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I’ve been wanting to take a city break in summer, rather than in the cold months for a while, so rather than heading for the Lake District for a week of toil on the fells when Jayne could get a week off, we took off from Liverpool for Paris. Flight times were nice and sociable but it meant we were on the M62 car park at a busy time in both directions – it’s a shambles! I’ve stopped over in Paris a dozen times – on my way to cycling in the Etape du Tour in the Alps or Pyrenees – and had a few nights out there. Come to think about it and we’ve spent the day on the Champs Elysees watching the final day of the Tour de France with Mark Cavendish winning. We hadn’t been for a holiday there though and it was a bit of a spur of the moment decision. Six nights gave us five and a half days to explore Paris on foot. I had a good selection of (heavy) kit with me, not wanting to make the usual mistake of leaving something behind and regretting it. In the end I carried the kit in my backpack – an ordinary rucksack – to keep the weight down, for 103 miles, all recorded on the cycling Garmin – and took 3500 photos. The little Garmin is light and will do about 15 hours, it expired towards the end of a couple of 16 hour days but I had the info I wanted by then. This also keeps the phone battery free for research and route finding – I managed to flatten that once though.
What can I say – Paris was fantastic! The weather varied from OK to fantastic, windy for a few days, the dreaded grey white dullness for a while but I couldn’t complain really. We were out around 8.30 in shorts and tee shirt, which I would swap for a vest when it warmed up, hitting 30 degrees at times, we stayed out until around midnight most nights. It was a pretty full on trip. The security at some destinations could have been a problem as there is a bag size limit to save room in the lifts etc. I found the French to be very pragmatic about it, a bag search was a cursory glance, accepting that I was lugging camera gear, not bombs around, and they weren’t going to stop a paying customer from passing because his bag was a bit over size.
We didn’t have a plan, as usual we made it up as we went along, a loose itinerary for the day would always end up changing owing to discoveries along the way. Many times we would visit something a few times, weighing the crowds and light etc. up and deciding to come back later. I waited patiently to go up the Eiffel Tower, we arrived on Tuesday and finally went up on Friday evening. It was a late decision but the weather was good, the light was good and importantly I reckoned that we would get a sunset. Previous evenings the sun had just slid behind distant westerly clouds without any golden glory. It was a good choice. We went up the steps at 7.30 pm, short queue and cheaper – and just to say that we had. The steps are at an easy angle and were nowhere near as bad as expected, even with the heavy pack. We stayed up there, on a mad and busy Friday night, until 11.30, the light changed a lot and once we had stayed a couple of hours we decided to wait for the lights to come on. This was a downside to travelling at this time of year, to do any night photography we had to stay out late as it was light until 10.30. The Eiffel Tower is incredible and very well run, they are quite efficient at moving people around it from level to level. It was still buzzing at midnight with thousands of people around. The sunset on Saturday was probably better but we spent the evening around the base of the Tower, watching the light change, people watching and soaking the party atmosphere up.
Some days our first destination was five miles away, this is a lot of road junctions in a city, the roads in Paris are wide so you generally have to wait for the green man to cross. This made progress steady but when you are on holiday it doesn’t matter too much. Needless to say we walked through some dodgy places, with graffiti on anything that stays still long enough. We were ultra-cautious with our belongings having heard the pickpocket horror stories. At every Café/bar stop the bags were clipped to the table leg out of sight and never left alone. I carried the camera in my hand all day and everywhere I went, I only popped it in my bag to eat. I would guess that there were easier people to rob than us, some people were openly careless with phones and wallets.
We didn’t enter the big attractions, it was too nice to be in a museum or church and quite a few have a photography ban. These bans make me laugh, they are totally ignored by many ( Japanese particularly) people. Having travelled around the world to see something, no one is going to stop them getting their selfies. Selfies? Everywhere people pointed their cameras at their own face, walking around videoing – their self! I do like to have a few photos of us for posterity but these people are self-obsessed.
