The first of Paris!

Last week I came up with an idea, an idea that would force me to see more of Paris and to discover places that I have yet to discover. Rules: I have to visit each arrondissement in Paris. I have only one day for each of them. I must use only one full role of film each. Today I visited the 1st arrondissement of Paris, started on L'Ile de Cite and moved my way across the Louvre and up past Les Halles. This was my first attempt at this so I was a little afraid about spacing the photos. I didn't want to use them all too quickly but I had to finish my role before I went home. On this role I got a lot more photos of the building and sculptures than I hope to get in future arrondissements. I hope for the next role I will get more candid photos of tourists and locals.

Niki

After I did photos with Julia she introduced me to a friend of her's who is also a model and suggested that we did photos together. She invited me to a party that her friend was having and lets just say it was an interesting first impression. To be fair it was her party, but she couldn't decided if she wanted to work with me or not. Through out the evening it went from her not wanting to work with me, to her really wanting to work with me but couldn't, to "so when are we going to do a shoot?" I thought I would give a second meeting a try so we got drinks and talked about if she really wanted to do photos with me or not. We decided to try to do a shoot in a cafe that belonged to a friend of mine. My idea was to get there before it opened and do some darker black & white photos with no body else in the bar. I got a hold of my friend and we were given an hour before they opened and an extra hour outside before Niki (the model) had to run off to work. When we met for the photos my friend was late so we did a few photos outside while we waited. We then went in and did some photos for about half an hour and then went back to her place and did a few more before she went to work. It was rushed but I get some that I wanted. I will see if we can get together again and do some more when we both have some more free time.