The View of Paris
While making my way up to the top of the Eiffel Tower, I stopped on one of the lower levels of the Tower to grab this shot. I was only 11 years old with my old Nikon D40 on a family vacation in Europe. I recently came across this photo while going through some of my old Europe images and couldn’t resist bringing it into Lightroom. There I added an old vintage film… Read More
The Rich and the Wealthy
This is an older photo taken with my old Nikon D40 many years ago when I was about 10 visiting Miami, Florida. My family was taking a bus tour exploring the islands and this was the last shot I grabbed right before the evening made the light too dark. I was intrigued by this island particularly because of the eye-catching architecture and also because I learned that some of the houses on… Read More
Dining in Key West
Discovered this really nice outdoor dining restaurant while strolling down Duval street in Key West. This really beautiful flower also caught my eye! I decided to frame my photo by having the flower as the subject and the elegant outdoor setting in the background. Thanks to my Leica X1, I was able to get some nice bokeh in the background and also of some of the lights. I composed it so the eye would see… Read More
Japanese Shishi Odoshi
While exploring a Japanese garden on my vacation in Florida, I came across what to me looked like a Japanese bamboo waterfall. After taking a few shots with my Leica X1, I was able to focus directly on the spot of the bamboo where the water poured into it. In my post processing I felt that the green foliage and pennies all over the ground was a distraction so I went the black and… Read More
Charleston Harbor Restaurant
After having lunch at this really nice restaurant a few blocks from the harbor in Charleston SC, I decided to explore the place and really liked some of the cool harbor-themed decorations and novelty objects. This was taken with my Leica X1 at f/2.8 to get as much light in since the place was dark and too also get some really nice bokeh. The lights hanging along the ceiling were really nice so… Read More
