Done incorrectly, visiting the Louvre can be a serious drag.  You will have to endure insanely long lines and hassles only to see a few famous pieces of art you’ve seen a thousand pictures of, just to check a box on your itinerary.  Your day will be long, frustrating, and […]

If you are like me, once you get to the Louvre you will be as interested in the building itself as what’s in it.  The building is so impressive that even if there were no artifacts or artwork in the building, visiting it would still be an amazing experience.  As […]

No matter who you are, when you go to Paris you want pictures of the Eiffel Tower.  It might be pictures of you with the Eiffel Tower in the background, or it might be just pictures of the Eiffel Tower.  While you can see the Eiffel Tower from all over […]

What is the best way to get around Paris? There is no best way.  It just depends where you are going. But here we will go through your options.  We will use all of them on our tour, partially because we will always strive for the best use of our […]

With the right attitude and expectations, the French café is one of the best experiences you can ever have.  I’d go so far as to say a trip to Paris without spending a considerable amount of time in a café is not a good trip to Paris.  But without an […]

Perhaps the most important thing to understand about photographing Paris is that you will be the same photographer in Paris as you are at home.  That is to say, if you are a wide-angle landscape photographer at home, you are probably going to end up taking wide-angle shots of scenes […]

Packing for a trip to France is not all that different than packing for a trip to any other great city, but there are some peculiarities.  Most of these are based on the weather and the culture, which we’ll talk about below.  As with most trips, you will want to […]