and I would say... take an old rolleiflex with BW rolls and try to play
Doisneau...
also to visit...
- at the invalides : le musée des plans-reliefs (incredible 3D miniatures of
cities of the 17th century... to be used by military staff to plan battles...)
- the cité des sciences at la Vilette...
- any traditional street market (see above... about Doisneau)
- have a time near a metro entrance and wait for lovers (idem)
and
- the boulevard Voltaire and the second hand shops with photographical stuff
... but OM was never so popular in France, so no great risk of fang...
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: VS <VS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:12:41 +0200
>In message <NDBBIEFMNLLANOKNEJGOIEKEDBAA.hcbottj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>"Henry Bottjer-BA" writes:
>
>Henry,
>
>>Too much planning and advance work for my trip to South Africa so I've
>>decided to substitute a trip to Paris. Probably 4-5 days, and yes to do the
>>touristy things (I've never been).
>
>First of all, 4-5 days won't be enough. I've spent 2 weeks there a
>couple of years ago and I still feel I didn't see enough of Paris.
>
>Get Eyewitness Travel Guide to Paris book
><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1564581853/qid=1031207562/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-9102810-4646365>.
>It's well worth the money and it's filled with interesting information,
>walks, photos from museums, places to visit, ...
>
>Buy the book well before you actually go there, you'll see why when you
>first open it. :-)
>
>> I'm looking for gear recommendations
>>(yet, but they are always welcome), but am more curious about security.
>
>28mm is a bare minimum, if you have 24mm or 21mm they'll come quite
>handy. If I went there again, I'd probably pack 24mm, 35mm shift and
>85mm or 100mm in my daily bag. But that's just me.
>
>> Any places I may not
>>be able to bring a camera bag, or places that photos would be forbidden?
>>
>>And okay, any advice about where to go for good shots would be great too.
>
>>From what I remember, all museums allow photography. Flash is not so
>popular with most of them, neither are tripod, but a monopod can go far
>most of the time. Check with friendly staff. :-)
>
>Things to visit in no specific order:
> Notre Dame
> What can I say, those flying buttresses just did it for
> me. I was a bit disappointed that the whole facade was too white
> for my liking, but the building is just great.
>
> Musee d'Orsay
> A lot of sculptures, including Rodin's "Gates to hell". The
> museum itself is a great building, too bad you won't visit
> it in time for TOPE 11.
>
> Rodin's house
> Visit the garden, have a quite picnic there, feed the
> pigeons, shoot some 'street photos' .. and everyone's
> favorite, mimic the Thinker. :-)
>
> Montparnasse
> Fine wining and dining. You can do whining when it's time
> to pay the bill. :-)
>
>
> Basillique du Sacre Coeur - Montmartre
> Magnificent building, always quite crowded on the outside,
> many people's favorite daylight photo vantage point it seemed.
>
> Dali Museum - Montmartre
> Montmartre is filled with street artists and many
> opportunities for street photography. And while you're
> there, visit Dali's museum.
>
> Opera house
> Can't visit Paris without visiting the Opera house. And
> don't worry, they've take care of Andrew Lloyd Webber..err,
> the Phantom, I mean.
>
> Arc de Triomphe
> Climb it, take panoramic photos or just scout for your new
> destinations. Take some photos of the Champs-Elysees,
> filled with traffic, bustling with life.
>
> Louvre
> All that you've heard about it ... and they're photography
> friendly. Pack lots of water for this one. Think of it as a
> half day trek if you want to cover most of it. Take photo
> of all the people trying to take photo of Mona Lisa. :-)
>
> Versailles gradens
> I didn't feel like joining the 1 hour queue to see the
> insides of the palace, so I can't comment on that. But the
> gardens are great. Plenty of photographic opportunities,
> great to wind down for a while, have some quite time.
>
> Invalides
> Napoleon's tomb, arms museum, ...
>
>And many other places that I can't remember now. :-)
>
>HTH,
>
>Saso
>
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