Fractal Art

Fractals are basically very complicated self-repeating patterns. They don't repeat in the sense of lining up the same picture next to each other over and over like a wall paper. The repeated pattern actually shows up if you zoom into a smaller part of the picture.

For this next one, if you were to zoom into the edges of the larger yellow swirls and blow the picture up, you would end up with the exact same picture. You could then look at the same edge of the yellow swirls, zoom in and blow up the picture and see the same picture again. Etc, Etc.


There are apparently tons on computer programs that can generate really great pictures. Here are some good ones I've found.

Perkins is the Man

And he got no fouls last night...

Paris: Photo Art

Jessie took this one. Pretty cool that his head has been replaced by a bright light.

It's looks like he's talking directly to the audience.

I like the shapes that all their arms make. I think the triangles draw your eye in a nice way. I also like that you can't see what everyone is looking at.

This by far one of my favorites. It looks like 2 pictures overlaid on each other, but it's really a reflection in the window. You can see the art exhibit behind the glass and the reflection of the square/motorcycle in the glass.

This is my favorite from the Louvre. Something about the light striking the statue of an angel seems so perfect.

I chose these because they're such a good 'spring-time in Paris' shots.


I like the lighting of this one and the way she's looking up and away.

I think Dave took this, it's a really cool zoomed in shot of sister and brother.

Great lighting, romantic shot, need I say more.

I liked this one especially because you can see the reflection of the sun on the table so you can tell we're relaxing at a cafe in the afternoon on a beautiful Parisian day.

I like these 2 because they're so engrossed.


A good black and white.

I chose this one for the lines. I like the effect of the river, the building and the direction of his head being parallel.

Just a classy parisian window display.

Parisian Locals

This guy got a little pissed when he realized we took his pic:

Our apartment was right across the street from the Chech consulate. One of the days we could see some guy going at it on the violin through the window. How parisian.


This was a beautiful weekend in the Luxembourg gardens. There were lots of kids playing with sailboats in this one particular fountain and they all had those long sticks to push them around in the water:


I can't believe I got this in time. All I know is Gareth started yelling "get this car, get this car!"

I've seen these guys before. They paint their faces and hands with paint so that they look like statutes and stand perfectly still until someone makes a donation. Bet that sucks in the middle of the summer...


They packed a raft up with policemen and zipped up and down the seine all week:


Speaking of the Seine, these boats along the river were all decked out with full living room sets. And one had the really cool car...

Before and After: Mustache Mania

When in France...

Before:


After:

Posing around Paris

Coffee and Wine on the Canal:

American Music and French train stations:

Montmartre 1:

Montmartre 2:

On our way to the 11th:

Ribbit:

If we were a band, this would be our cd cover:

Look how French he looks. !Mustache!

Looks intentional but it wasn't:

Postcard worthy:

Kiss Kiss.

Scaling Parisian walls:

Strikes a pose before you leave:

A bit dark but still nice: