Kieran Ball

Blois is a town in the Loire Valley, France. We went there for a weekend trip and enjoyed exploring the small streets, especially around the cathedral, where you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Spain. This is another 3-shot handheld HDR, thanks to the 8fps of the 7D.

The first of a number of photos I took last weekend of the, simply epic, Chateau Chambord in the Loire Valley, two hours from Paris.

This weekend we went to the Menagerie in the Jardin Des Plantes. Not only did we see some cool animals, I also took along my macro lens which embarrassingly I bought and have hardly used. From the results of this day, I will definitely be using it more in future! Click on the photos to [...]

En route for a weekend in Amsterdam. This airport is a combination of ugly and beautiful.

Pere Lachaise is reputed to be the world’s most visited cemetery, and is home to many late-celebrities including Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and Jim Morrison, as well as 300,000 other lesser-known deceased.

10.10.10 | One Day In Paris from Kieran Ball on Vimeo. My submission for the One Day On Earth film project (http://www.onedayonearth.org/) where people all around the world were asked to shoot some footage of whatever they wanted that day, and submit it as part of a global snapshot of life on Earth. Nothing too [...]

This is my favourite park in Paris. Built in an old quarry, it has gigantic trees, grassy hillsides, panoramic views, waterfalls, a temple, a bridge, and a cool bar that apparently has a secret club underneath. What more could one ask of a park?

Since I moved to Paris a couple of weeks ago, I’ve asked everyone I’ve met which arrondisements (boroughs for the non-French) they recommend. I had almost unilateral agreement from everyone to stay clear of the 18th and 19th because “that’s where the red light district is”. It turns out that the red light district is [...]

Do ya see what I did there? This is a photo I took back in 2005 on a short trip to Paris. I never thought I’d end up living here. Too expensive for starters. I could go on. Anyway this was taken on a point-n-shoot Sony DSC-P120. I have no idea what happened to that [...]