Palais du Luxembourg - July 2015

So the point of this whole section is to really discuss my work and my process as well as my host of insecurities when it comes to photography. I’m hoping that by doing so, I’ll be able to shake off the insecurities and become a more confident photographer, especially on the street.

So let’s start with an image from my first time in Europe…

I’ll be honest, I don’t remember taking this photo. The best I can say is that based on it’s filename, it came near the end of my stay in Paris. The Palais was around the corner from where I was staying so I cut through the gardens every day so it’s hard to pull out a memory from almost 4 years ago about a brief moment in a place that you were in at least twice a day for 9 days. Quite honestly one of the only distinct memories I have of the Palais is watching a large, older, topless woman and her male companion get questioned by a cop while they were lounging on a bench.
I must have been feeling ballsy this day though, I hardly ever take a picture of someone while they’re staring directly at me. Knowing me I probably snapped this photo then got the hell out of there. I’ve let many moments in the past go by uncaptured because of this crazy fear that they’re going to react negatively to me or they’re going to stop what they’re doing the second I lift up my camera. It’s something that I’ve been working on over the last few years and have definitely gotten a lot better at wrangling. I’m hoping that by doing this street photography thing for this site will help me finally squash that fear for good.