Life In Photos

Today we had our first field day in Photography! It was very exciting to go out with our professor to help guide us. She took us to Gare du Nord which is one of the biggest train stations in Paris. It is a fabulous place to observe all sorts of human behavior and activity, and it was perfect for us to spread our little picture taking wings and fly. Hally (our prof) gave me so many tips and helped me learn how to control my camera. She also emphasized for us to have a sort of vision for what story we want to tell whenever we go out to take photos. I think that it will really help my pictures become more coherent each time I shoot. I'm still learning, but already am a little bolder with getting in front of people I want to capture and just simply waiting to push the button before a picture is ready. Hopefully we will see some improvement!

After class today, we had a wine and cheese tasting as a fun activity for all the students in the program. I kept to myself that I was already an expert on the subject thanks to my mom, but nonetheless, it was still wonderful! I've tasted all of the cheeses before, however it was so different having them straight at the source! I will definitely be a little spoiled from now on when it comes to French cheeses.

The most exciting part of the day however came when a package from home arrived! And let me say a HUGE package! All of the people who work in the office were just as excited as I was to see what came in the big box. It was a care package from my mom with my camera cable I've so desperately needed (yes!) and some jeans I love, along with some other necessities like Bastille Day decorations. Can't wait to put up the blue pinata and red streamers, while marching around with our NEW and BIG wine glasses and feather boas. Thanks Mom!

Tomorrow I have a boat cruise in the evening with my classmates on the agenda. We are trying to go as late as possible to see the city lit up as we cruise along the Seine. And also so we can get as many glasses of wine down before hand. I can't wait to see what it's all like!

I am very sleepy now after having caught up on some homework, but as promised since I've been able to get all my pictures downloaded, here are some of my favorites thus far.

Enjoy :) (and ignore the time stamps, I didn't realize it turned on and though I feel like it ruins the pictures, I still loved these too much to let them go.)

Guy playing bass on the metro. The light actually makes him look like he's performing on stage.

Accordion man.

Graffiti near my class.

The sweetest couple I've seen in Paris.