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December 2011 – France, Lyon
The french band Edge was playing in an old pub in Lyon, in between the drummer and the two lead guitarists there was this old Guiness advert under that old lamp… basically everything felt old and as I was waiting in this corner to get the right shot of the drummer, I thought this view summed up a lot of old pubs I have been too in England where music band where playing…
December 2011 – France, Lyon
Another photo I took from the same corner I was hidding from, I liked the pints of guiness by the feet of the musicians and all the guitar cords paper wraps. I liked you could also only see the feet of the musicians, but someone with this photo you get all the information you need to know what is happening and where you are. I took a few shots which are more close up, but in the end I prefer that first shot because I feel the legs brings something to the photo by making it slightly off centered and, for me, it almost feel as if you are seeting with them!
December 2011 – France, Lyon
This is the drummer of a French band called Edge, I liked the expression on the drummer’s face as he looked he was having as much fun as all the people dancing in front of the stage!
December 2011 – France, Lyon
These are the musicians of a french band called Edge, most of them, if not all of them are also part of another upcoming Pop Experimental French band called B R OAD WAY (www.youtube.com/user/vjraize). There is a lot I wanted to “say” with this photo, first I wanted to capture the lead singer doing something else than singing, here, in between two songs and tuning his guitar it somewhat feels more personal, especially with this wodden pillar in front of him which gives a feel of a stolen shot. I also wanted to capture the whole band, hence the wide angle. A few shots before that one, I tried not to include the video projector screen on top of them, but in the end I liked how it seems to draw a line above all of them, almost giving some kind of perspective to the photo. Finally, I noticed the Beattles’ flyer and I thought it could be a nice “clin d’oeil”, with only the lead singer in focus it helps draw the attention to it. If there is anything I am not completely happy with this photo is that I would like for the wodden pillar to be straight… but then again it does work with the video screen on the ceilling… And if you want to see a very far fetch sign in the photo, you could say that the pillar + video screen + arm of the singer forms an F, which is the first letter of his name, Fabien… in fact I can see most of his name letters around him! but, no, I didn’t think of that when taking the photo! ;)
December 2011 – France, St Etienne
This was the owner of a great little restaurant in the old part of Lyon. He was a great character, his food was excellent and the decor really special, being an old medieval architecture. As we were leaving he offered a “verre de l’amitié” which you can’t refuse, never can you refuse the second or third one! :)
If you ever have a chance to go there, I highly ecommend the Rasberry and Cherry one! and anything which is on the menu!
May 2011 – Lyon, France
A Friend open that great bottle of Gigondas from 1998. Amazing taste! even better than how it looks! :)
December 2008 – Lyon, France.
After a long day walking in the old part of Lyon and a very loooong lunch I enjoyed the quietness of those back street on a sunny sunday evening.
December 2008 – Lyon, France
I always like to take photos of church candles, and on that day there was no exception. This was actually taken where there was a mirror in the back hence giving you this effects of much many more candles than there actually was
December 2008 – Lyon, France
Those stairs were taken from inside Lyon’s Basilic crypt. Because of the very high contrast the shot was better taken in Black and white. Somehow it reminded me of a movie with Brad Pitt called Sleepers… only because there is a stair case I guess!! but everytime I was looking at that stair it reminded me of the movie, so I took a photo :)
December 2008 – Lyon, France
Those windows were filtering the lights into different colors. The trick here was to find a fine balance between getting the statues exposed enough but at the same time let the colored shadows of light appeared on the picture with a high contrast enough…
December 2008 – Lyon, France
The inside Lyon’s Basilic is spectacular. I especially liked that wall which is located on your left when you go in. I was just very lucky with the lighting at the time!
December 2008 – Lyon, France
The old part of Lyon is very beautiful, you can go and visit a basilic which is at the top of a very steep hill. You can either walk, drive or take a cable car. A very old cable I may add! As the cable car was coming down to pick the passenger up I went on the “wrong” side to take this photo. I liked to play with the composition of this photo and the different signs… DO NOT ENTER, then ALARM and finally why those 2 signs were there… the CABLE CAR. I tried to have each of those item touching/superposing. The hard part was to get everything lighten up properly… those signs were in the shadow and the cable car was in brigth light.