Interview : Nasha Mekraksavanich and her passion for design

Nasha Mekraksavanich is a young and successful designer, based in Thailand with two shops in Bangkok ; at Emporium (1F) and Siam Paragon (1F). She is famous worldwide and has customers across the globe. She has just been elected as the most stylish woman 2016 from Zen stylish award.
We met Nasha in Bangkok, in one of her shop on the first floor of the Emporium shopping mall (Phrom Phong).

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Vintage cars Citroen 2 CV in Paris at Notre Dame Cathedral

I was walking around l’Ile-Saint-Louis in Paris, coming from Notre-Dame Cathedral when I saw this amazing procession of vintage Citroen 2 CV. This car is an emblem, a mythical vehicule that french people love and represent a period of our history. It is no longer produced, some collectors still drive them, and apparently you can rent them from this company, Paris Authentic. This day a group of tourists were enjoying a ride in Paris with these beautiful cars which seemed to be in a good shape and well maintained. I’m glad to see that this company is carrying on our tradition and maintaining our cultural heritage in this field.

I shot these pictures with a Sony A7R2 and a Sony G lens FE2470mmF2.8GM, edited in Lightroom.

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Paris : Monuments, Cafes, People, Artists, Boats, Seine River

Paris is beautiful in April, the beginning of spring. The weather is usually nice, sometimes rainy which gives to the city a romantic mood. Street Photography in black and white seems the best way to show the atmosphere and the beauty of the capital of France.
I shot most of the pictures in the Quartier Latin (Saint-Germain, Saint-Michel, Odeon, Ile-Saint-Louis) and Le Marais . I used a Sony A7R2 and the prime Zeiss lens FE55mmF1.8 and edited the pictures in Lightroom.

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Paris Montmartre, Place des Tertres, Sacré Coeur, Cafés, Painters

Montmartre and Place des Tertres are the most typical places in Paris. This is were you can see and live the real Parisian way of life, with the cafés, the restaurants, the artists, the long stairs with the lamps, amazing views etc…
Not far from there, are the Basilic of the Sacré Coeur and Place des Abesses with the Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre church.

Enjoy the visit!

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Bonjour French Fair 2015 Bangkok Wine Bread Cheese Croissants

Bonjour French Fair 2015 features the best products from France : wine, bread, cheese, croissants, pastries, pork products, and even beauty products, cosmetics, or airlines. You can test and buy almost everything.

The major french brands were represented : Fauchon, President, Casino, Pernod Ricard, Air France, Comptoir Francais du Vin, Club des Sommeliers, Huitres Marennes Oleron, Novessence.

It takes place at the Queen Sirikit Center from the 17th to the 20th of December 2015. MRT Queen Sirikit, one station from Asoke/Sukhumvit .

I shot more then 50 pictures of the products, booths, and of course the lovely persons who were there to sell.

Enjoy the pictures!

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Jean-Paul Gaultier Exhibition Grand Palais Paris 2015

This amazing exhibition features the most beautiful dresses and costumes designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, the genius and rebel “enfant terrible” from the french fashion world. It takes place at the Grand Palais in Paris. It’s better to book in advance on their website, because it is very successful and you may have to wait a long time at the entrance.

Jean-Paul Gaultier was born in 1952 near Paris. He started to work for Pierre Cardin in 1970, than for Jacques Esterel and Jean Patou.
His first collection was released in 1976. It was the beginning of a brilliant career in the fashion industry. He worked for movies and music stars like Madonna, Kylie Minogue,Milene Farmer, Marilyn Manson etc…

in this article, I show you 80 pictures of the best dresses from this exhibition.
Page 11 you can see as well some pictures from the exhibition shop.

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Il Gelato del Marchese ice cream & sorbet Paris France

I visited the new ice cream and sorbet maker Il Gelato del Marchese in Paris, 3 Rue des Quatre Vents, 75006 Paris, France (check the map below), managed by Renato et Veronika Squillante Montoro.
This new gelateria uses only premium ingredients and has 2 chefs working on the spot. They have the classic flavours, but as well very original ones like watermelon, gorgonzola, tomato.

no additives are used, only natural products.

They are ideally situated close to Odeon, Mabillon, Saint-Sulpice.

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Paris monuments and people : beautiful winter 2015

This winter was beautiful in Paris with many sunny days and a blue sky. I was 2 week-ends in the city of lights and could get great pictures of the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the River Seine, Hotel de Ville,the Sacré Coeur, and many other street photography shots with people.

Some of these pictures are made in HDR (High Dynamic Range) to be closer to the vision of our eyes. The sensor of the camera has a limited dynamic range : to compensate this, I take 3 times the same picture at different exposures. Then I mix them in HDR Pro Photoshop. after a few settings, that is supposed to give more details and better colors. I shot all the pictures with my Sony A7R and the Zeiss lens 35mmF2.8 .

I hope you will enjoy the pictures!

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Caféothèque great coffee shop & barista in the Marais, Paris

The Caféothèque is a famous coffee house in the heart of Paris created in 2005 with multiple activities : coffee lounge, roasting, barista, sales of coffee packs to the costumers, training and coffee tasting.

I love to go there for the quality of the coffee, the atmosphere and the coffee sommeliers who will give you good advices.

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