Photography
can help us to freeze special moments, to retrieve the feeling of our emotion
in a specific time; to capture the beauty that may be lost forever…or even more;
that’s why I love to shoot.
It was a
struggle moment when I packed my luggage for this trip, whether I should bring
along with my Nikon D70s in a lighter weight? Or Nikon D300, much heavier but
more full function, or…simply my iphone?
A standard
lens, a wide angle or a 18-55/f3.5 VR zoom…? I know this scenario is not
strange to some of you, especially when the technology of the build-in camera
improve sharply in these years; I wished I could have a mirror-less interchangeable lens cameras at that minute :P
Finally
& fortunately I decided to bring along with D300 + 12-24/f1.2 +
18-70/f3.5 + iphone SE (1st generation). I’m an amateur in
photography, they may seem a bit “old- fashion” compare with the modern gear,
but they are my intimate companions since 2015, and this time, they brought me
lots & lots of good memories for my Petit Paris series, thank you “pal”.
I rarely
crop photo frame after shooting because it‘s my own training to frame seriously
before press my shutter: a rule that I’d like to keep since the first day I was
using filmed SLR camera. It‘s a lot more sensation when holding a camera
instead of a phone, thus better photos as a result. I don’t know why, may be I am stubborn I
guess.
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By D300 (ISO-200_f/10_1/125s)
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In fact, a
good quality wide angle is almost a must to capture the enormous breathtaking
architecture, and those fascinating colour coverage on or below the sky. Truly
speaking, this set of photo gear, to me, was a bit heavy for a long day walk;
but I did carry them with me in 8 out of 12 days for a reason.
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| By iPhone SE (ISO25 f/2.2_1/276s) |
On the
other hand, iphone did works tremendously well that, I was a bit free of
tension to keep an eye onto it compare with a camera, in terms of security
issue, i.e.: free “float” to explore!
Paris is
basically safe enough for solo trip, provided you have to avoid some treacherous
zone at night; but hanging your camera around your neck is still not a good
idea, especially for a tourist outside the tourist spots. So I had to put it
back into my bag after every few shots which was inconvenience and that’s while
a small iphone helped so much in these occasions.
In my
book, you may find some photo quality difference; 80% of the photos were taken
by D300 and the rest by iphone especially 2 full days in
Mortmartre and The Louvre.
To
maintain the atmospheric colour as close as to the true moment, I do minimize my
post editing process to all my photos. They may not professional in some sense,
they are what I saw in 95% real at that moment in that space.
I am happy
of what they are & I hope you will like them, too.
