5 Lesson's from Doisneau

Robert Doisneau is my FAVORITE photographer and Chad got me his work of Paris for Christmas. I have already poured through the 400page book. Read it, inspected the pictures, analyzed the pictures, and cataloged all of the valuable lessons I learned through his work!


lesson 1: Spontaneity is your friend. He was running late to a meeting, and saw a fine arts moving van. He stopped to take some pictures, then....BAM he snapped this picture! My most favorite picture of his entire work! "The helicopters"





Lesson 2: Capture shocking moments!




















Lesson 3: Make people wonder, "What is that person thinking?"
































"....If I had assigned myself such a mission [Capturing Paris for future generations] I might have collected millions of images, methodically, but it would have cost me countless days without pleasure. No, my behavior was completely unpremeditated. The morning light was enough to get me going, without rhyme or reason. Was it really reasonable to love whatever I happened to see? I never asked myself that question. Nor do I regret it, because once you start taking your alarm close apart you no longer know what time it is....."
Robert Doisneau Oct. 23, 1983

















Lesson 4: Capture Love!































Lesson 5: Sweet Irony makes for GREAT pictures!