Street Photography Secrets

Street Photography Secrets All the STREET PHOTOGRAPHY HINTS & TIPS you need to turn your shots FROM MEDIOCRE TO MARVELLOUS!

Street, travel or urban photography - whatever you want to call it - is what you see when you walk through a town or city environment with no particular plan or expectations, and JUST SEE what happens.

'Street Photography Secrets' is where I share my 20 years' worth of Paris street photography TRICKS & TIPS with you, and hope above all to know what you think. Street photography is much more than

the equipment - head, the heart and of course the 'eye' are all important, and we talk about all that here. I can't wait to meet you and who knows, maybe see you in the streets of Paris one day!

๐ŸŒˆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฅณ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™”?www.ParisSetMeFree.comThis is the 4th ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ in ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ of ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ o...
07/05/2024

๐ŸŒˆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฅณ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™”?
www.ParisSetMeFree.com

This is the 4th ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ in ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฎ of ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ of my ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ:
9 photos and 9 texts in a sexy square grid. OK, in a grid.

My artistic challenge is to offer 729 ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด like this to the Paris-Photo-Chronicle-Curio-loving universe in only 18 short years.

This is ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿณ and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฒ...
๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ! ๐Ÿค—

Take part in the creative fun by letting me know which ones you like and see if anyone else chooses the same! ๐Ÿค“
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๐—๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris for ALL my Paris stuff!

๐—๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก Creative Smartphone Photography ๐Ÿ“ฒ Develop & Share Your Awesome Images for photography inspiration too!!

๐Ÿซฃ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ'๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ฌ? ๐Ÿค”(Paris Masterclass: ParisSetMeFree.com/Master )๐™๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐Ÿฏ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐ŸคจOr even slowly:"๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ'๐˜ด...
05/04/2024

๐Ÿซฃ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ'๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ฌ? ๐Ÿค”
(Paris Masterclass: ParisSetMeFree.com/Master )

๐™๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐Ÿฏ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐Ÿคจ
Or even slowly:
"๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ'๐˜ด - ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ - ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ - ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜บ?" (x3) ๐Ÿ˜

Think I'll do a reel to prove that you can't!
Nope. ๐Ÿคญ
Not possible.
Uh-uh. ๐Ÿ˜Œ
No can do.
Be-do-be-do-be-do! ๐Ÿคช

(๐™‹.๐™Ž. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐™‡๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™€๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ก ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ?)

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://...
15/01/2024

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ

๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ (Think again... ๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿ)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿฏ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 1
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-3

๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

You can't always get what you want, sang the Rolling Stones. Like rolling stones, various key elements present in this photo were in constant motion. And nothing is ever as perfect as you want it to be, said Brian Patten, one of my favourite poets. I'm tempted to think that this photo is far from perfect, not exactly what I wanted and certainly not as good as it could have been. Take that great gowk blocking half of my lovely bright yellow postbox, for instance. Grr..

What would 'perfect' have looked like? I have no idea. The green, blue, yellow and red all 100% visible and aligned? Maybe, but life ain't like that. The four-coloured photo idea only appeared when the woman in green did. The character in the blue beret is not unknown to our services, BTW, as the French police say! My boy...

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Louise Danielle, a lovely coach from the good ol' UK whose birthday is in... 2 DAYS - have an inspiring one, Louise! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://...
09/01/2024

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ

๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ (I Can See๐Ÿ—ผFour Miles ๐Ÿค“)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿฎ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 4
parissetmefree.com/chronicles-vol-4-book-1-chap-2

๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

I CAN SEE ๐Ÿ—ผ FOUR MILES

From the top of Eiffel's tower
We look down on the trees and smile
We're finally greater than nature
It was tough and it took a while

But now we're the kings of concrete
Cast iron has no secrets left
We've shown radio waves how to behave
The cosmos is feeling bereft
๐Ÿฆ
We're the bosses of bison, raw metals our bi***es
A click of our finger brings bitcoins and riches
Oil mining's a gas, see how fast friendship switches
And labour's dirt-cheap; throw the dregs in the ditches
๐ŸŒณ
But dancing on lava
Is proving a bore
And drowning in icecaps
Quite dreadful a chore

There's just one more towering ambition
Now we've conquered Mars and the moon
To bring back some life to our poor little Earth
We've burnt all our bridges too soon
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๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Oum Imran from my Psychopรฉdagogie Positive training from a few years back, whose birthday is in... 2 DAYS - hope you're fine and have a positive one, Imran! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ (Dance, horsey, dance ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿด)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 9parissetmefree.com...
05/01/2024

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ (Dance, horsey, dance ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿด)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 9
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ
๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

Ahh... the little jobs. If there's something that touches me as much as seeing the homeless folks camped out under bridges or on metro platforms, it's the humble professions. Modest, yet oh-so-more heartful than those working in banks or brokering deals or designing perfume packaging.

Heck, whadda I know? Maybe he's a deal-brokering merchant banker specialising in luxury fragrances when he's not playing with his wooden ponies, although with a beard like that...

