update from paris

[dan501]

life is swell here. french is better than it's ever been. by a lot. I can talk to strangers and I only need to tell them to talk more slowly about half the time. in fact, I was surfing the free wifi (pronounced weefee) outside a cafe with cherry and jimi when a guy asked if he could take our picture. we talked for about 20 minutes and the

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[le_cloitre]

beautiful photo!

oh, paris! please, may i live vicariously through you? if yes, please get yourself & a group of friends to the quai of the seine and eat dinner.

i will be there in spirit, smiling.

[dan501]

I think digital underground said it best and doowutchalike.
is quai of the seine a specific spot? it seems there's quais all up and down that mofo.

no maquillage this time? I think I still have the copy of the one I gave you.

[quadrafonzo]

i walked through paris for a day with a very heavy backpack. i actually talked to a good amount of people including a group of three drinking wine at 8 in the morning at a restaurant. i had just arrived with my friends and they said they had been up all night, and they were chipper as hell. it was awsome.

french roller bladers are soooo good!

[dan501]

yeah I feel you on the lugging heavy things about this burg bit. it can suck. I've noticed more people drinking here at 8am than most places. then again, the world cup is now.

I haven't observed french roller bladers being any better than the guys who hang out on the beach (any beach. any country)

it is now 7h45 and I've been up all night.
I am not chipper.

[battykat]

Gorgeous pic!!! If you ever need any non-amazingly-Cassandra-like-gorgeous people for a project I would be so into it. Keep me in mind.

:)

I am tempted to print out that photo and put it on my wall - would that be okay if I did?

[dan501]

you are encouraged to print any photo of mine you wish.
in fact, if you get around to taking a picture of my picture on your wall and send it to me, that'd make me happy.

if I planned projects, I'd be into that. and if I lived in the same time zone as you I'd be into it. but these two things are obstaclic. not that I'm not into overcoming obstacles. but they do get in the way.

[magicgoof]

Amazing photography, as always.

I recently re-discovered the depth and sensational art of stereoscopeing... have you dabbled in this at all? I've seen some incredible shots done using a photographers eye mixed with the form. I think that your eye and skill could produce some great images.

To shoot stereoscopic photographs you have to look at the scene differently than shooting 2D, so I think combining your eye for 2D and learning how to look for 3D would be mind boggling.

[dan501]

I reckon the transition from 2d to 3d is a bit like the transition from b&w to color. though a bit opposite as I've found that anything that looks cool in color looks cool in b&w. while not everything that looks cool b&w looks cool in color (which is not to say that there aren't things which look cooler in color than b&w. color adds to the coolness of many photos)

I am guessing that almost anything that looks cool in 2d would look cool in 3d. I am further guessing that the opposite is not true.

though I could be all wrong on all that.
thanks for the suggestion.

[magicgoof]

Haha... I love logic like that. It's so much fun.

But yes, I agree with you that not everything that looks cool in B&W looks cool in color. It's exactly the same with 3D; not everything that looks cool in 3D looks cool in 2D. But it's the same with 2D, not everything that looks cool in 2D looks cool in 3D.

[dan501]

isn't that great? I keep hoping that if I leave that out there long enough, whoever put the car there will contact me.