RX100 x Paris

Yet some more random shots while testing the RX100 camera, this time in Paris.

Tour Montparnasse.

Métro, Ligne 6.

Sunny

The mysterious man of NDG

2010

Sometimes, you just notice someone and for some reason,

you're fascinated and you keep on starring at that person.

That day, I had my camera and snapped these two pics of that man.

2012

2 years later, I'm back at Notre Dame de la Garde, this time for a workout with some friends,

when I see the same guy, sitting at the same place, looking just as focused as the first time I saw him.

Didn't have my camera, but luckily enough I had my smartphone to take some more pics of him.

2013

I've had this post in mind for a long time, as soon as I took this second set of pics actually,

but I finally dig in my old pics to find the 2010 pics, and put it together.

I don't know who that guy is, what is story is, why he sits there, or what his thoughts are,

but I also like the mystery around him, and I'll sure look out for him next time I go up there.


!! 2013 UPDATE !!

Right after I posted this on facebook, I learned that this guy is actually a basketball player by the name of Charles Jones, who once was drafted by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks & NFL's Dallas Cowboys.
A friend of mine already told me about him a couple times as he ended up playing here,
in Marseille, for the SMUC, but I didn't know how he looked like.
Then I found out that other people also noticed him at different locations around Marseille,
and they all had the same fascination for the character he is.
Now I can't wait to meet him again and show him the pictures and ask him to tell me his story,
and hopefully set up a shooting ?


!! 2013 UPDATE # 2 !!

I finally met the guy ! I was buying some groceries the other day when I noticed him in front of the line, so I went to him and told him the story, unfortunately I didn't have the pics on my phone to show them.
Gave him my card so that he can email me if he wants but it didn't seem like he would, and I haven't had any news yet. Anyway, as expected, he's a very sweet guy, and you can tell he went through a lot.

Paris Street Photography Session

 

 

Idea & Smile by CedPics

 

 

Just walking & shooting around in Paris with my friend CedPics,

whose pics you can have a look at on his facebook page, here.

La siesta

This can't be just summer Love, Rude Boy !

First, I laid my eyes on her. Then got hypnotized.

Now all I need to do is close my eyes,

play the right song, and there she is again...

Summer love baby.

Thank her

Let's just say she was the sunshine in an otherwise rather cloudy day, literally and figuratively. I was bored and getting tired at the 2010 Orange Freestyle Cup when my eyes met her... Forget the riders on water, I had to get my camera out and try and get a good picture of her... It was like she just came out of a surf magazine. Oh yeah, and appart from being stunning, Jalou Langeree also ranks in the worlds top 10 in women's kiteboarding...