I participated in a meditative walk in the 18th district around Métro Abbesses (not far away from Pigalle) with a group of people last week. It’s an amazing place full of history, we’ve seen the house of French Diva Dalida and many other things related to famous writers and so on. Be sure to go there if you visit Paris one day.
Going out with a group of people was very instructive. First, as you have to adapt to the group’s pace I felt it was preventing me from fully focusing on photography. The verbal interactions with the group’s members were also a source of distraction. It reinforced my feeling that I need to be alone with my camera to take my time, at my own pace and to completely abandon myself to photography.
