Left of Center Photography

France

Paul — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:01:57 +0000

So, after spending a few days in Germany, I caught a plane to Paris so that I could spend the weekend with an old friend and see that city for the first time. I arrived Friday afternoon and we managed to get in a quick visit to the Arc du Triomphe (climbed all 284 steps!), Montmartre and the Musee du Louvre. Wandering the streets and just taking it in. I actually didn’t even bring a camera with me the first night. I just wanted to absorb it all. The architecture and history of the city is incredible. If you wanted to really appreciate it all you would need to spends weeks there.

Saturday was another day full of monuments and museums. I did take my camera this time. Saw so much that day, but also managed to find a quiet cafe off the main streets for a fantastic lunch and made time to take in the view of the city from the top of the Centre Pompidou.

I very much owe my friend, Marie, and her family a debt of gratitude. Not only did I have a great time seeing Paris, but I was welcomed into a wonderful home and got to enjoy meeting her family as well.

Merci beaucoup!

And finally, my friend and gracious host…

The adventures of LoC aren’t over yet. In two weeks, I head to Cancun for sand, sun and, what will no doubt be, a beautiful wedding!

Germany

Paul — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:01:25 +0000

So I spent the past week over in Europe. Started in Germany and ended in France. Saw some wonderful sites and got to connect with a very important old friend.

I stayed in Bonn, Germany for the first part of the trip. When my secret double agent day job was over, the evenings were filled by taking the train into the City Center and strolling the streets. On one such evening, an elderly man approached myself and the group I was with and began rattling off some story in German. I don’t know a lick of German. When he finally paused to take a breath, we informed him we were American. The whole story started over in English. At this point he also proceeded to sit right down at our table. He told us tales of hiking across the US back in the 1950s, about how much something cost in Central Park (we should have paid more attention to this part) and the movie “An American in Paris”. Then he pulled a small pad of paper from his bag and began to sketch us.

When he finished, he asked us to identify ourselves which we did. Then he told us it was $2 Euro per head – $6 Euro total (see the math I did there?). Ahhh…drawings like this were what cost $20 in Centrail Park! Really, I thought he was going to try selling us German weed.

Here are just a few other pictures from around the city.

Beautiful: Haleigh – the Complete Session

Paul — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:38:13 +0000

Here are the rest of Haleigh’s pictures. She was a great to work with and I got to try out a few new things. I think the session produced some great images.

Beautiful – Haleigh

Paul — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:57:55 +0000

Haleigh is the daughter of a great client of mine. She had a dress. I had some free time for personal work. This is the first shot.

More to come…

1st Communion – Paige

Paul — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:20:24 +0000

So this post is a little special because my daughter is the subject. She came to me a few weeks ago and asked me to treat her like a bride and take pretty pictures of her getting ready for her First Communion. She’s eight. She’s going to have some high expectations come her actual wedding day!

This was just a dress rehearsal. Her actual First Communion isn’t for a few more weeks. I’m sure she’ll have more expectations for her photographer on that Sunday as well!