July 2013 Archives - Peter MacDonald Photo

On Your Bike

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 31, 2013
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Shops in Paris, particularly in the central part of the city have quite small fronts so to make them noticeable a lot of work goes into making them works of art. This florist shop caught my eye. Obviously I was going to take a picture of it, but I decided to wait for the right […]

Froth & Bubbles

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 28, 2013
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I found this an amusing scene. All the Greek Gods or perhaps the architects of the French Revolution looking down from the parapets of the Louvre in Paris on a woman taking a bath in a truck. Yep. Times have changed. If I had waited another second I might have got the driver in a […]

Behind Closed Doors

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 23, 2013
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From the apparent chaos of the previous post to the quiet serenity behind the closed doors. This is where I ate breakfast each morning while on the Matera workshop. The rooms we stayed in were equally intriguing, luxurious and relaxing…the best nights sleepI have had in ages. Cave dwelling is a great way to travel. […]

Composition

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 21, 2013
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There were some real challenges photographing in Italy. Lots of things I had never had to deal with before. Matera town was a case in point – a hotchpotch of rooftops and staircases mingled together, doors, windows and alleyways appearing and disappearing in all directions. Telling that story was sometimes difficult but here I have […]

Back to Matera

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 18, 2013
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An ancient Italian city without churches…not possible, and Matera, the town where I spent a week on a photographic workshop in June has many – mostly hidden away in the caverns and tunnels that make up this remarkable town. The most visible is the church of San Pietro Caveoso along the ravine at Matera, and […]

Le Grande Promenade

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 14, 2013
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I am not likely to become a street photographer unless there is a big life-style change in the wind but some tips I learned at the Adam Marelli workshop in Matera came in handy. Even by Paris standards this couple were a standout.. I have no idea of who they were or their history even […]

An Outback Lunch

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 11, 2013
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A far cry from the streets of Paris. Ringer, Sophie Evans and Lolly escape the midday sun while on a mustering break, Anna Creek Station, far north South Australia

A Paris Lunch

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 10, 2013
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A little cafe off the tourist trail. The Montmartre District, Paris. The food suddenly becomes so much better.

The Fashion Police

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 9, 2013
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Where else but Milan in Italy with Prada, Armani, Cartier and a host of other famous fashion houses all around.

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 6, 2013
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Master Photographers

The picture below is by the renown French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson who was considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. Bresson travelled the world documenting some of the great upheavals of the 20th century — the Spanish civil war, the liberation of Paris in 1944, the 1968 student rebellion in Paris, the fall of […]

The Louvre

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 3, 2013
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Master Photographers

Since the digital revolution the number of photos taken daily has become an avalanche in the billions. The number of bad photographs expands wildly while the number of good ones shrinks to a trickle. The iPhone and its way of taking a photo and similarly many of the cameras manufactured today where the screen at […]