Posts Tagged “Normandy”
As some of you might remember, I have this ongoing photo-series project: I take pictures of coin-operated binoculars and public pay-telescopes. As I don’t know of any proper name for them, I coined the term ‘Touristscopes‘. They fascinate me because of their appearance: they resemble faces, robot-like. The effect is called pareidolia. It is a human habit to recognize a face in the strangest things.
When I was in France last summer, in Normandy to be precise, I was able to collect some more touristscope photos. I used to shot them in a very standardized manner, filling the frame like head-on portraits. I always use the same 24mm lens and preferably a 100 ISO black and white film. The touristscope-types do not vary a lot, there seem to be three major models in France, which I have seen in Germany, too. That’s why I decidetd to also take pictures of the surrounding, the context of the touristscopes, in the future.
Below, I present you five of the touristscopes from Normandy. I choose to show them as a list, because that was the January Monthly Special: Lists at Take Out Photo. Finally, I managed to participate in a monthly challenge again. 
Arromanches-les-Bains (overlooking the beach where the allied invasion landed on D-Day. Arromanches was where the allies build a temporary harbour to offload supplies for the troops.):
In Arromanches, too. Note the similar posture of the tourists :
Fecamp:
Le Havre:
Villers-Sur-Mer (Situated right next to the Greenwich Meridian, obviously.) :
Tags: Arromanches-les-Bains, D-Day, Fecamp, Greenwich Meridian, Le Havre, Villers-Sur-Mer, Beach, black and white, Canon EOS 50E, EF 24mm f/2.8, Film Photography, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, List, Normandy, Photo Series, Photography, Portrait, red filter, Sky, Street Photography, Telescope, Tourism, Tourist
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Martin of the blog visuelleGedanken has started a Blog-Parade titled “Your best Photo 2009″. I might be late, but not too late: today is the last day to participate.
The title explains itself. Bloggers are supposed to present their best picture shot last year. Of course it is difficult to choose only one photo. Especially as half of my pictures right now exist in a latent form on undeveloped black and white film only. And the majority of my scanned photos is not even edited. But I had a look at them and decided for the picture presented above. It is, at least, on of my preferred photos of 2009.
The black and white shot was taken last summer in Normandy, France. It shows the entrance to the harbour of Le Havre. Two protection walls ending in buildings and a small lighthouse each. I took it from a barrier protecting the marina. It is a long-time exposure of 30 seconds, resulting in the flattened sea and the slightly washed-out sky. In the center you see the blurred structures of small boats from a sailing school leaving the calm water of the harbour for the sea. I like the contrast in the photograph and the hard structures of the rocks in the foreground and the buildings in the background. The exposure time could have been a bit longer, but my factor 1000 grey filter did not allow for more. I might get a stronger one for the next time I am near the sea.
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Tags: Le Havre, black and white, Blog Parade, Boats, Film Photography, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Grey Filter, Harbour, Long Time Exposure, Normandy, Photography, Rocks, Sea, Sky, Water
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Just a quick update, so I can participate in the August Monthly Special at Take Out Photo: Triptych.
The wedding was wonderful, everything is fine and we are exhausted from organizing and having party. More about this in some days or weeks. Oh, and we are waiting for the photos. As expected we did not have the time to take some on our own.
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Tags: black and white, Canon EOS 50E, Church, EF 24mm f/2.8, Film Photography, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, Monastery, Normandy, Photo Challenge, Photo Series, Photography, Religion, Ruin, Triptych
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I’m not that much at the computer recently. There are so many analogue things to do, like reading (much more fun without a screen) or enjoying the clear, blue sky that finally returned after weeks of grey.
The photo is from Normandy in France (to be correct: from the northern part, called Haute Normandie). The cliff there is fascinating, with lots of pebbles in front. From a photographer’s perspective it isn’t as interesting, but I tried to give the shot some impact with an unusual perspective, shooting close to the ground. Still, without a measure of size the frog’s perspective can not really emphasize the height of the cliff. But I like the shades of grey in this black and white photo.
There will be some minor changes in the blog, mainly behind the scenes, in the next days. I am going to make the photoblog part more efficient. This post is some kind of a first step. The links to several photoblog communities are now directly included in the photo-post, making it more easy to vote for this blog / bookmark it. Let’s see if this works out.
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Tags: black and white, Canon EOS 50E, Cliff, EF 24mm f/2.8, Film Photography, Filter, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, Normandy, Sea
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In his comment to my last post Mario hinted me at a blog about photos of things in which one can see faces: http://facesinplaces.blogspot.com. That remembered my of an photo series I’ve done some time ago about these binoculars in places with a nice sight that you have to pay (I’ve no idea what they are called, not even in German).
This one is from Normandy and seems to be a frequent model, I’ve seen similar ones in Paris. I usually do not move them but shoot them they way they are, mostly pointing to the sky.
Tags: black and white, Canon EOS 50E, EF 24mm f/2.8, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, Normandy, Photo Series, Sky
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There obviously isn’t only coast in Normandy. Most of the landscape consists of farmland, dotted with bales of straw in the autumn and lots of cows all the year round. This was in the summer, with perfect weather. The sun was high in the sky, giving the harsh contrasts I like.
Tags: black and white, Canon EOS 50E, EF 24mm f/2.8, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, Normandy, Sky
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This is a part of the cliff at the coast of Normandy, France. It’s in the northern part, Haute-Normandie. At the time I arrived the sea had a low tide. The beach widend to several hundred meters, leaving some spots of shallow water like the one depicted.
Tags: black and white, Canon EOS 50E, Cliff, EF 24mm f/2.8, France, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Haute Normandie, Normandy, Photography, Reflection, Sea, Water
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