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On se faisait des petits concours photos avec mon guide Ingrid. Le concours "velo" en etait un. Je crois que cette photo faisait partie des pretendants :-)
There was some photo contest with my guide Ingrid during the trip. Bike shooting was one of them. I believe this one was a contestant 
Ca faisait longtemps que je n'avais rien poste. Pas mal occupe en ce moment ... Mais ce soir j'ai scanne quelques pellicules de mon voyage au Japon. En voila une chanceuse qui se retrouve sur le blog ! C'etait a Kyoto.
It’s been a while, I know … But tonight I felt like scanning some of my Japanese pictures. Here is a lucky one which makes it to the blog … This was at Kyoto.
Je suis alle au Japon pour voir mes amis bien sur mais aussi pour prendre des photos. Le second jour devait m'apporter moult opportunites. Il pleuvait des cordes a Niko :-( mais heureusement il y avait un musee qui est toujours un bon endroit pour prendre des photos. C'etait le pire musee au monde: 2 pieces avec des dessins japonais que ma fille aurait pu dessiner. Bref, de frustration j'ai pris cette photo ... Quelqun me dit ce que c'est ?
I came to visit Japan to see my firends of course but to take pictures as well. On my second day, I was all pumped up by a trip to Niko which was supposed to offer me some great picture opportunity. It was pouring rain. But there was a museum in the city ! We headed there hoping to find a great atmosphere and maybe a few nice piece. In any case, a museum is always a good place for pictures. It was the most boring museum on earth. 2 room filled with Japanese drawing which could have been drawn by my daughter (3 years old). I was very frustrated. I took this picture. Could someone tell me what it is ?
Tokyo est plein de petit boui-boui comme celui ci ou on peut manger tres bien pour pas cher du tout ! Atomsphere relaxe, mon type de resto !
Tokyo is plenty of small restaurant such as this one, run by a couple of people, where you can grab a bite very quickly. The food is actually delicious and the atmosphere very laid back. My kind of place !!!
Ne pas prendre de moutons en photo en Ecosse, c'est pas vraiment serieux. Alors j'ai pris des moutons en photo :-)
Going to Scotland require to take pictures of some sheeps. This is exactly what I did !!!
J'ai ete un peu occupe dernierement avec mes jumeaux et un petit voyage en Europe. Mais je recommence le scan de mes photos du Japon ! En voila une qui me plait bien avec une attention particuliere donnee a la structure de la pierre.
I have been quite busy lately with traveling and taking care of my twin. I’m back at scanning my pictures from Japan ! Here is one I really like, focusing on the texture of the stone with some Japanese characters.
Pendant que nous marchions au travers des Tori, nous sommes passes devant des maisons qui etaient ouvertes sur le chemin. Des interieurs tres simples qui allaient remarquablement bien avec l'atmosphere reposant de l'endroit
While walking tru the Tori, we’ve passed along houses opened. Really quiet interior which matched perfectly with the relaxing atmosphere of the place
Voila les fameuses Tori de Kyoto. Il y a des kilometres de chemin dans la foret et l'on passe entre ces portes espacees de 50cm chacune. Elles sont achetees par vous et moi et ils en installent tous les jours ! On a passe un super apres midi. Je recommende vivement l'endroit si vous visitez Kyoto !
These are the famous Tori in Kyoto, Japan. There are miles and miles of path thru the forest and these huge red door every 50cm. They are bought by people and new one are installed each days. We spent quite a nice afternoon going thru these door. Definitely a place to go if you visit Kyoto.
Je suis alle a l'anniversaire d'Antoine ce week-end avec mon Canonet qui n'avait pas vu beaucoup le jour depuis un moment. J'ai regle l'exposition un peu a l'arrache sur cette photo et je suis tres content du resultat. Le Canonet a encore de beau jour devant lui !! :-)
Went to Antoine’s birthday this week-end with my Canonet QL17 … I haven’t use it in a while. It was a good occasion. I’ve guesstimated the exposure on this one and I was very happy with the result !! My Canonet never fails me …
Cette photo a ete prise a Nara et plus precisement dans le parc qui rejoint la maison du Daibustu :-) qui est la plus grosse structure en bois du monde. Il y avait plein d'ecoliers qui etait surement en sortie. Ca donnait une atmosphere vraiment sympa au lieu
This was taken in Nara while visiting the huge park leading to the Daibutsu Den (the largest wooden structrure in the world). There were plenty of school kids our for the day for what it seems was a school trip. They were everywhere ! It gave a very nice atmosphere to the place. These three were resting and chating.
