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Joanna: Bridal Images in Paris
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Joanna is a British actress, and we met up at midnight one night for a session at the Eiffel Tower and in the Rue de Cler area. She certainly got lots of attention in her vintage wedding gown!
Joanna is fabulous, and it was fun hanging out with her for a while. I wish I had been in Paris one more day so we could have had more time. Oh well...there is always next time! I hope to see you again soon Joanna! :) |
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Europe
Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Random
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I will be posting images from Courtney and Paul's beautiful fall wedding Wednesday. In the meantime, I am going to share more images from Europe.
(If you are here to see portofolio material just choose from the "categories" menu above.)
The crooked spire of St Lambertus church in Dusseldorf...
(I also liked the contrast of the small cross in the picture.)
A favorite pastime for Germans and tourists alike is savoring the winter holiday season at a local Christmas market. The colorful fairs spring up in most towns and cities for the four-week Advent season leading up to Christmas Eve. Fortunately, we were able to catch a few days of the market when they opened up towards the end of our stay in Germany.
Chestnuts roasting...
Everyone gathered around tents to drink glühwein. Glühwein is usually prepared from red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, vanilla pods, cloves, citrus and sugar. We bought a couple of steaming mugs, and I thought I would love it. But...it tasted like cough syrup to me...I guess it is the cloves that I don't like.
Being the south Georgia girl that I am - I was thrilled when it began snowing as we walked around the market.
After leaving Germany we headed to Paris. The image below cracks me up because we had not been at the Eiffel tower five minutes when this guy tried the the gold ring scam on my mama. Not even five minutes later another guy tried it on me. I can't believe how many people are running around Paris with fake gold rings trying to scam people.
I was chatting on the phone with my awesome husband in this photo...
We cruised around Paris on the top of a double decker bus. We almost froze to death, but the view was totally worth it!
Warming up in a cafe was a welcome diversion every day!
Michelle and Mama order lunch...
REAL french fries! :D lol
I have to say - I don't understand why everyone over here slathers their pommes frites in mayo - I can't stand to even think about it.
Notre Dame...
The Seine...
The Arc de Triomphe...
Going up in the Eiffel Tower...
The view from the 2nd level was gorgeous - I like that you can see the shadow of the tower.
Of course we went all the way to the top just to say we did.
France is marking its six-month presidency of the European Union by lighting up the Eiffel Tower in blue with yellow stars, recalling the EU flag.
The tower also twinkles with small white lights for 10 minutes every hour on the hour from nightfall to 2 a.m.
The chocolate shops in Paris were impossible to resist...
Les Invalides, site of Napoleon's Tomb...
Random shots around the city...
My favorite area was Monmartre.
Montmartre is known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit.
The view...
This little boy was so cute, and his mother let me take a few quick shots of him at the produce stand.
I had to get a shot of "Miel et Nature," a specialty store selling honey and natural foods for Brian since he is getting into beekeeping and is fascinated with all things bees and honey!
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris that we chose to visit instead of the Louvre since we had limited time. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915.
It was SO exciting to see art by Monet, Manet, Whistler, Renoir, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Latrec, Gauguin, and Matisse just to name a few!
There was also a temporary exhibit featuring Picasso! He was featured along with Manet - including Picasso's version of one of Manet's paintings. It was so much fun to see them together.
This room in the museum was definitely over the top...
I was trying to get a shot of Sacré Cœur through the clock upstairs in the museum.
I had to get a few shots of some of the window displays. They were so fabulous that people were crowded around checking them out.
The next image is dreary, but it reminds me of how COLD it was while we were there.
Check back tomorrow to see a few bridal images in Paris! |
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Germany and Paris
Sunday, November 23, 2008 | Random
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Before leaving Germany we traveled by train to Moyland where we visited this castle that really looks like a castle! It snowed quite a bit today, and I love this shot that shows the contrast of the newly fallen snow and the plants that are still alive.
The castle...before I set off the alarm.
After we found the "right" way to get on the back lawn! lol
A spooky image...
I have some great images from the Christmas Marketplace that I hope I can recover from the card I had problems with, but here are just a few...
