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January 2012 – Mauritius
As I played with different shots of small waves breaking on shore I tried to capture the light reflection and the sand at the same time. With this photo I tried to show a link between the top and the bottom part of the picture which is made by the middle part in focus. It is where you can see a bit of blue water and some brown sand.
January 2012 – Mauritius
As I was chilling out with friends next to this beach I noticed how pink the sky was and then how white that cloud was… I couldn’t resist but take a photo, this is really teh time when my polorizing lens was really useful! it helped defining the clouds and emphazing the different colours. The funny thing though, is that this picture is very close to reality! without the polorizing lens the colors were still there but blend… with that filter it actually helped recreating what I saw that day.
January 2012 – Mauritius
I probably waited about 30 minutes before, Jean Paul, the fisherman decided to throw his net. I believe this technique is called “epervier”. It is net with weigths all around it, the fisherman has to find the fish, walk slowly towards it and then throw the net above them. I almost missed that shot! (I think I say that a lot recently! ;) because as I waited for so long I was taking photos of the corals on the beach.
January 2012 – Mauritius
Some bread crumbs had just been thrown on the ground next to where I was which attracted a lot of different birds. I rushed back inside to take my camera, when I went back a wild dog was there eating the bread and all the birds had fled. It took little time for them to come back once the dog left. That little bird stayed on top of that barrier for almost a minute, giving me enough time to take a few shots as he was looking at me getting closer! Only one rule of the third was followed, that of the foreground, because of that I still decided to keep the bird in the center of the photo and not crop it so it is also in a “third” part of the photo. I liked the fact you could still see the lock on the left.
January 2012 – Mauritius
I love all the shadows created by a sunset, especially on a beach where you have lot of seashells and corals. I was standing on the beach that evening waiting to take a shot of a fisherman who was in the sea, as I waited for so long as started to look around for things to photograph. This coral reminded me of a brain, I used a zoom lens because my main goal at that moment was to take a photo of that fisherman.
January 2012 – UK, Esher
I went to visit the Claremont Park near Esher not really knowing what was there, but as I get in the park some people were giving bread to a couple of black swan. I took a few shots of them as they were quite striking out the other white swan around. I chose that moment because of the reflection in the water. It reminded me a child story of the Ugly little Duck, a duck who thinks it is ugly when young because he looks different from the other ducks… but in fact really is a beautiful swan, something he only learns later in life/the story. Somehow that “ugly” reflection reminded me of the story :)
January 2012 – UK, Esher
As I was taking this photo I overheard a couple who was sitting on a bench not too far away… the guy was saying to his partner “see, I told you there was a photo to be made there!” :)
January 2012 – UK, Esher
At the top of a hill in the Claremont Park there was this tall tree which was covered in large and flat mushroom. I framed the photo so it looks as if the bottom left branch almost stick out of the picture.
January 2012 – UK, Esher
On my way out from the Claremont Park that duck followed me, only to be disapointed when I only took my camera out and not some bread. I capture his escape towards a more promising visitor.
January 2012 – UK, Esher
That castle, which in fact is more of a manor house, was close that day, but the contrasting colours around made it still worth walking there.
December 2011 – France, St Etienne
On a cold winter day I went for a walk with some friends and their kids, we walked by some horses in a field who ran towards us. Far from being afraid the kids also ran towards them to touch and feed them. There were two horses and that little girl really liked this one, she was fine giving it some grass which explains her dark fingers, but was still a bit cautious and nervous to touch its nose. I almost missed that moment… I was busy taking photos of something else and was trailing behind as a result. when I saw the horses + kids + light from the sun going down, I ran towards them while setting my aperture and ISO. My first few shots of the group of kids and horses were all either too bright or too dark, they were running around and it was difficult to focus on anything… so I focused on the horse, and based my lights settings on its face. As I did that I noticed she was coming back to touch it and I chose to compose the photo so you would only see part of the horse head, the main subject being the little girl and her gesture towards the animal. I like how you can see a mixture of joy and apprehension on her face, the colour of her hair in that light also match those of the horse. What made this even cuter was the fact she was whispering to the horse, having some sort of conversation with it, and after everyone else had left and being called by her parents to leave for the last 5 minutes she did so and said a very quiet “good bye horse”. That photo was taken just moment before she left, as I said, I almost missed it…
January 2012 – France, St Etienne
Taking photos of kids can be difficult, and this was no exception! that little kid was full of life and running around with his toys. I must have taken 50+ photos and most of them were blurry! He loved his wolf costume and I liked that shot, where you can see him playing on the breakfast table and his dad looking at him in the background.