Voici une des principales attraction de Niko. Le pont rouge :-) Il pleuvait et l'atmosphere etait vraiment agreable (humide en fait :-)) .. Ca changeait de la folie de Tokyo !
Here is one of the main attraction in Niko, where we spent the week-end there. It was raining as you can see and add a nice atmosphere to the scene. Good relief from the craziness of Tokyo !
Les chiens ont tout ce qu'ils leur faut a Tokyo ... Hallucinant !
Dogs are also very fashionable in Tokyo … Amazing !
Lamode a Tokyo, c'est quelque chose ! C'est frais :-) Voici quelques exemples
Fashion in Tokyo is quite interesting. Very different. I don’t want to say it’s freaking out of this world but almost 
… Here are a few encounters …
Je prends enfin le tremps de scanner mes photos couleurs du Japon !! Voila les premieres prises de la mairie de Tokyo qui est l'un des building le plus haut de la ville. On a passe pas mal de temps. Comme vous le voyez, la vue est impressionante !!!
More than 3 months after coming back from Japan, I’m starting to scan my color print. It’s a lengthy process .. First pictures were taken from the city hall which I believe is one of the tallest building in Tokyo. We spent quite a bit of time in there as the view is just … Amazing !! Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 and my trusted M6TTL (now replaced by a MP)
Je n'aime pas trop poster des photos de moi sur mon blog. Mais j'aime bien celle la !
I don’t really like to post pictures of me on my blog … But I kindda like this one .. Leica IIIf + Canon 50mm f/1.5 - Neopan 400 pushed at 800 in Microphen.
Je me suis pris un Rollei 35S et j'ai enfin pris une peloche de test. Je sois me faire a faire le point avec la distance mais l'objectif est vraiment genial ! Je peux emporter ce petit appareil photo partout avec moi !
I picked up a Rollei 35S and shot one test roll. I need to get used to the scale focusing but its lens is pretty amazing ! Really nifty camera that I can bring everywhere !
J'ai finalement craque pour un Rebel XT. C'est vraiment pratique, surtout avec notre nouvelle famille. Je continuie a prendre des photos argentiques. J'ai developpe 3 peloches cet apres midi ... Tout va bien !
Well, I’ve finally done it. Bought a Rebel XT with a 35 and 50mm lens. It’s just too convenient for this time for me. With all the portrait opportunity that my new extended family give me, I couldn’t resist. I’m very happy with the purchase and continue to shoot film. Developed 3 rolls this afternoon. It’s all for the best !
Plein d'opportunite photos avec 3 enfants ! En voila une qui doit casser toutes les regles etablies de la composition photo :-)
Photo opportunity are so great with so many kids ! 
Here one where I was able to capture the 3 of them. I like the composition which break almost every rules
Avec tous les evenements a la maison, notre petite fille n'oublie pas de s'amuser ! Ici dans sa maison de carton. Premiere pellicule avec mon nouveau Leica IIIf et 50mm summitar.
Well with all the happening at home, my daughter makes sure she has a lot of fun !! Playing with her ‘house’ made of cardboard. First picture with my new Leica IIIf and 50mm summitar.
Ma fille Manon avec son petit frere ... Elle a tellement grandit depuis quelques jours ...
My daughter with one of the twin (probably Leo ) … She grew so much in the past few days …
Voila l'arrivee tant attendu ! Leo et Nicolas sont nes le 19 Decembre. Tout s'est bien passe et tout le monde revient a la maison vendredi !! Joyeux Noel a tout le monde !
Well, this is it folks. The family has been extended to 5 ! Leo and Nicolas were borned December 19th as planned. Everything went fine and they both come back home tomorrow with my very courageaous wife. Something different is about to begin, very exciting !!
