Moving Day - Photo 82 - Project 365

This is one of those pictures meant open a portal onto daily life...

In France, many people (including me when I was there) live in low-rise apartment buildings. Typically, they are three to six stories tall with the bottom floor as retail (I lived above an insurance agent and a restaurant) and those above as residential. Many of the buildings are fairly old and so have narrow staircases and a small, if existent, elevator. Day-to-day, this isn't too bad, but when you go to move in or out, the stairs turn into a nightmare. So the solution is to bring your own "moving elevator" on moving day! Such a moving elevator can be carried nicely on a trailer behind the moving truck and unfolds at your soon-to-be-former lodging. Point it at a window, which can be as large as your front door and is never screened, and the moving begins!

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: ƒ/9.0
Focal Length: 48 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2011:03:22 15:00:17

William the Conqueror at Bayeux - Photo 81 - Project 365

The French love their comic books (Tin Tin, et al.), a tradition that may be ten centuries old! One of the oldest records in France is the Bayeux Tapestry (dating to the 11th century), which records the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, in comic book form of course! The style is actually surprisingly similar to the newspaper comics, just without the bars between scenes and the punchlines.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/8 sec
Aperture: ƒ/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 800
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2011:03:12 11:56:18

Chateau d'If - Photo 80 - Project 365

A visit to the south coast of France would be incomplete without a visit to the Chateau d'If, the famed prison that gave birth to The Count of Monte Cristo.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: ƒ/9.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 100
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2011:02:26 14:00:11

Mediterranean Village - Photo 79 - Project 365

Tucked away along the French Mediterranean coast are these beautiful little villages. This is the history that makes France seem like a fairy tale in North America...

This is the village of Les Baux-de-Provence.

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Exposure: 1/100 sec
Aperture: ƒ/8.0
Focal Length: 30 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): HOYA UV(0)
Date and Time (Original): 2011:02:22 16:32:54

A Kiss - Photo 77 - Project 365

We traveled to southern France with some friends and as we explored the coastline and abandoned buildings, they decided it was quite romantic! (It probably helped that this was a trip they took to celebrate their anniversary.)

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens ID:  50mm ƒ/1.8-23
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: ƒ/2.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
Flash Used: No
ISO: 200
Filter(s): none
Date and Time (Original): 2011:02:21 15:39:20