My mama...
Today we made a crazy trip to Paris that involved a slight mix up with trains. We finally made it though, and it was totally worth all the trouble. Check out the view of the Eiffel Tower from our hotel room!
The lights sparkle on the hour...
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Holland
Friday, November 21, 2008 | Random
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In case you are just seeing my blog for the first time, I am on vacation until after Thanksgiving. If you are here to see work examples - please choose from the categories menu above.
The photos below were taken with my point and shoot camera and are pretty much straight out of the camera, so please excuse the quality. I am just posting them for fun so our husbands and friends can see what we are up to.
Michelle and I had a delicious German dinner the other night. She had wiener schnitzel, and I was thrilled to find a vegetarian dish and had gnocchi.
Thursday we took a train to Amsterdam and then took a tour of the countryside. This is a view in Amsterdam as we were waiting for our tour bus.
I wish I could have gotten some good windmill shots, but this is the only one I was able to get. I had to shoot it out of the bus window as we were driving by.
We stopped by a Dutch farm for a cheesemaking demonstration, and then we were able to sample lots of different types of gouda.
I loved the wooden clogs - and of course I wish I had taken my "real" camera so I could have gotten a better shot of some of these things.
Michelle tried on a clog, but it was a little big. :)
Next we went to a village and saw a clog-making demonstration. This board shows the sequence in making clogs...
The machine that is used uses one completed clog as a guide when carving the new clog.
Colorful clogs...
We spent the last two days in Germany in Dusseldorf and Cleve. I wish I could show you images from the Christmas Market Place, I am having trouble with my card reader. Anything else that I post before I get home will have to be from my small point and shoot camera.
We are heading to Paris this morning so hopefully I can post something from there before heading back to Georgia.
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Germany: Aachen
Thursday, November 20, 2008 | Random
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Wednesday we took a train to Aachen and spent the day exploring the city.
I love the big fall leaves that are everywhere.
Ladies window shopping...
And of course...what would a great European city be without a fabulous cathedral? If you look in the background you will see the one that we visited. A very long time ago, the area in front of the buildings was a fish market.
Look at the building on the left in the photo above. If you look closely on the wall, you can see the marks where the fish mongers once sharpened their knives.
This is not a great interior photo of the cathedral, but I wanted you to see the chandelier...
A view from the floor looking up at the chandelier and ceiling.
A couple of detail shots from the buildings surrounding the cathedral...
Next, we found the most awesome store called Vom Faas where you can buy gourmet European culinary condiments, fruit vinegars, exquisite oils, selected wines, exotic liqueurs and fine and rare spirits, all sold straight from the cask. (Apparently there is a U.S. shop in Madison, Wisconsin. Will someone please open one near me???)
I happen to be an olive oil addict, and here is the sales lady pouring some first press olive oil for me. yum.
They also have vinegars, wines, liquors, etc.
We also bought some Scotch whiskey straight from the barrel - aged for 27 years. Each bottle is inscribed by the sales person with a special message, or simply with details of the contents.
Then it was back to he hotel after a long day. Now this is probably T.M.I. (too much information), but it is too funny not to share. Our hotel is ridiculously nice (in theory). But...it is very modern and very European which presents a big problem for us.
I am here with my mama and a friend of mine who joined us. The bathroom is wide open and glass. One side of the shower is milk glass, but the remainder is regular glass - and the bathroom is wide open to the room. Obviously this doesn't work for us being that we are prudish Americans! So being the southern girl that I am, I decided that the situation could be remedied with duct tape. I couldn't find duct tape, but I did finally find some packaging tape. After talking the front desk out of an extra sheet, we rigged up some privacy for our bathroom. How funny is that? I can only imagine what the housekeeper thinks when he comes in to clean.
But now - on to the important information. I bet you want to know who won the chocolate from the previous post. Michelle chose the winner from a hat full of names. Drumroll...and the winner is...
Catherine - I hope I can stay out of the candy long enough to get home and get it in the mail to you! :)
Check back tomorrow for our adventures in Holland. |
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