I'm talking cameras: I know I am quite bad for always wanting to photograph stuff when on holiday, but I'd like to think I know when to put the camera down and just use my eyes.
But when in Paris we went to the excellent Musée d'Orsay, which is a beautiful building jam packed with fantastic paintings by Picasso, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gough and Toulouse-Lautrec amongst others. And I couldn't believe the number of people who their time taking second rate photos of these beautiful paintings with their digital cameras. They did get in the way of other people trying to look at the paintings although I admit to enjoying getting in the way of their photos...
But when in Paris we went to the excellent Musée d'Orsay, which is a beautiful building jam packed with fantastic paintings by Picasso, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Van Gough and Toulouse-Lautrec amongst others. And I couldn't believe the number of people who their time taking second rate photos of these beautiful paintings with their digital cameras. They did get in the way of other people trying to look at the paintings although I admit to enjoying getting in the way of their photos...
If you like the paintings, get a print or a postcard, and enjoy the originals while you can!
