Foto-Licious

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f9
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO speed: 100

Premier shooting avec mon EOS 40D tout neuf. Exposition Monumenta 2008, au Grand-Palais à Paris. L’invité de cette session de Monumenta est Richard Serra, qui a installé sa “Promenade” à travers ses immenses plaques d’acier sous la Nef du Grand-Palais.

First shooting with my brand new EOS 40D. Monumenta 2008 exposition, at the Grand-Palais, Paris. The special guest artist for this session of Monumenta is Richard Serra. He brought his “Promenade” through his huge steel plates under the Nave of the Grand Palais.

Camera: Canon EOS 400D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Une photo prise devant le Musée d’Art Moderne de Nuremberg en Allemagne, pour satisfaire ma manie des jeux de miroir. Passage au noir et blanc, souligné par un peu de couleur résiduelle…

A shot taken in front of the Museum of Modern Art in Nuremberg, Germany. That was to satisfy my compulsion for ‘mirror games’. I went through B&W filter, highlighted by a slight residual color stain…

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Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

STORYLINE:
One afternoon, back from the beach, strong envy and lust of getting a shot I have been thinking about for a long time.
I imagined a grainy black and white with a beautiful flower on the focused foreground that would occult the out-of-focus background story.
It took me a zillions of shot to get what I wanted (and an extremely cooperative model). Bottomline, we both agree that we really like that shot. you ?

PS: As an amateur photograph, I still don’t understand how I had to o down to f22 to get my correct DoF. I was expecting much lower (f9 / f8 maybe). Anyone?
PPS: Photo on Flickr here (with black background - Thanks Jo)

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 1250

STORYLINE:
That shoot is my contribution for this week contest @ lense.fr. The theme was POP, and to be truly honest I was not completely inspired. I thought about it for a while and then I went for the musical aspect of it. When listening to POP (or at least when some people do), you just wanna let it go and let the energy flow out. That is what the shoot is trying to stand for. But not too happy about it.

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 640

STORYLINE
A night in the best restaurant of Abu Dhabi - UAE. The BICE (Italian food). As well as my first real PORTRAIT serie. Like ? Not like?
Full gallery here and slideshow there

Extra shot in the “Read More”

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Exposure: 0.6 sec (3/5)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.4 mm

STORYTLINE
Travelling in Sydney, Loved the view, long exposure shot with a crappy camera. I just love the spontaneous result…. You?

Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 1250
STORYLINE

Cairo - Egypt. 10th of February 2008. Egypt has just won for the second time in row the African Cup of Football. One should know that football and nationalism is pretty huge in Egypt. You happen to mix the two, plus the days and months of frustration due to prices increases, noise, traffic jams, and overall oppression, you find yourself with true hell broken loose. In a good way.

It was just the right time to get my gear, my best smile, a body armor and an empty memory card. Results, 200+ shots taken, the best 13 shared (see suite)

Egypt won against Cameroon 1 to 0 in the final. At the final whistle blow, the entire city started vibrated and I felt the floor moving. A whole country decided to get down in the street to celebrate. The biggest traffic in Cairo history is now getting in place. A massive parking full of happiness and joy. Party is everywhere. Smile is omnipresent. Old and young, muslim and copt, men and women, Egyptian all in all. I never witnessed such happiness and deliverance. Not even in France when we got World champs in 98′. Not even close.

[Second picture as a first bonus. I love it! ]

One should note that you could witnessed zillions of small stands selling out cigarettes, chips, lighters, food and aerosols. You have the perfect recipe for improvised flame thrower. Not even scary. Hell.

Ok, and as a bonus, you’ll get the slideshow in the suite.

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WE à Ramada, 28 juillet 2007…