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Honfleur
Honfleur is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has ...
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Mori Tower 24mm vs. 300mm
Same location, same camera, same subject (Mori Tower in Roppongi, where my office is located) but different lens : 24mm vs. 300mm. Now, the 300mm is not the lens I use most since it’s rather bulky and heavy, but when I have the time, I love using it as a walkaround lens, just to re-discover ...
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Le Lion d’Or
This former 18th-century post office is now a charming hotel located in one of Bayeux’s oldest quarters, close to the Bayeux Tapestry Museum. My favourite part of the hotel is the lounge, where you can relax by the fireplace, sipping Calvados, while being surrounded by pictures of the celebrities the hotel has welcome over the ...
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La Cambe German War Cemetery
La Cambe is a military war grave cemetery, located close to Bayeux, France. Presently containing in excess of 21,000 German military personnel of World War II. La Cambe was originally the site of a battlefield cemetery, established by the United States Army Graves Registration Service during the war, where American and German soldiers, sailors and ...
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Fujisan !
Last strips of snow covering Fujisan are going away, soon it will be ready for climbing.
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Fujisan and Flowers
Once a year, at the Fuji Shibazakura Matsuri (富士芝桜まつり ), you can enjoy a marvellous sight : Mt. Fuji with hundreds of thousands of flowers blooming. All pictures available on my other website dedicated to travels in Japan – image-japan – along with a video and the coordinates.
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Mine à Charbon
Le Musée de la Mine du Molay-Littry, Normandie, France. L’histoire de la mine de Littry débute au XVIIIe Siècle, après la découverte en 1741 d’un affleurement de charbon à l’emplacement du bourg de la Mine. En 1747, naquit la Compagnie des Mines de Littry. A son apogée vers 1840, la mine comptait près de 950 ...
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Tokyo Sunset
Trying a long focal towards the sun. Not too bad I’d say !
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Looking at Skytree
From my favourite (and free) viewing platform in Bunkyo-ku.
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Roof Garden
Often the only way to have a garden in Tokyo.
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100 Million Skytree Pixels
A dozen of pictures stitched together to produce a picture with 100 million pixels. For a limited time, I let you dowload the resulting image in full resolution directly from my Dropbox. Enjoy ! Two examples of the pictures before stitching below.
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Storm Brewing
Storm Brewing in the direction of Chiba. Shot from my favourite viewing platform in Tokyo :)
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Red Roses
Even the ugliest of houses can hold a bit of beauty !
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Rising Steel and Concrete
One year difference between the two pictures. Office building on the left, apartment building on the right. And as always, the apartment building looks ugly in comparison to the office one.
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Blue Hats
The Blue Hats from BR31 !
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Saizeriya – サイゼリヤ
One of the ubiquitous family restaurant in Japan (ファミレス) : Saizeriya. I actually like it, the “Italian” food they serve is simple, not too bad, and amazingly cheap. Only ¥3,000 for all you can see on the pictures, including the wine ! Quite popular for dates too :)
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Bayeux Medieval Festival
At the beginning of July and for almost 30 years, Bayeux transforms itself into the medieval town it used to be. The reenactment groups from France and all Europe set up their camps and recreate the daily life of the Vikings, Saxons and Normans. Historical dresses, traditional food of the Middle Ages, music performances, crafts, ...
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Thirsty in a Park
Love that shot, really nice atmosphere, I can feel Spring just looking at it !
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Photo Class
Some Japanese students practising photography in a park. I guess one has to use film once to know how painful it is.
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Enjoying Spring
Some Japanese ladies resting on a bench in a park in Tokyo. Yes, another attempt to increase my Getty sales without a model release ;-)
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Bayeux Cathedral
Prime example of Roman and Gothic Architecture, right in the middle of my hometown in Normandy : The Notre-Dame Cathedral of Bayeux. It was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William (Guillaume), Duke of Normandy and King of England himself. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, ...