Happy Christmas all !!
J-7 avant le lancement ! Je ne peux m'empecher de vous montrer la photo en detail ... Oui il faut qu'ils sortent maintenant ! :-)
Well, we’re D-7 before the launch 
and I can’t resist to show you a closer look. Yes, they’ve got to get out ! 
Un peu la flemme de traduire sur le coup .. Ben oui .. Ca arrive ... :-)
Medium format photography has never been for me on the top of my list. I mean, I’ve read about it, about the larger negatives you get, the better contrast, but never gave too much thought. Oh these twin lens reflex look nice of course but they seemed a bit odd to use, not very convenient. And well, I was playing with my rangefinder anyway and very happy about it. Last week, a member on dslreports.com (cwnorris) offer to give his old Yashica Mat 124 to whoever is willing to pay shipping. This was on the Digital Imaging forum and not a lot of people are interested in film photography so the offer was there for me to grab. I thought to myself: "Oh boy, another old stuff which will end up in a box …" but I took on the offer. I received the package a few days later. To my surprise, this was a very nice setup ! The whole kit was in an old red steel box. The camera was in pristine condition ! I mean, no scuff anywhere to be seen. Lots of small accessories, leather pouch, a big flash from the old time, old battery, old lens cleaning solution and old cleaning paper !! Everything old but in perfect condition. I thought … Wow … This is nice !! But I really thought the camera would have a problem … Either a stuck shutter, slow speeds, some haze in the glass … I don’t know … Something wrong. Well I had to try right ? So I bought some 120 black and white film at my local store, read the manual, mount the camera on the tripod and shot with a release cable my 12 exposures (with Neopan 400 pushed at 800). Mostly of my pregnant wife and my daughter of course. They’ve been very patient by the way 
… I spent something like 30 minutes to learn how to load a 120 film on my reel (what a pain in the neck !! I’m getting better though) and developed the film as usual. I was getting pretty serious about the whole things since the speeds on the camera seemed pretty accurate from the sound of it. I took the roll out of the tank. First I had something on the negatives which was already surprising … But then they looked stunning !!!!! Actually, these were my best negatives ever ! Lots of contrast and details everywhere. Exposure was spot on (I didn’t use the camera meter, which is functionning, but my more reliable Sekonic …) … It was a pleasure to look at ! I told my wife I didn’t even want to scan them (was affraid to be disapointed …) but just frame a couple !! .. Anyway tonight I’ve spent some time scanning them (Epson 4490). Wow. This is what they were talking about … So much freaking details !!! Everywhere !! It’s unbelievable. Contrast is gorgeous ! I didn’t need to touch a thing !! I left the orange cast (I scan my black and white in color mode, just like everybody else I guess …) because I thought it added a "je ne sais quoi" touch … It’s difficult to really realize the details you get with the picture I’m posting. I’ll write some more on the experience some other days. But I wanted to share with you this new adventure ! The whole experience reminds me of the pleasure I got when I first handled a Leica. Some kind of mystiscm around the whole thing. Of course, I bought some more films. I won’t use this camera on a daily basis. But I think I’m gonna have a lot of fun to use it with my twins (due in less than a week !! Stay tuned !) and will try to produce some nice pictures … The whole experience is really refreshing for me !!!
A big THANK YOU to cwnorris on dslreports.com. I think you’ve started something !!
Ingrid, la meilleure copine de ma femme, est venue durant le week-end pour une surprise pour la babyshower. J'ai essaye de capture un peu de la complicite qu'il y a entre ces 2 meilleures amies. J'aime beaucoup cette serie de photos, tres tendres. J'ai utilise mon nouveau (oui encore un appareil ...) Yashica Lynx 14e et son 45mm f/1.4. Assez surprenant pour un appareil de 1968 ! La peloche etait de la Neopan 400 poussee a 800 developee dans du D76 stock. Ma nouvelle combo pour les photos en lumiere faible.
