Le Palais-Royal Roses

In early May, J and I took another quick trip to Paris. It was our third time there together and we had really hoped to be better prepared this time with plans. Nope, we couldn't plan a trip if our lives depended on it. We stayed in the 1st again (to be close to Télescope Cafe of course) and spent many mornings walking through the Palais-Royal. I was determined to shoot the stunning roses that lined the paths before I left.

On the last night, we both got food poisoning and had a flight to catch the next morning. We dragged ourselves out of the AirBnB to the gardens so I could shoot these in between bouts of stomach pain. Sounds crazy, but I know I would have been more upset if I had missed the chance to shoot these. Getting lost in the folds and petals of these with my camera was very soothing. I only wish I had more time with them.

I plan on making a few prints of these. All of these are available as fine art prints from 8x10 up to very large sizes if anyone is interested.

Museo del Novecento

On my last day in Milan, I managed to squeeze in a short visit to the Museo del Novecento, a modern and contemporary art museum near the Duomo. Then I regretted having only such a short time to spend there. But alas, I had a flight to catch. I tried to take in as much as I could and shoot all the pieces that inspired me (only a few are pictured below). I really feel that there's nothing quite like a walk through an art museum to get the creative juices flowing again.

Whisper Editions

As a freelancer, I can easily get caught up in client work and not even touch my camera (not counting my iPhone, of course) when I have free time. When photography was simply a hobby, everything was personal work. Now less and less of it is, and I have to remember to pause and shoot things for myself. I welcome any opportunity to create more personal work, so I was pretty excited to be creating an exclusive limited edition print for Whisper Editions. Whisper has a rockstar line-up of artists, and having not come from a fine-art background, I was more than slightly intimidated.

But working with Kristen from Pretty Streets Botanicals was relaxing and fun. Kristen's home in Greenpoint had the perfect amount of old charm and texture. Although we had loosely planned to shoot arrangements, the peony Kristen had set down on the mantle was too poetic not to shoot on its own. And so our print was born.



Below are some more iPhone snaps from the day.