Paris has obviously got a problem with homeless (mostly) migrants. Walk a distance along the River Seine and you will find tented villages, there is a powerful smell of urine in every corner, with the no alcohol restrictions ignored, empty cans and bottles stacked around the bins as evidence. There are families, woman living on mattresses with as many as four small children, on the main boulevards. They beg by day and at midnight they are all huddled asleep on the pavement. The men in the tents seem to be selling plastic Eiffel Tower models to the tourists or bottled water – even bottles of wine. Love locks and selfy sticks were also top sellers. There must be millions of locks fastened to railings around the city, mostly brass, so removing them will be self-funding as brass is £2.20 a kilo.
As for the sights we saw, well if it was on the map we tried to walk to it. We crossed the Periphique ring road to get to the outer reaches of Paris. La Defense – the financial area with dozens of modern office blocks – was impressive, and still expanding. The Bois de Boulogne park, with the horse racing track and the Louis Vuitton Centre was part of a 20 mile loop that day. Another day saw us in the north east. We had the dome of the Sacre Couer to ourselves, with thousands of tourists wandering below us oblivious of the entrance and ticket office under the church. Again the light was fantastic for us. We read that Pere Lachaise Cemetery or Cimitiere du Pere Lachaise was one of the most visited destinations, a five mile walk but we went. It is massive, you need a map, but for me one massive tomb is much the same as another, it does have highlights but we didn’t stay long. Fortunately we were now closer to the Canal St Martin which would lead us to Parc de la Villette. This was a Sunday and everywhere was both buzzing and chilled at the same time. Where ever we went people were sat watching the world go by, socializing and picnicking, soaking the sun up. As ever I wanted to go up on the roof of anything I could as I love taking cityscapes. Most of these were expensive compared with many places we’ve been to before but up we went. The Tour Montparnasse, a single tower block with 59 floors, 690 foot high and extremely fast lifts has incredible views although it was a touch hazy on our ascent. The Arc de Triomphe was just up the road from our hotel, we went up it within hours of arriving, well worth the visit.
At the time of writing I have no idea how many images will make the cut but it will be a lot. If I have ten subtly different shots of something, I find it hard to consign nine to the dark depths of my hard drive never to be seen again – and I’m not very good at ruthless selection – so if the photo is OK it will get uploaded. My view is that it’s my photostream, I like to be able to browse my own work at my leisure at a later date, it’s more or less free and stats tell me these images will get looked at. I’m not aiming for single stunning shots, more of a comprehensive overview of an interesting place, presented to the best of my current capabilities. I am my own biggest critic, another reason for looking at my older stuff is to critique it and look to improve on previous mistakes. I do get regular requests from both individuals and organisations to use images and I’m obliging unless someone is taking the piss. I’m not bothered about work being published (with my permission) but it is reassuringly nice to be asked. The manipulation of Flickr favourites and views through adding thousands of contacts doesn’t interest me and I do sometimes question the whole point of the Flickr exercise. I do like having access to my own back catalogue though and it gives family and friends the chance to read about the trip and view the photos at their leisure so for the time being I’m sticking with it. I do have over 15 million views at the moment which is a far cry from showing a few people an album, let’s face it, there’s an oversupply of images, many of them superb but all being devalued by the sheer quantity available.
Don’t think that it was all walking and photography, we had a great break and spent plenty of time in pavement bistros having a glass of wine and people watching. I can certainly understand why Paris is top of the travellers list of destinations
My new handmade wallet.
This one is a really challenge in color matching.
At first I plan to use only 2 master colors : Purple and green.
But it's turn out so colorful. ^_^"
Accordion-style credit card organizer wallet from recycled billboards.
I've finally developed a new design! I designed this for myself and for other women who seem to have all the slots in their wallets used up. Single slot card organizers, will there EVER be a wallet that has enough card slots? No! I am firmly convinced that the solution is to put the cards into groups instead. Each compartment holds 10+ cards.
Wallet I made for myself a while back and forgot to post photos of. I used the scraps from my kindle case and triple zip pouch for the outside and did a little FMQ to fancy it up a bit. It is just big enough to hold what I need when I don't want to carry a purse. I added a detachable wrist strap to this one so I can tuck it in a pocket or wear it on my wrist.
