Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Parisian street performers

6 comments:

Joan Elizabeth said...

You were obviously into doing great people shots well before 100 strangers.

Julie said...

Never thought about that aspect of it ...

I have learnt just so much from Strangers ... light and in-camera-cropping are major issues that I consider now.

The two boys I guess we watched for over an hour just beside the Pompidou Centre one Sunday arvo. They were great ...

The now-me would take a shot of the bottom of the 'cello, his bare feet and his neatly placed shoes. This would be one of my faceless portraits.

Martina said...

Hmm I am not sure but I might post the first one the next days too .... ;-)

Julie said...

We were following each other around Paris, were we? This was on a bridge just near Notre Dame ...

Martina said...

It was on a sidestreet to the plaza before Notre Dame - on the bridge there was another band ... so they moved in the last years.

Are these from your 2002 Paris trip?

Julie said...

Nope not 2002, but only last October (2008). It was within an hour of training from Avignon to Paris on a Friday. A non-descript day really, but the entire area was awash with people. These guys were on Pont au Double as there was only pedestrian traffic, from memory. We were staying in Rue Galande on the LB, about 5 minutes walk away. Grand location ...