle of preparations, not for New Year’s Eve 2024, but for our imminent departure for Vietnam! On the evening of the 1st, we head for Bangkok before catching a connecting flight to Saigon. The journey will be a little long, as we’ll be in transit in Bangkok for almost 9 hours… You know when you’re looking for the cheapest plane tickets possible, you’re prepared to put up with lousy waiting times to make a few hundred euros. That was back in May when I bought the tickets that cost us over €5500 (!!!). Today I’m thinking that I should have dropped the extra €200 or so to avoid having to wait 9 hours in Bangkok. A lesson to remember for next time…

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Looking back to the year 2024

Last year I didn’t write a blog to present my work over the past year. It has to be said that we left just after Christmas to spend the last few days of the year in Thailand. We spent an incredible 15 days in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket Island. The return to everyday life was complicated. I’m talking about photography, of course. After this enchanted interlude in Thailand, Saint-Denis seemed very bland and empty… But you live where you live!

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Dealing with confrontation

This photo was taken at the end of June at the marché du Chaudron, the largest fairground market in Saint-Denis. The fairground stalls are always the same. In the photo, you can see all the remedies on sale at the stall. I found the writing very amusing. What also attracted me at the time were the giant spoons and the broom. Who has a mouth as big as that?

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TWELVE

For some time now, my site has been buggy, with photos being displayed at random. I’ve decided to start from scratch using a new theme and I’m having a hard time getting it right. The content is fine, but I’m having trouble organising it all … After diving headfirst into WordPress, I’ve finally come up with something that works. If you’re reading this, it’s because I’ve finally written my first blog since my website lifting! I’ve given my Portfolio a bit of a makeover, with a few changes to the selection of photos. It’s only cosmetic. My website is mainly my Blog. In fact, that’s what’s highlighted when you arrive on the site.

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Always the same shit

I wanted to call this blog ‘Nothing changes’. But a nod to a blog written by Stéphane Mousset a few years ago. Back in 2018. I wrote a blog in response to the photo competition organised by Fisheye and Pentax. At the time I didn’t want to take part in the competition. I refer you to my article written at the time.

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Street calling

It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog, and even longer since I’ve actually done any street photography. It’s been a bit of a refrain over the last few years. There’s a lot of downtime during the year when I don’t get out onto the streets of Saint-Denis due to a lack of inspiration or desire. It was the same thing last year, and it seems to me that it was around the same time. I haven’t done much since last July. I haven’t stopped completely, but I haven’t been assiduous and there’s nothing really exciting to report. However, I’ll try to post a little slideshow of some of the photos I took during this period on YouTube.

 

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Layers & gestures

Sunday 28 July. I had ticked this date because there were festivities organised by the Chinese community in Saint-Denis to celebrate Guan Di, a Chinese warrior who has attained the status of Chinese deity. He is also revered in other Asian countries such as Japan and Korea. The festivities were spread over several days, but I wasn’t available and I wanted to take Gwen and the children to hang out for a while late on Sunday morning. Before that, I had a tennis match scheduled that lasted longer than expected, so in the end we didn’t get down to Saint-Denis from our mountain until after midday and the boys were seriously hungry. A hungry kid doesn’t care about any festivities or demonstrations. All he cares about is eating!

 

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