The book shop, the cross and the umbrella
A woman with a round umbrella in front of a book shop in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. I directly felt that I must take that shot. The strict, straight lines of the windows, of the shelves, of the books,...
View ArticleMemorandum Signers’ Monument
Memorandum Signers’ Monument, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Erected in honour of the men who signed the Transylvanian Memorandum and stood up to the de-nationalisation measures against Romanians being...
View ArticleFive black knights
I crossed this group of black dressed people next to Piata Unirii in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Just after, having the sidewalk free, they spread in line, and walked like if they were in a movie. I...
View ArticleCluj’s old streets
The Andrei Saguna street is one of the old streets in the center of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It also happens to be quite close from where I work This photo has been taken during the very first days of...
View ArticleSunset timeslice
Sunset timeslice, Harghita, Romania. The photo is a composite of 40 other photos that were taken during a timelapse. I took then 600 pictures that gave me a +/- 20 seconds clip. I then selected 40...
View ArticleWhere are you?
A kid looking where is his family after going too far with his bike. Hopefully they weren’t far away! Shot in Cluj-Napoca’s Central Park, Romania, during a spring sunset. It’s a great place to walk...
View ArticleCommuting
And for this new Photo of the Week, one of my favourites photos, Commuting: This photo was taken during Autumn 2014, on a rainy afternoon. The idea with this photo is to reflect the attitude of the...
View ArticleBiker
Today’s photo of the week is a portrait of a biker I met in the streets of Cluj-Napoca, Romania: I really like this photo. When shooting in the streets I try to find either interesting situation, or...
View ArticleContrast: bright present, dark future
This photo was taken in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It’s a photo that I really like, full of contrast. I don’t speak about its processing, here Bright/dark, young/old, dark hair/white hair, white...
View ArticleCommuting III
Another item of the “Commuting” series, where I try to capture the people going to/from work as shadows. It was taken in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Piata Unirii, next to the Memorandum Signer’s monument...
View ArticleCome with me
A young couple browses the streets of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, during a rainy day. It looks like he has just invited her to come with him for a journey together. Shot RAW with a Fujifilm X100T with a...
View ArticleCommuting… in colors!
While debating about when to process photography in black and white or in colors, I remember this shot from the Commuting series that was actually pretty colorful… before being converted to black and...
View ArticleOld man texting
An old man texting… whomever it could be. Much people said it’s a shame we don’t see his feet. In the contrary, with his trousers high on the waist, he looks like a trunk, as if this man was an old...
View ArticleIn her glasses
She was sitting on a bench, reading an economy book, yes, university has begun Then I see her glasses and observe that Cluj-Napoca’s St Michael cathedral is reflecting in it. I got my shot of the day...
View ArticleKissing
A couple kissing, Piata Unirii, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Aperture: ƒ/2.8Credit: Pierre PichotCamera: Canon EOS 6DTaken: 20 October, 2014Copyright: Pierre PichotExposure bias: +2/3EVFocal length:...
View ArticleThe book shop, the cross and the umbrella
A woman with a round umbrella in front of a book shop in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. I directly felt that I must take that shot. The strict, straight lines of the windows, of the shelves, of the books,...
View ArticleStreets of Romania
Romania is the country I’ve been living for the past 10 years. It’s the country where I developed my passion for photography. It’s my daily playground for street photography. Romania is a country that...
View ArticlePublic transportation
While I’m not a fan of winter (damn slippy snow!), I like how the people’s attitude changes. More melancholy. It reflects quite well when you look at the people in public transportation – buses,...
View ArticleDutch angle
I called this photo “Dutch angle” as a reference to the famous camera tilt technique of “[setting the camera] at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle...
View ArticleMother & Daughter
Mother & Daughter. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2016. I was talking in a previous post about the importance of being always prepared for a street photographer, and I still stick to it. However, this...
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