One last picture

This was one of the last real photos I shot in Paris. I think I shot a couple more, but they were just snap shots on the train.

This picture will forever be my final image of a beautiful city, until I am able to return again.

This image just doesn't capture that specific moment as I walked to the train with two other photogs. This picture was the sum of an entire day of picture taking, in which I traveled all over the city.

I walked from the Arc de Triumph to the Eiffel Tower. I walked from the Elysee Palace to the Louvre. I saw the Mona Lisa and I saw North Africans get chased by police three times.

All in one day, on one trip, for one experience.

I waited on the corner of a street, for ten minutes to get this picture. I have to thank Mike and Trina for waiting with me. It was cold and a little wet; we had a long week and just wanted to take a load off at the hotel.

This picture wrapped up my spring break, that included a stop in London prior to Paris. It just might be my favorite.

... AND SUZANNE SAID, "LET THERE BE WORK"

I took a digital SLR out with us for our first day in Paris. I'm not normally a photographer, but this trip has been entirely about getting our hands dirty with multimedia. "All-platform journalists," as they say. So I got out there with the group to the Eiffel Tower and started playing around with the camera.

It's been roughly 10 years since I've taken a photography class. The last SLR I worked with was film, so it was a lovely change of pace to see exactly what went right and what went wrong after each shot.

And as I was reacquainting myself with F-stops and shutter speeds, I took this photo.

Our photographer Carlos Moreno ran in front of me and I snapped it without thinking or paying much attention. It ended up being my favorite picture of the trip, because it says it all. We are here to work, with this amazing city as our backdrop. And work we did, and work we shall.

Suzanne Yada
Managing Editor

Magazine Journalism

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