We spent a week in Paris in July. We rented a great little apartment on the left bank that gave us easy access to all the sites. I have edited the collection of images I took from about 500 down to 20 Fine Art Prints of Paris that have released on my website. I decided to convert all of them to Black & white since I thought that gave them a more dramatic and timeless feel. In particular, I thought the Eiffel tower was wonderful to photograph when lit up at night (the lights go on for only 5 minutes every hour, starting at 10 PM). We also staked out a spot in front of a view of the Eiffel tower where the tour de France riders would be coming by on their last day. I was pleased to get a shot of the yellow jersey of Contador riding into Paris. All of the statue images were from the Louvre, which still allows photography.
For Black & White conversions I used Nik Silver Efex, with some final touch up of the psd files in Aperture and Photoshop.
Paris is endlessly photogenic, and really overwhelms you with options. All of my shots were taken with the Hasselblad H4D which I used at 800 iso for the handheld images. The night shots of the Eiffel were on a tripod at 100 iso.
Terrific work Elizabeth. Fantastic.
Posted by: Chris Snyder | August 06, 2010 at 03:22 PM
Such great images. One of the most photogenic cities, and a great photographer, I would expect them to be pretty awesome and they are. Hope it was a wonderful trip besides the photography.
Posted by: Bob Towery | August 18, 2010 at 04:55 PM
Hi Folks, A beautiful and unique rendition of Eiffel's' masterpiece - brings back wonderful memories of days past! Dave
Posted by: Dave Lambert | August 21, 2010 at 04:54 AM