Paris bio ice cream

It’s a sunny day in Paris with temperatures hitting 14 degrees amazing for March 29th not! But with the sun in the sky and an ice cream shop in front of me Shaw’s quote comes to mind,”I can resist everything except temptation “. And so I entered Bachir’s ice cream shop and treated myself to 3 flavors the first was pétale de rose, next a classic vanilla and to finish a delightful almond ice cream. On entering the shop I was welcomed by a smiling and bubbly young lady who took my order and had me in ecstasy in no time. I’m an ice cream fanatic and it was a régale! I must add that she offered me a complimentary crème chantilly which I declined but the delightful lady wouldn’t have it and let me know that it was home made and very good so I crumbled and went for. I almost forgot that she said it was “good for the heart”. That’s good news to me how true it is remains to be discovered in later years by a bored scientist. It was however the best cream I can remember ever tasting. And I’m not a fan of cream Chantilly. So if you find yourself near the centre Pompidou and rue St Martin head to Bachir. I don’t usually blog about ice cream but this one is worth sharing. The price is nice to. I liked the fact that you can choose as many flavors as you want. See the photo for the prices and original flavors. I’m going to try and include this area into one of my photo tours.

Film Photography

I recently picked up my old medium format film camera, it's a Bronica ETRSi. Some would describe it as a Hasselblad copy, but it was the long held dream of Mr Zenzaburo Yoshino who first attempted to build his dream camera in the early fifties. Alas due to financial troubles he fell into bankruptcy and went back to his original business of making ladies cosmetics and novelties.

Thanks to the financial success of his cosmetics business his "dream" began life at the end of 1952 he then formed the Bronica camera Co. Ltd in 1956 when the first prototype was produced.

It's an easy camera to handle, and feels good in the hand making it a useful camera for both studio and street photography.

I use Fuji Neopan 400 film among others, and when I see the results I still think digital cannot produce the same 'character' and the difference is visible in these shots I took of my daughter and of the town of Joigny in Burgundy, France.

I was also brought back to relearning how to frame the 6 x 4.5 cm image area, my errors are obvious with too much space left in the top of the frame. It was an enjoyable trip down memory lane, and the results have inspired me to take it out more often to take pictures of my daughter Clara Louna.

I don't think I'll be brave enough to shoot weddings in Paris with it though. I'm to used to my Canon 5D MK11 and it's fabulous ISO range.