Series: London Rush

In a City where there's always people to meet, places to be and things to do it's hard sometimes to stop and take a look at what's around, especially because "it is there all the time", so we take it for granted and not give it a chance to be looked at with a "second look", with a different perspective, to surprise us, to let us know even though it may not seem like it, things do change, perhaps at a very low rate of speed, but they do and it's just due to this rush we live in all big cities that we don't even notice.

New Look

As a little Christmas present, I decided to give the Blog a new look; first, because I was already bored with the other one and second, because I started to feel like it was a bit dark, so I wanted to make it not only "brighter" but also simpler...it is basically the same thing, except with a bit of a color change that I think comes in nicely with the new year, although I am not sure I will maintain it permanently, as a better design may come along, I'm sure it will...as soon as I get inspired. In the meantime, I leave you the new Diana Verdin Photography design.

Old Stuff

Going through some stuff a few days ago I bumped into these old photographs I took a while ago, back when I started being serious about Photography; so you could say this is some of my early work, which I wanted to show you. As you can see, my City has always been my inspiration and, hard to believe, but I keep on finding it refreshing everytime I go out and shoot in it.

Montmartre

One of my absolute favorite arrondissements in Paris is Montmartre, of course, being the charming place it is. For me, it has everything a neighborhood should have: art, interesting people, a good Café, amazing architecture and amazing sights! Whenever I'm there I just feel inspired by everything that surrounds me and, if you've ever been there, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Things like Basilique du Sacré-Cœur , the Cafe des 2 Moulins, the Moulin Rouge and one of the most amazing views of Paris, make Montmartre one of the places in the world you can't miss and you certainly wouldn't want to.

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

Le Moulin Rouge

Cafe des 2 Moulins

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur B/W

Amelié's Cafe des 2 Moulins

La Musique á Paris

As you may know, music is a very important part of my life and being close to it -in any kind of way- has always inspired me. I believe I have a pretty wide taste in music, I love everything from Indy/Alternative Rock to the good old Classical music, going through Classic Rock, Opera, Jazz and so many more genres in between. So, when during my last trip to Paris I had the chance to be so close to music, it being a very "musical" city, I was absolutely delighted.

When in Paris, you hear (particularly, live) music everywhere; on the streets, on the metro, at the Opera and, I am lucky enough to have friends who, on top on being amazing people, are talented enough to play music! I truly appreciate them sharing their talent with me. And well, while my ears were being delighted by the wonderful music, I couldn't let my eyes be left out (of course), so I did some shots so that whenever I take a look at them, I will be able to hear that music and relive that experience all over again--ah, the magic of the human brain!

Random Paris

This is just a series of Random shots taken in Paris. There's a little bit of everything in the series, just like in Paris. If you're there long enough, you'll get to see random beauty as well as the randomness of it's beauty. Whether in a Park, Street or Building, there's always something interesting in sight...as long you keep your eyes wide open, that is.

Jardin de Luxemburg

Street near St. Michelle

A couple at The Opera House aka Palais Garnier

Fall at Jardin de Luxemburg

At the top of Montmartre

Vintage Parisians Walking

Chilling by the Seine

Street Artist

Paris + the Arts

Sky with Headlights

Serie: Portraits de Matin - Le Profeseur Le Mort

François Mafille, aka Professeur Le Mort, a good friend of mine, was kind enough to pose for me and my camera on a rainy but quite lovely morning at his apartment in Paris. People like him is one of the reasons I love doing Portraits; though your lens, you can always get more from them. What I mean is, you may have a concept of a person but when you're working with them you realize there's much more to them than you think, like, if you think they're "nice and cheerful", they might surprise you as you also find them to be nostalgic, pondering, intellectual and so many more things. There's so much you can tell about a person with one simple portrait.

Note: Thank you for being such a great subject François!

La Tour Eiffel et La Nuit

One of the most beautiful place I've ever been to as well as one of the most characteristic and famous monuments in the world, a jewel of Architecture and a must see at least one in a lifetime: La Tour Eiffel.

Serie: Street Art (Paris)

Street Art has got to be one of the most ancient jobs in the world and, perhaps, one of the most unappreciated ones as well. This type of work requires not only a lot of effort and consistency but also a lot of talent -though sometimes some street artists aren't really talented-, as people wouldn't just stop by and waste their time watching a pointless, boring show. I've always found Street Artists interesting somehow, maybe it's the fact that they seem kind of hard to figure out as they always seem to be hiding behind the smile they have to put on everyday while pleasing their audience...I don't know.

Some Street Artists get help from some props, others from weird/fabulous/interesting outfits, some from animals and some others just from their raw talent or good music; this last one was the case of this Street Artist in Paris, he was playing great music while working and even though he wasn't that talented (to be honest), that got the attention of lots of people.