Hi guys i was in paris recently and i had much fun trying my new sony camera which happens to be an excellent camcorder !!

I took over 6 gigas of photos and videos and i'm glad to bring some of my work to you.

As i was lucky enough to have an helicopter tour of paris, you're bound to see rare video shots of paris !!!


This series will be in 3 parts :

PART 1: PARIS CENTRE & NORTH (including video helicopter shooting of Stade de France)

PART 2: East and far-East PARIS (including a video taken over Disneyland paris area)

PART 3: PARIS WEST ET SOUTH(including Video helicopter shooting of La défense, Parc des princes, versailles, Montparnasse)

Concerning the videos, you can download them, and view them in full screen and in better quality if you just register to the great site Dailymotion.com ----> it's free, fast and no spam sent to your mailbox ;)

So below you'll find the direct link for the videos, some of these links are also mentionned down the page next to the photo associated when existant. Please don't forget to vote for your favorite video !


VIDEO 1: GRAND LOUVRE (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4984)

VIDEO 2: TOUR EIFFEL + INVALIDES (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5195)

VIDEO 3: GRAND PALAIS (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5024)

VIDEO 4: OPERA DISTRICT (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5315)
note:nice views from Department stores Terraces

VIDEO 5: PARIS POPULAIRE-Working class & ethnic Paris (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5058)
Note:one of my favourite video :)

VIDEO 6: STADE DE FRANCE HELICOPTER SHOTS (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4756)
Note:shot from helicopter :), sorry if it's shaky sometimes

VIDEO 7: PARIS NIGHT-SHIFT (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5193)
Note:Paris improved version of Crystal palace has reopened, here you will see it in a stunning view !!!

VIDEO 8: BE BIONIC IN PARIS-Montparnasse high speed people mover (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5194)
Not everbody like it, but if you're in Paris and you wanna laugh for the price of a metro ticket, don't miss this !!!

VIDEO 9: PARIS Seen from the Highway (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5211)
Note:included La Défense Grand Prix, a kind of preview of the 3rd part of the series !!!

VIDEO 10: CHAMPS-ELYSEES/CONCORDE (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5026)

VIDEO 11: BUSY TRAIN STATIONS IN PARIS (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4996)

VIDEO 12: PARIS METEOR LINE (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4981)
Note:COOL Matrix-like effect, yeah man !!!


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VIDEO 1: GRAND LOUVRE (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4984)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/543/pyramidedulouvre2jpg8bg.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4336/grandlouvre11jpg0pb.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9500/grandlouvre6jpg4hs.jpg

VIDEO 2: TOUR EIFFEL + INVALIDES (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5195)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8587/galerieslafayetteterrasse4jpg7.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4769/parislelongdesquais14jpg5hf.jpg


VIDEO 3: GRAND PALAIS (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5024)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9596/legrandpalaisjpg7ym.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8615/legrandpalais1jpg0ud.jpg



VIDEO 4: OPERA DISTRICT (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5315)
note:nice views from Department stores Terraces

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5778/printempsterrasse20jpg6cs.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7073/printempsterrasse16jpg4ai.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4703/quartieredouardvii2jpg2jt.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5964/labourse4jpg8ks.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7995/galerieslafayetteterrasse12jpg.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/71/antinjpg4ji.jpg
^^^^Trinity church : this church, located in the opera district could be in Madrid !

VIDEO 5: PARIS POPULAIRE-Working class & ethnic Paris (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5058)
Note:one of my favourite video :)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7880/parislittlejaffnajpg8ej.jpg
^^^^Paris Indian area called Little Jaffna

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1503/parisruecurial5jpg6bl.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4554/parisruecurial2jpg3hy.jpg
^^^^could you tell where those permanent palm trees are in paris ?

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8449/faubourgstdenis1jpg0kx.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6229/labourseducommercejpg3nq.jpg
^^^^Bourse du Commerce, les Halles district

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3492/mindelaculture1jpg2cq.jpg
^^^^new Ministry of culture, video coming soon

VIDEO 6: STADE DE FRANCE HELICOPTER SHOTS (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/4756)
Note:shot from helicopter :), sorry if it's shaky sometimes

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2971/hlicostadedefrancejpg2xp.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5793/stadedefrance3jpg2tp.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1850/stadedefrance2jpg0xg.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4310/parislelongdesquais4jpg8fj.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8619/parislelongdesquais1jpg9ti.jpg

My favorites are (in order starting with the best) video 5 (really good one!), 9 (especially the La Defense part) and 7.

But the disadvantage of amateur videos in general is that it takes too much time to look at in comparison with photos, that many videos don't take advantage of capturing movement but are just a lot of near-identical images repeated, much zoom-in-and-outs, and of course silly transition effects between scenes.

thanx, the one of la défense is cool indeed...i will post a longer version of the la Défense ring road later ;)

MAGNIFIC

kony. I want to thank you for this. great stuff man!!!

cool..I watched all of them...I swear, I must live (yes, live) in Paris before the decade ends!


What's the first song, in the first video?

Thank u all guys ! they were fun to shoot and to edit; so i'm glad u liked them.

the first song in the first video is a song by french singer Jean-jacques Goldmann and it's called "long is the road".

more great videos are coming, especially cool ones of la défense ;)

Man, Paris is such a wonderful looking city. thanks!

Can't wait till you upload your new stuff

Thank u all guys ! they were fun to shoot and to edit; so i'm glad u liked them.

the first song in the first video is a song by french singer Jean-jacques Goldmann and it's called "long is the road".

more great videos are coming, especially cool ones of la défense ;)


thanks alot!

UPDATE !!! see a video preview of my parts 2 & 3 including La Défense seen from helicopter and Paris' twin towers seen from above (yes Paris also has twin sister-towers but none of them are hilton hotels :)) !!!

PARIS PREVIEW, from west to east (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/5741)

hey these vids are awesome! Not sure I liked all the choice of background music but the vids were very interesting. I felt like I was there for a bit. I havn't seen them all yet but I'm almost there.

Absoultely beautiful. Awesome.

very nice photo tour, many thanks

Of course, the iconic Tour Eiffel mai oui! Merci beau coup.:)