My wife’s best friend Ingrid (you know, my Japanese’s guide ) came for the week-end as a surprise for my wife’s babyshower. I’ve been trying to capture some of the intimacy going on between these two as Ingrid was trying to see the twins moving … Very touching series of pictures in my mind. Taken with my newly acquired (yes another new camera, when will it end ? 
) Yashica Lynx 14e from 1968 and it’s 45mm f/1.4 huge lens. Surprisingly sharp ! Film was Neopan 400 pushed at 800 developed in D76 stock (my new low light combo)
Voila mon entree pour le challenge PhotoFrdiay de cette semaine. Cette photo a ete prise avec mon ancien Contax G2 et son super cailloux le 45mm. Prise dans une petite boite de jazz, j'ai essaye de capturer la lenteur du morceau ainsi que le mouvement de la musique ...
This is my entry for this week PhotoFriday Challenge: Experimental. This was taken using my former Contax G2 and the super charp 45mm lens. It was taken in a small club while a jazz band was playing. I was trying to display the slow pace of the tune as well as the movement of music.
Durant mon voyage au Japon, nous sommes bien sur alles au quartier des Geisha a Kyoto. J'etais un peu decu pour etre honnete ... Je m'attendais a quelque chose d'autre je pense. Enfin, c'etait une autre occasion pour quelques photos sympas. En voila 2. Tri-x poussee a 3200.
During my trip to Japan, we of course ended up in Kyoto in the Geisha area … We didn’t see that much and to be honest I was a bit disapointed … I guess I was expecting something else … But anyway, it was another opportunity for some interesting shots. Here are 2 of them. Tri-X at 3200.
J'essaye toujours de trouver la combinaison parfaite pour prendre des photos en lumieres failble. Cet apres midi, j'ai pris une peloche de Neopan 400, poussee a 800 et developpee dans du D76 stock pour 8.45 minutes. Excellents resultats ! Tres bonne tonalite et grain tres faible !! J'en ai profite aussi pour utiliser mon nouveau Canon P et mon CV 90mm f/3.5 que je n'utilise pas assez souvent ... Une excellente combinaison qui va faire des ravages dans le futur ! :-)
I’m still trying to find my perfect low light combo before my twins arrive in December. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to shoot indoor and I want to be ready (assuming I have a bit of time for shooting and developing … Yeah right .. ) This afternoon I shot a roll of Neopan 400 pushed at 800 and I’ve developed in D76 Stock for 8.45 minutes. I’m really, really gl;ad with the result. Scanning is a dream, noise is very low !!! I’ve also took the opportunity to shoot with newly acquired Canon P and a lens I don’t use that often, the VC 90mm f/3.5. Excellent combo !!! The Canon P is definitely a keeper !!!
Voila mon entree pour le challenge PhotoFriday de cette semaine "Jaune". Prise a San Francisco avec un Leica M6 et Nokton f/1.5
This is my entry for this week PhotoFriday challenge "Yellow" This was taken in San Francisco using my M6 and Nokton 50mm f/1.5.
Je viens juste d'essayer NeatImage 5.0 avec une peloche d'Ilford 3200 et je dois avouer que je suis bluffer par ce logiciel !! J'ai ecris un petit article sur l'experience: http://www.400iso.com/?page_id=91 ... J'ai bien sur utilise une photo de ma fille pour le test :-)
I’ve just tried NeatImage 5.0 on some of last week Ilford 3200 rolls and I have to say that I am very impressed by this piece of software ! I wrote an initial write-up on my experience which I thought could be useful to some people. HERE
I’ve used one of my latest daughter picture for the experiment
Bientot de nouvelles photos de bebes sur 400iso.com. Ma femme acouchera en Decembre de 2 (DEUX) superbes garcons. C'est amusant d'essayer de garder quelques souvenirs d'une grossese and j'ai un bonus ! Ma fille s'amuse beaucoup a faire tout comme maman ! Et papa s'amuse aussi bien sur ...
You might see some new pictures of babies on 400iso. My wife is due in December and should give birth to 2 (TWO) beautiful boys It’s always fun to document the pregnancy and I have the double bonus of my daughter having fun as well. She is pretending that she is expecting as well and wants to do everything like momy … Dad has fun too
