Dead of Night at Les Invalides
It was getting late, or early, I'm not really sure at this point, but it was about 4 in the morning and my midnight adventure through Paris, France was coming to an end. It was a long night with A LOT of walking, but I wanted to make one more stop before calling it a night.
So I make my way to L'hôtel des Invalides to finish the night. I arrive at the street and realize how large of a structure it really is, so I keep stopping on my way down the road to see what view I had now. I then decided on my spot and set up, now I just had to wait a few minutes for these late night party goers to leave, right ? Well they took quite a bit more than a few minutes, and I was rather annoyed as I wanted to finish up and head home but I had to wait about 15 minutes til they finally left so I could get my shot.
Come a few days later when I'm reviewing my images from that night and I arrive at my photos of Les Invalides. I stare at them for a few minutes, comparing them back and forth. As it would happen I realize the couple in the photo actually added a great element to the shot that I couldn't see at the time, probably due to sleep deprivation. With them both dressed up very classy, arm in arm, they added a feeling to the image and also helped show the true scale of this enormous structure. Now I couldn't imagine this photo without them, as it has become if not the, definitely one of my favorite images I left Paris with.
The City of Champions
I know this view may be rather familiar to you by now, and if it's not, you clearly haven't been looking at my photos as much as you should be :)
Alas, I made another night time voyage to the Seaport, which I'd say is perhaps my favorite view of this magnificent city !
I could sit here and admire this view for hours on end, which is what I usually do when I make my way to it. I like to sit here with nothing more than my camera and my thoughts, to let my mind wander on what my eyes see. This city has directly changed the path of the entire world more than once, and that alone is more than a nights worth of pondering.
This world is truly amazing if you can find yourself to not take it for granted, and Boston is one of the better examples of that statement.
And without further ado, I give you my latest image of my city and my home; Boston: The City of Champions.
The Midnight Carousel
I've wanted to photograph this carousel for quite a while now, but it's been closed down and under construction for quite some time now.
After a photowalk in Boston yesterday I decided to venture on my own for a bit, rather than heading home. I wandered for a few, thinking what I wanted to do, where I wanted to go and such, then I happened to see the Carousel was open !
So I head over to set up and notice there's at least 8 other people with cameras and tripods photographing it. At first I just figured it's Friday night and I'm not the only person with this idea, though it still seemed a bit odd.
Shortly after I was approached by a man asking me if I was here for the club, to which I responded I wasn't, and it became clear when he informed me that they were a club of night photographers and I was at their meeting spot apparently. They invited me to join them for the night, so I did !
It's funny how things work out sometimes, especially when you consider timing, and how mind boggling improbable some of the events we experience are.
Harbor Mist
After a day of confusion and delays, we board our rather late boat back from George's Island. We got out late to the Island due to delays and then the last boat back was about 30-40 minutes late as well, but I wasn't complaining too much, especially after we got close to the city.
We were sitting on the front stairs of the boat when we made a turn and there's Boston, engulfed in this golden light and Boston harbor draped in this beautiful golden mist. I jumped up and unpacked my camera, while my friend did the same with her iPhone. I never realized how hard it is to shoot from a boat going maybe 30-40 mph on the open ocean, especially for HDR, but I made due with my situation.
Then I see one of the old ship tours coming in front of us and knew that would make the shot that much better. I didn't have much time to get it as we were moving rather fast at that point, and the light was changing. Luckily, I got the shot off just at the right time !
The Falls of Sabbaday
So I recently was up in the White Mountains in New Hampshire and made my way to a waterfall that I've wanted to visit for quite some time now. It's called Sabbaday Falls and the main gorge was carved by melting glacial water flowing through for over 10,000 years.
The falls are stunning, but there's also quite a bit of trails that lead up river with many beautiful areas as well. All in all, a spectacular place for photos !
