SIMPLY AUTUMN



Of course the pumkins!!!!!!

Hello Friends,

Autumn..........................

Lots to talked about, lots to show.............

Central Park is for New Yorkers the place to be in touch with nature and its rhythm  

I really like the rythm of the seasons:

Spring being my favorite by far just like my mother used to. It's the renew, the rebirth.
Summer is just fantastic: the sun, the heat. It's the freedom, the playfullness.
Winter is just when you take the time to be cozy waiting for spring. It's the pleasure of the snow and the indoors.
And of course there is Autumn................. Quite a bunch of mixed feelings for me.

I love the change in nature, a step of transformation towards hibernation.
Its beautiful colors which are perfect for good photography.
The delicious warm dishes (I've been cooking like a storm!!!)
The fashion!!!!! Yes!!!! The fashion!!!! This is really when I go all out with fantastic fabrics, textures, layers, knits and not forgetting the super essential accessories.............

But yet again all this is a facade of contentment from what Fall really brings to me emotionnaly.
I get overwhelmed with sadness and melancholia.
As you know November 1st is Saints Day. It is also for me the time when I lost my Dear parents 2 days and some years apart. Needless to say I am an emotional mess.

I was home last year and this is when I took these pictures bellow.
This place is so much to me. This is my Secret Garden. This is where I go to resource myself away from the chaos of my New York life. Miles away and worlds apart.
No phone,(only a few know how to get in touch with me), certainly no internet.
It's very important for me to be disconnected with my life and be fully attentioned and in touch with my emotions, my childhood, my family and friends that I cherish.

I used to hang out there all the time growing up, from childhood to teen age. And often when I come back my friends and I still go there for a long chat....

I was baptised here, I did my communion here, I was an alter boy here untill I was 15, my brothers married here and many more occasions happened in this Church.  

La route de la Vielle Tuillerie. They used to make bricks and tiles long time ago

PEACE LOVE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

CXC

 

IT'S TIME.....

Hello Friends,

It's that time, time, time, time, time, time...........

I remember that time when I was a watch freak........ or more.... a fanatic......
I used to own many (I still own the more original ones and the more expensive ones). I would buy one to go with my new outfit, a special occasion, or just because I found her super awesome!!!

And then came my first mobile phone, I was still wearing watches, and then my second mobile phone, I was wearing less watches because I keep on looking at the time on my new found device, and then it went all............... gone one after the other.
Sounds a bit familiar to you?!!!!!

I must tell you: a man still need to accessorize!!!!!! I found myself wearing more watches these days, not as much, but a bit more.........

In my last trip to Hong Kong I found my new best friends......... I call them "MY MAGIC WATCHES".You'll see what I mean in the pictures I'm posting on this post.
I have to announce you that one of them has gone to the watch heaven because I'm a little bit clumsy you know.

I'm going to show you what they they can do.
Of course this is going along with the serie "I WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY AT THAT TIME"

Going around the city I have noticed the public clocks: on standing pedestals my favorites by far, but also on building facades. And as I mentioned in a previews post, the creative flow is going full blast because I'm noticing them places I've never seen them before......  

PEACE LOVE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

CXC

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CENTRAL PARK

Hello Friends.

You guessed it! The topic of this post is all about Central Park.............. It has been the serie I am posting currently on Instagram.
But before I go on how much appreciation I have about this amazing place, I want to tie in 2 photos of Central Park and the topic of the last post: "MOMENTALISM"

This was the perfect momentalism happening to me again.

As I was walking around the park after the money maker day I discovered this fantastic underpass.
I first took some shots from the other side where the Lovers are standing (there was nobody) and I was very happy with the architecture and the details of the ceiling, then I decided to take some shots from the opposite direction.
The first photograph is one of them, but I needed to adjust the lighting with camera+ et voila!!!! Here they were: The Lovers.
It seemed they appeared from nowhere
(Come on! there was no magic tricks!!! They were walking down the stairs towards my direction!!!!), however they had no care of what was happening around them............ it was just them two alone in this romantic atmosphere .....pure bliss.
I just happened to touch the screen of my I-phone and freeze this beautiful moment of these two Lovers.
Cute, no?

So!........ Central park!!

I LOVE CENTRAL PARK!!!!!

This is one of the first places in Spring in the city where you can feel the warmth of the first rays of sunshine.
Where you witness the first buds exploding, the first bulbs blooming. It's always a feast for the eyes and the heart.

Summer: joy and skin are all around. We undress. We play. We live.

Autumn is when the leaves turn and this is where you can witness the change of the season the most. This is the first realisation that it's time to get ready for the difficult weather.
You can feel the nostalgia, certainly on a day like today when it was dreary, wet and almost abandoned. (The best to my standard, it translates for great atmosphere for photography).

Winter: deserted almost. The best for me. I don't mind the cold (call me strange but I love it).
I don't love it as much as when it snows.
I retrograde to childhood state of mind. I'm like let's say..... 10/11 years old........ a total child!
You think with the years I'd be calmer................ NOT!!!!!!
So friends let's make now a snowball fight date at the first blizzard. You'll find me near the lake sliding on some kids luge I just snatched!!!!!!

This serie about Central Park has help me finding some fantastic spots I never knew existed, and certainly look at it with a different perspective.

I never intended to go thru the whole park..... No! I might never. But I certainly grew founder of it.
There are so many great photographic opportunities. Great little escapes from this too busy city.
A little slice of paradise.............. It might sounds silly for people who live in the countryside or even in amazing exotic location, but for me it the next best thing.

This is now my favorite lunch spot. I just like to walk around, people watch and take pictures of my surroundings.

So I hope to transport you on my walks in my Central Park how I see it, how I photograph it...............

Peace Love and Photography

CXC