I don't mean the fly-guys selling illegal ci******es in Barbรจs or Eiffel Tower keyrings and fake Louis Vuitton handbags from a grab-an'-run sheet on the street. Nor the crooks draining your cash when you misguess which cup a ball's under.

I'm talking about the accordion players, the living statues, the lovely, lonely violinists straining under Louvre arches, the caricaturists and, of course, the happy-go-lucky horse-jigglers.

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Alexandra Schermer, a powerful positive person from my MindValley days, whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a lovely one, Alexandra! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ (Things are looking up... ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿฆ…)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 3parissetmefree.c...
30/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ (Things are looking up... ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿฆ…)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 3
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ
๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

Bridges are wonderful metaphors for change and moving safely from one thing to the next, for progressing and creating links and bonds. Holding out olive branches and healing old wounds, too.

This is the Pont Alexandre III, reputedly Paris's most beautiful. It's certainly the grandest and arguably gaudiest, with its bling-bling art nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged gold stallions ร  gogo. It symbolised ties forged by the Russian Tsar through the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. At least the bridge is still standing... ๐ŸŒ

Then there are the birds flying overhead, eschewing barriers and mocking stupid boundaries, showing that things always look different from an elevated viewpoint.

The high-flyer on the right is Sammy Seagull, a key character in my forthcoming fictional series of Paris adventures... or is it... key, forthcoming or fictional? I'll let you decide in due course, as connections are made and divides spanned.

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Adam Bogicevic, who helps people write fast (with wizard tendencies), whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a magical one, Adam! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿต (Don't look down... ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿš‡)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 2parissetmefree.com/chr...
29/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿต (Don't look down... ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿš‡)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 2
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ
๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

The son grows, ๏ธthe passion for the Paris metro remains. The father doesn't seem about to lose his penchant for angles and other urban oddities either.

What a joyous mishmash of lines and ligatures. And how tightly I'm linked and lashed to this mythical transport system too. Tracks 2 and 6 are particularly enchanting as they include elevated sections which allow you to fly high above the boulevards. ๐Ÿš‡

You can enjoy a grandstand view of the impressive building-high murals, train your eye on the changing quarters you trip through, and of course wave to Lady Eiffel as you cross the Pont de Bir-Hakeim between Grenelle and Passy.

But admiring the exceptional architecture of those underground stations themselves, which happen to be overground, reveals a whole new photographic universe. With help from other intrepid explorers, I hope to be bringing you aerial inspiration for many years to come. Any requests (and don't say 'Jump!')?

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Jean Hedstrom, wonderful photographer, chocolate-lover and ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ member, whose birthday is in... 3 DAYS - have a high-flying early one, Jean! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿฆ… ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด (In with the new! ๐Ÿคฉ ๐Ÿ—ผ)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 1parissetmefree.com/chron...
28/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด (In with the new! ๐Ÿคฉ ๐Ÿ—ผ)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฐ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿญ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 1
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๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—๐—”๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐ŸŽฏ
๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฅ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

Welcome to Volume 4 and the second third of the Paris Photo Chronicles. Six years down; only twelve to go! Thanks for sticking with me so far. Yesterday, the 27th December, 2023, coincidentally the last day of Volume 3, was the 100th anniversary of Gustave Eiffel's death.

Without him, there'd be no me, not in this current form, at least. I almost certainly wouldn't have spent the last 30 years in Paris. And I wouldn't be obsessed by this long-running photo series also known as When Lady Eiffel Smiles. So, yeah, thanks, M. Eiffel; what can I say? Bravo!

There's a lot we can potentially be profoundly shocked or deeply impressed by in life. But we can't experience everything. As I've said about giving and purpose recently, it's better to give something or to have some sort of purpose or to feel some strong emotions rather than none.

To this day, Gustave's accomplishment amazes me, from its conception to the engineering prowess and audacity required, to the obstacles it faced, to the feeling I get when I look up at it, wide-eyed, thinking, hey, I'm next to the Eiffel Tower; how about that! Maybe you feel the same. About something.

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Jean-Marie Guรฉro, committed community man, whose birthday is... TODAY - have a great one,Jean-Marie! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿค—
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๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐ŸŒˆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฅณ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™”?Paris Set Me Free: https://tinyurl.com/yu8n8j36 This is the second-la...
27/12/2023

๐ŸŒˆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฅณ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™”?
Paris Set Me Free: https://tinyurl.com/yu8n8j36

This is the second-last ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ in ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ of my ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ ๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ:
9 photos and 9 texts in a sexy square grid. OK, in a grid.

My artistic challenge is to offer 729 ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด like this to the Paris-Photo-Chronicle-Curio-loving universe in only 18 short years.

This is ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฒ and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฎ...
๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ! ๐Ÿค—

Take part in the creative fun by letting me know which ones you like and see if anyone else chooses the same! ๐Ÿค“
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๐—๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris for ALL my Paris stuff!

