Paris 12th-15th Nov 2008

The trip to Paris was a huge success and great fun, and although there wasn't much time for photographing this wonderful city there certainly was a lot of photography and art on display for us to enjoy. Highlights for me include my first visit to Paris Photo at the Louvre which was so vast that I didn't even see everything, talk about image overload but it was well worth it. James Casebere at the Galerie Daniel Templon was amazing and highly recommended as it is on until December 31st, and Shirana Shahbazi at the Centre Culturel Suisse was also very inspiring.

This is a handheld night time shot from my hotel window looking east across northern Paris, bumping up the ISO and setting the camera to 'anti-shake' mode helped me maintain a sharp image. I didn't take my digital SLR along with me for several reasons, this was shot on a Nikon P5100 compact camera. Notre Dame at night is also handheld and the camera handled it pretty well, there is a certain amount of noise due to the high ISO but considering I didn't have an SLR or a tripod I'm pretty pleased with these shots.

A really useful leaflet I found in one of the small galleries is called 'Galeries Mode D'Emploi' and lists dozens of small independent galleries and exhibitions, the link to the website is www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com or click here.