PARIS STREETS; ROMANCE, CLICHES AND LOST GIRLS!!

When we're in any city, I enjoy photographing the people of that city. Ninety percent of the time the shots are candids. The reasons I take certain images can be as different as the people I photograph.

In this photo what interested me was the man riding the scooter. We saw many people riding scooters, motorcycles, electric scooters, bikes and electric cars. Seems the ecology and the economy influence these options.

                                          Even the police go green !!

We were at the Eiffel Tower when I photographed this young man. His family was in line (4 to 6 hour wait) and he was keeping himself amused by chasing and catching the pigeons!!

I saw this photographer shooting the tower from this perspective!!!
I admired her creative process!!

Paris has been called the world's most romantic city and walking around you see that many people agree!!!

Here is a cliche, a beautiful sunny afternoon in Paris and people having lunch at a sidewalk cafe!!

                     Did I mention the romantic nature of Paris???

      Romance can be at any age and expressed in many ways !!

When I saw this man all I could think of was this was my idea of a Frenchman!! The face, the expression, all purely French to me !!

While waiting in our hotels lobby Phyllis had a gentleman sharing her settee.

We saw so many ladies on their way to work driving motorcycles!!

           Do I even need to explain why I took his picture????

Why did I take this picture?? Umm..Phyllis will see this blog, I think she was just part of the Parisian streets !!! Yes, I'm sure that's why I took this image!!

 This delightful young lady, (Anna) was the barmaid at our hotel. She was a really nice woman and bought our drinks for us!! I like nice women who buy me drinks!!!!

This woman was riding beside this young boy. Perhaps his mom was riding with him to his school????

I saw this young woman on the Champ de Elyees. The first thought was 'little girl lost'. Was she lost ??? I have no idea but that is part of the fun of shooting candids. Some photography is shooting reality and some is creating a reality!!

                Another young woman riding her bike!!

                Street entertainers! I always love street entertainers!!

           Phyllis and her cousins walking among the artists!!

Phyllis photographing a corridor at the Louvre.

I crossed the street to take this picture: a young woman on the Champs Elysees looking into the window of Cartier. Make up your own reality. It can be fun, try it!!

Somedays the photography gods smile at you and give you a cliche, yes a cliche but one I'll take every time. Early morning on the streets of Paris and a holy man traveling from a bakery with a fresh bread baguette. I'll take this shot every time and walk away smiling!!!