By Pascal Ollier | Opinion
The recent couple of posts on simplicity/complexity resonated with me in a particular way. When I started taking pictures some 30 odd years ago, I went for all-out simplicity. A body, a zoom lens and voilà! No need to change the lens, no need to focus, just P.H.D. (press here, dummy!). Since I […]
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By Pascal Ollier | How-To
My last post was about flora; so, in order to treat the animal world on equal terms, I thought it would be appropriate to put a few members of the honorable fauna in display. This is going to be quite a counterclimax for me since, as readers of previous posts know, seldom if ever do […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
The French have an expression which says “tell it with flowers!”. After a number of posts of mutiple scenic locations, I thought the timing was right to display a few pictures of flowers as a way to put an end to the grim times of the ‘rona, the dark times of winter and celebrate spring. […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
While the island of Sicily is “technically” part of Italy, it is somewhat a world of its own. If there is one word which can characterize it in my mind, it is contrast. To begin with, it has historically been occupied by numerous populations, Greeks, Romans, Saracens, Normands, you name it. Geographically, it is a […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
Autoworld, the Brussels automobile exhibition hall, is back with a couple of exciting exhibitions, one about the celebration of the first hundred years of the famous Belgian race track at Spa Francorchamps, and another which displays a spectacular number of “super cars”. On the race car front, there are a few cars from the seventies […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
After looking at Tuscany along a vertical track in part one, let’s go along a (mostly) horizontal line for part two, this set of pictures having been shot across spring and summer. From a technical point of view, there will be fewer pictures taken with my 9mm, more space being given this time to the […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
For those who like Italy in general, and, like me, Tuscany especially, the source of eye candy is nothing short of inexhaustible. While I already presented some treasures of Florence and Lucca (which I will dare to revisit courtesy of some new shots taken recently), let me share with you the delights of Siena as […]
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One of the many consequences of the ‘rona on travel is that airlines had to completely revisit their routes. Many of them were cancelled, momentarily or long term. To reach my destination during recent travels, ie the Brittany coast of France, taking the car thus became the favoured option, allowing for pit stops on the […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Opinion
Among the icons that define the Italian peninsula, one which was developed shortly after World War II definitely stands high, the Vespa Scooter. Its inception recently featured in a Netflix movie as the famous motorcycle celebrates its 75th birthday this year; that has prompted the AutoWorld center in Brussels to put up a spectacular exhibition […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Art & Creativity , Review
For those of you who read my very first article on this blog, “some like it wide”, you may remember that it dealt with my special attraction to wide angle lenses. While I continue to shoot with my esteemed CV 12mm, I have gone one step further and mounted the recent Laowa 9mm rectilinear for […]
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