Seine River in Paris, France

I’m heading off to Paris this week and can’t wait to visit again. Paris is one of those places that becomes addicting and you always find more things to discover. Even though I’ll be there for a week, I doubt everything on my list will be covered.

Here is an image I captured along the Seine River during my last visit 5 years ago. I had this crazy idea of bringing my film camera (Leica M7) for nostalgic reasons. Bringing film on long trips can be risky with x-ray machines not just at airports but also the museums.  Those lead film bags reduce the damage to the film but many x-rays over time will add up. Having it hand checked is best but not always an option with some security people.

My film ended up compromised and resulted in some mucky looking images that were somewhat recovered with digital scanning. My best solution was to convert most of the images to B&W. I’m usually not a B&W photographer and like color but I guess it worked out. Kind of cliché going with Paris B&W photos but this time I’m going digital.

Leica came out with the M9 digital camera a couple years ago and I no longer have excuses. I’m all stocked up on media cards ready for a great time! I’ll have lots to share when I return.

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