Monthly Archives: November 2006

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Point Lobos State Park Photograph for Sale;

For those of you interested, I have one of my favorite photographs of the year up for sale on my ebay site. $45 buys you a 8×10 / $85 an 11×14 / handcrafted Ian Grant original, complete with artist signature + numbered out of a limited edition of 85. It looks pretty spectacular [...]

Abandoned house outside of Philadelphia;

Over Thanksgiving Tanya and I traveled over to Philadelphia to say hi to our parents and take some pictures out in the wilderness. Here are some of a nice old house- These were all taken with the Canon 135mm f/2, my new favorite lens:

Visit Amelie Filming Sights in Paris!

check this out! I’ve already been to a few like the cafe, but here’s a whole list of movie locations used in the movie Amelie! How Cool!

In the Footsteps of Amelie Poulain

Lost in Death Valley;

I present to you, this year’s holiday greeting postcard:

The back reads: Ian Grant, Tanya Seal and Pet Friends Lost in Death Valley // December, 2006
The first 12 people to reply on here or lj and email me their address to ian at distinctphoto.com get one in their mailbox. woohoo!

Final Trip Plans for France Roadtrip v1.5

Ian and Tanya’s Paris Trip, December 23 - January 1st 2006
Trip Itinerary v1.5
Dec 23rd > LAX to CDG
Travel Time from LA to Paris - 14 hours
Sleep: on Plane
Dec 24th > Paris
Arrive in Paris at 3pm [aka: 15:00]
Sleep: at Hotel Jeanne d’Arc, Paris
Dec 25th > Paris
Hang out in Paris for Xmas day, get really really cold
Sleep: [...]

Hotel Booked: Hotel du Marais - Paris France [4th arrondissement]

Dec 29th > Getting Back to Paris
Drive from Dinan to Rennes / drop off car
Take train from Rennese to Paris, sleep there
Dec 30th > Paris
Take train over to Versailles
Dec 31st > Paris
New Years!
The last three nights of hoteling are expensive, but not nearly as bad as the first two nights. We’re staying in [...]