French TV speaker, journalist and writer Claire Chazal took part with Carla Bruni Sarkozy and Vanessa Paradis (and other French celebs) to a self portrait project. The pics have been auctioned at Christie’s Paris on July 1st, 2010 for a fund-raiser to benefit medical research and the poorest.

I was cleaning my photo library to make some room in my harddrive and I found this shoot. I don’t even remember when I shoot it. It was someday at the beginning of the spring. Look, trees awere still blossoming.

Easy shoot. Eiffel Tower will always look good.

A beautiful tree with flowers growing up directly from branches

I’m quite in awe with tulips.

It’s not a flower we get in the Caribbean. I remember I made one with plaster at 6 for mom’s day while my classmates favored roses. The first time I held one for real, I guess I was 18.
There are a lot these days in Paris. The bigger they are, the more I like them.

They do not last long unfortunately.

May 1st is a holiday bank in France. We celebrate work day … by not going to work! How wonderful is that?

Sometimes, Paris can be the weirdest place in the world. Last week end I saw this pulley while I was coming back home, outing from my neighbor window …. No no no no. It’s not my closest neighbor. This guy is not in my building. He’s a few buildings away (1 block actually).

I shot this yesterday in Paris’ 4th arrondissement few steps away (10 actually) from the Seine river. This winter has been so tough and so cold. I felt it even harder that I enjoyed sunny Palo Alto last year.

I’ve been waiting those Prunus to come into flower for one month. I used to rollerblade around before I left to California.
For me, Spring is officially on.

I’ll be posting other shoots of Paris over the next couple of months.

I like the mix of iron muscles and tenderness his look and the way he carries the baby goat exude. Protective and powerful.

I attended a creative lighting photo class two weeks ago. I discovered a photo studio. And you know what? I loved it. What amazed me most was what was happening behind the scenes.

You know, I had my subject and its background. All that would make my pic gorgeous. I & my camera were shooting this little window of pure beauty.

The photoshoot of ‘La Parisienne’ ad took place in Paris in March 09

Photoshop has just released an app for iPhone. For free. Wait wait wait. Don’t jump off of your chair (as I did). Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone is barely an extension of photoshop.com, a website for storing, sharing, editing pics. It’s nothing like the famously expensively awesome software sporting the same name.