Personal challenge: meals half way through

gbf wanted to see meals half way through. These were taken in a fantastic Italian restaurant which happens to be nearby my studio.

Personal challenge: stairwell

kodak portra vc 400

Marion wanted to see my stairwell: here it is!

Personal challenge: strangers

Ida, Kitchu, Anne, Tinajo & Fen & Ned challenged me to take photos of strangers: scary!!! Here are the shots. These were all taken with my Minolta, which means : no auto-focus....
There is a new post @ words to shoot by.

Chouette lundi

kodak portra vc

Ce matin en me réveillant, j'ai décidé que ce serait un chouette lundi, que j'étais même pas fatiguée, et que la semaine allait être lumineuse. Besoin d'un peu de méthode Coué de temps en temps, pas vous?

When I woke up, I decided that today was going to be great. The sun is shining and I just watched this short movie via Leila.

L'Ourcine

I think this is now my favorite restaurant in Paris...

Personal challenge: portraits

My friend Elizabeth wanted me to take photos of her beautiful children.

Breakfast In America

Last Saturday, we had a craving for burgers and we went to this hugely popular place in Paris: Breakfast In America. Of course, Solal loved it! But it made me miss Hillstone in LA big time!!!

Personal Challenge: books

Oh oui Ötli, j'aime les livres: j'aime lire et j'aime l'objet livre. J'aime les voir, les sentir, les toucher. Le livre est pour moi un objet plus sensuel qu'intellectuel.

Rien de plus rassurant et de plus douillet qu'une pièce tapissée de livres, comme autant de promesses d'évasion.

Depuis quelques années ma vie personnelle et professionelle me laisse tristement moins de temps pour m'évader.
Mes lectures de roman sont presque toutes en anglais. Mon tout premier roman en anglais, à 15 ans, était "Wait until spring, Bandini". J'ai depuis une tendresse immense pour toute l'oeuvre de John Fante.


De temps en temps, comme une récréation, je m'accorde une lecture en français. Mon dernier coup de coeur (pas si récent) était pour"Le fils de la sardine" d'Ilan Duran Cohen.



Et puis il y a les albums pour enfants. Univers découvert avec délice avec mon fils que je continue à explorer et à adorer maintenant qu'il est devenu tout grand.
Celui-ci m'a été offert par Blanche pour mon anniversaire l'année dernière.


Et bien sûr les livres photos.... Sur ceux là peu de mots, ce sont presque tous des cadeaux, parfois suggérés, parfois surprenants: inspiration, vertige, enchantement...




Ötli asked me for the challenge if I liked books , and if so if I could take photos of some.
I love books. For the past few years, I have been mainly reading novels in English (the first one I read when I was 15 was "Wait until spring Bandini"and since then, I've always adored John Fante's work). I guess the first goal was to improve my written English (not sure it is that conclusive) but now I really just enjoy reading the original words of an author rather than a translation.
I love children books too. They are amazing, and although my son is too grown up now, I keep on reading and trying to find new marvels. The illustrations of these are all so different and fantastic.
And of course there are the photo books......

PS: these cards via Marion crack me up!!!

Les mots dans la rue

Personal challenge: first photos

Alma wanted a new banner for her blog.




Marion wanted to see the yellow shoes I had on when we first met.


Loving all your ideas. They feel like a new rush of inspiration. Don't hesitate to add new ones if others come to mind. As said before, it will probably take a while, but I will try to shoot them all (even the strangers ;)).

Sur les quais

Happy Monday!
PS: Can you see the strangers on photo #4? Does it count for the personal challenge?
Yes, I know they are a bit faraway...

My street

I am still trying to work out the impossible project films.
Kristina sent me a link to this article, which has been really interesting.

I have been starting to shoot some of your ideas for the personal challenge. I found them all very exciting but I have to admit that some of them scare me a little too: I am sure you know which ones! I will shoot everything on film (so hard to go back to digital), so bear with me. It might be a bit long but I will try to take all the photos!

Casse-croûte

Not very healthy, but so good.
A french tune?

Thank you for all you ideas! They are great: keep them coming!!!

Personal Challenge

Irene inspired me with this post.
I love the photographic challenges, so I thought this one would be fun!
Is there anything in particular you would like me to take pictures of?
Go ahead! I can't wait to read your ideas :)

PS: right now, I am sipping some wonderful tea that Marion sent me.