A hotel group commissioned us to take beautiful Parisian landscape photographs. The fantastic and beautiful landscape photos were taken during the magic hour. 1. Notre Dame de Paris photographed under a lazy night sky The first photo is one I took of Notre Dame de Paris, whose spire part was destroyed by fire in April 2019, but it is a memorable photo that I timed well to document a few months before the fire. I took this photo during the blue hour, just after the setting sun, and this “azure night sky” is indescribably fantastic. I was struck by the beauty of this “azure night sky” that I saw when I first visited Paris, and decided to incorporate the Latin word “Lazuli,” meaning azure, into the name of Studio Lazuli. In that sense, I titled the film “Notre Dame de Paris photographed under the Lazuli night sky. 2. Arc de Triomphe & Place de l’Etoile photographed during the Golden Hour This is a photo of the Arc de Triomphe taken at sunset time from Place de l’Etoile with the setting sun in the background. The Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM, which is considered the best wide-angle zoom lens, was mounted on a tripod and the shutter speed was slowed down to 1/2ss so that only the cars moving around the roundabout were blurred. By doing so, I tried to make the viewer’s eyes naturally focus on the Arc de Triomphe. This is also a really good lens that beautifully expresses … Continue reading Paris Landscape Photography – Beautiful Flower City at Magic Hour