๐—๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก Creative Smartphone Photography ๐Ÿ“ฒ Develop & Share Your Awesome Images for photography inspiration too!!

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ (Out with the old... ๐Ÿฅน ๐Ÿงค)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 9parissetmefree.com/ch...
27/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ (Out with the old... ๐Ÿฅน ๐Ÿงค)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 9
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๐Ÿฅ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

And if I cast off this yoke of yearning, this self-imposed manic mantle of Mr. Creator? What if I justโ€ฆ stopped?๏ธ

Iโ€™ve asked very similar questions before, but exactly one third of the way through a crazy project programmed to last 18 years, or 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 daily text and photo combosโ€ฆ seems as good a time as any to reassess my insanity.๏ธ

And no, Iโ€™m not gonna stop. I can think of today as the end of Volume 3 or tomorrow as the start of Volume 4 but I prefer to look at it another way.

Iโ€™ve just lived 2187 days in a row where Iโ€™ve woken up with some sort of purpose. I donโ€™t think it matters what it is, as long as you enjoy it and think it might make others happy too.๏ธ

I said yesterday that giving is more important than what you give. Purpose is like that. Having one is better than what that purpose actually is, as long as it seems worthwhile and worthy in some way. Iโ€™ll keep going for nowโ€ฆ until I'm not.

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Svetlana Nadtoka, a fellow mindmapper in Paris I've still never met (!!) whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have a connected one, Svetlana! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿค—
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐™‹๐™ ๐™– "๐™‹๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š" ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š.....and contribute a few โ‚ฌs to a refugee charity.
๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†ยฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: www.i2c.life

๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ (It's still here... )๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 8parissetmefree.com/chroni...
26/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ (It's still here... )
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 8
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๐Ÿฅ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

This is my Boxing Day 2023 Paris Photo Chronicle, one day before the end of Volume 3 after six years of daily posting.

I admit it's a bit miserable for this time of year, but homeless folks are a recurring theme and actually one of the reasons I do this. To raise awareness and even to remind myself to give them a few coppers when I can.

Coins are becoming a rare commodity in today's virtually cashless society and having empty pockets, as I've discussed before, is a valid excuse for not giving, but not a comfortable one.

So, grab your loose change dump this December and just give it to anyone you see on the street, whatever they might do with it. Does it really matter? The act of giving is as important as what you give, with the added bonus that the human warmth created flows both ways.

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to Diane Burgess, creative lady I know through photography, whose birthday is... TODAY - have a great one, Diane! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿค—
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐™‹๐™ ๐™– "๐™‹๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š" ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š.....and contribute a few โ‚ฌs to a refugee charity.
๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†ยฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: www.i2c.life

๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
Paris Set Me Free ๐Ÿคฉ Surf the City of Light & Shadow with ๐Ÿงฉ Sab in Paris

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ (Just one fix... ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ’„ ๐Ÿ‘›)๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 4parissetmefree.com/chro...
22/12/2023

๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—ฌ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—กยฐ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ (Just one fix... ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ’„ ๐Ÿ‘›)
๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฏ - ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿต - ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿต - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 4
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๐Ÿฅ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ: Join my ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”! https://ParisSetMeFree.com/master โ˜•๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“œ ๐—งสœแด‡ ๐—งแด‡๐˜…แด› โœ๏ธ

Two things constantly amaze me about Paris. Primero, the city's incredibly intricate and constantly evolving public transport system. And segundo, ๏ธthe seemingly bottomless market for exorbitantly priced handbags.

To the latter, add perfumes, lipsticks, chocolates, shoes (bien sรปr), watches, jewellery, stoopid bug-eye sunglasses and more, serving only one real purpose: screaming you're aisรฉ enough to afford them at all.

That's not totally true. When you are well-off, you may choose based on quality, performance, aesthetic values and just falling for something like anyone else.

Those handbags, though. Paying literally thousands for something that performs its purpose of holding things no better than a model costing tens. Which is why its true function is far from its functionality.

I feel slightly hypocritical, having an iPhone and not a Realme or a Xiaomi, but it is a Version 8 in these days of iPhone 15 Pro Maxes, so my morals are intact for now, although there are serious cracks!

๐Ÿคช ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ & ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ยฉ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™— ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โฃ๏ธ๏ธ
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๐ŸŒˆ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Today's ๐™’๐™‡๐™€๐™Ž is dedicated to dynamic Audrey Akoun, from a positive education (psychopedagogy) programme I did years ago, whose birthday is... TOMORROW - have an uplifting one, Audrey! ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿค—
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐™‹๐™ ๐™– "๐™‹๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š" ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š.....and contribute a few โ‚ฌs to a refugee charity.
๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†ยฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: www.i2c.life

๐ŸŒ… ๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ... โณ
Today's The Day ๐ŸŒˆ Loving Every Sunrise To Sunset

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—™๐—ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š! ๐Ÿฅ โ˜•๏ธ
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