“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
One thing I enjoy taking photos of is people. It started a couple of years ago when I was riding my bike on the light rail trail in Charlotte, North Carolina. I had ridden the trail on my bike dozens of times over the years. I had pretty much seen and photographed most of it at that point. I love looking for new things to photograph. Travel was not going to happen anytime soon at that point. I just aimed my camera and started to snap away. I ended up taking some candid shots of people walking the trail. I ended up posting them, and I continued to do it.
Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit Paris for the first time ever. During our visit there, we took a river cruise along the Seine River. This way, we were able to see many of the amazing sights in the city. After eating lunch, I spent most of the river cruise sitting on the back deck outside taking photos. At one point during the trip, there really was not much to take photos of. We were coming back to our port on the river, and I had already captured many of the buildings. I could have just put my camera in my bag and called it a day. I noticed there were people sitting alongside the river. I have no idea why because it was extremely hot that day, but there they were. I have found that I enjoy street photography, so I started to take photos of the different people I saw along the river. I thought these turned out pretty well. If I had put my camera in my bag and not taken advantage of the moment, I would have missed out on these photos.