Koi fish wallet made for awesome motorcycle painter Sweet Baby James. hand carved, tooled, mexican rope basket weave lacing, bi colored rope braid wallet chain.
The pattern called for a strap with a snap closure, but I didn't want to cover up my patchwork cover so I installed a hidden magnetic snap instead. Love it!
Last week I lost my wallet. While waiting for my replacement
identification and bank cards to arrive I had time to deliberate on my
new wallet. At brunch this morning Wendy and I discussed a DIY money
clip. I came across this clever key/clip over at lifehacker. Hmm, maybe I can do this
with magnets and old circuit boards? I took apart a dead hard drive
that I had dumpster dived last year initially for the magnets, but I
could not take my eyes off of the platters. The magnet would just be
trouble with my ATM card magnetic strips as well as sticking to
everything else around. Using a rivet gun I was able to quickly adhere
two car keys and my AAA card to the platters. I use a additional rivet
so that the platters can slide open and a picture frame hook to clip
them together. It is still a little awkward, but I dig the weight to
strength ratio of the aluminum plates. It also makes for a decent
mirror in a pinch.
My new handmade wallet.
This one is a really challenge in color matching.
At first I plan to use only 2 master colors : Purple and green.
But it's turn out so colorful. ^_^"
name: Kid Wallets
made for: E & A
status: Completed
date started: January, 2, 2016
date completed: January, 10, 2016
working notes:
I mean wallet made up of money
Demonetised money notes eff 9.11.16.
Rs.500, Rs.1000
Abolished Rs.500, Rs.1000
My new wallet. Directions how to create this are found here:
orgoneresearch.com/2012/01/28/creating-a-polypropylene-wa...
Taken for Active Assignment Weekly - Product Photography
So I chose to do a product photo for my wallet. I have tried probably more wallets over the years than most people. I have a lot of thoughts on them, and what sold me on this exact wallet was their tag line: "They'll fight over ti when you're dead". I just remember that worked for me, so I understand the importance of a good product photo or catchy slogan.
In this photo I wanted to get "manly" textures and tones with typical pocket items. I think I achieved some of that, but there are a few things that bother me about this photo and I just had to live with them because I won't have.a chance to reshoot.
I would love if you take a shot guessing what my issues are with this photo! I've got thick skin and can take the criticism!
I'm so happy I found this wallet! It's tri-fold with lot's of pockets for cards (I have a lot) and even a change purse! I found this in Puzzle Zoo, a toy store in South Coast Plaza in CA.
I found it online too! www.neatoshop.com/product/Rilakkuma-Kawaii-Wallet
This wallet has been in my purse for over 20 years. Not the same purse, but what ever purse I was carrying. It's beginning to show some wear, but so am I.
365 Days in Colour: July: "brown"
I stupidly left my wallet next to these swings. Thankfully, it was still there in the morning. whew.
Isis Mobile Wallet's partnership with Jamba Juice was one of their most famous promotions. Each user of the Isis (Softcard) Mobile Wallet could receive one free smoothie or juice per day and they were prepared to give away a million of them.
During its heyday, Isis/Softcard lavished their users with extremely generous promotions, from signup bonuses ranging from $20-$50, to $1 credit on 30 purchases a month for a year, to free smoothies. Despite these efforts, and pre-installation on many Verizon phones, Isis/Softcard never really captured the public's attention the way that Apple Pay or Google Wallet did. Eventually, JVL Ventures sold the Isis/Softcard technology to Google.
I miss Softcard's ability to send loyalty cards and payments cards in a single tap with Smart Tap, and the simplicity of charging transactions directly to a credit card. Most of all, I miss the promos.
It doubles as a backup controller, too!
I love this wallet. Chie gave it to me for my birthday a couple years ago, and I haven't used a different once since. I've also pretty much perfected the art of pulling it out of my pocket, opening it, and taking money out of it, all with ONE hand.
Can't wait for spring break. I'm gonna go write me a paper (and possibly make me a short film). I've been feeling so lazy these past few weeks, I just can't wait to actually go and DO something.
Strobist: 430EX II into reflective umbrella @ camera left