Photographer · Grenoble & the Alps
Portraits, pets, cars, small businesses and the wild side of the Alps. Relaxed sessions, honest prices and photos you will want to keep for years.
In 3D
Thirty photos around a core of light. Drag to turn it, tap a photo to open it, tap the sky to call the lightning.
Selected work
Drag the reel or tap any photo to open it.
Explore
Fun, relaxed shoots for social media, work, or memories you want to keep.
Every photo, sorted by subject, in a cinematic slideshow.
Birds and butterflies, a field guide and a game.
Light, exposure, focus and composition, explained with simple drawings.
A shot builder, a quiz and surprising facts.
Play with a virtual camera: aperture, shutter, lenses and golden hour.
A city ringed by mountains, and my favourite places to shoot.
A day of light
Light changes everything. Scroll through a day and see what each hour brings.
Grenoble
Three mountain ranges ring Grenoble: Vercors, Chartreuse and Belledonne. There is a summit at the end of almost every street, and clouds, storms and sunsets change the light every hour. For a photographer, it is a playground.
Get to know me
I'm the person behind the camera at A98, based in Grenoble. I started from zero and learned by going out in every kind of weather: mountains on the horizon, storms over the city, quiet evenings by the river.
Today I photograph mountains, wildlife, people, pets, cars and small businesses with a Canon EOS R7. I love that a photo can keep a moment that would otherwise be gone in a second.
@a98.photography
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Every photo, sorted by subject: cars, wildlife, landscapes and more. Jump to a subject below, or watch the mixed slideshow.
Scroll to turn it
Keep scrolling to turn the cylinder. Tap or click any photo to open it.
Collections
Each subject has its own page, and it grows every time I add new photos.
By subject
Slideshow
Swans, jackdaws, gulls and butterflies, with a field guide and a game.
Swans, jackdaws, gulls, sparrows and butterflies: the animals that share our rivers, parks and streets. Shot with patience and one zoom lens.
The series
Swipe, drag or use the arrows. Tap a photo to open it full screen.
Field guide
Tap a card to flip it and read about each species.
Game
Wildlife is often hidden. Tap where you see the animal in each photo.
Settings
Starting points for the RF-S 18–150mm on the EOS R7.
Respect
Pets
The same patience and eye-tracking autofocus work wonders on dogs, cats and horses.
No stiff poses, no stress. We walk, we laugh, we try ideas, and you leave with photos for your profile, your work or your family album. Moments like these go fast. Photos keep them.
What it's for
One session can cover several needs. Tell me what the photos are for.
The experience
People look their best when they are relaxed, so every session is built around having a good time.
After the shoot I go through every frame and circle the keepers, like on a film contact sheet.
How it works
What you receive
Your photos arrive in an online gallery that works on phone, tablet and computer. Download everything in full resolution with one click.
Prices
Starter prices while I grow my portfolio. Every session includes:
60-second match
Estimate
An estimate. I confirm the final price by message.
How I work
Questions
Extras
Offer a session as a gift, or get ready for yours with a quick checklist.
A birthday, an anniversary, a new puppy: a photo session is a present people remember. Design the voucher, then send me the request.
Tick things off as you go. Your list is saved on this device.
Book
A free, simple guide for anyone curious. Ten short chapters with drawings, built from the photos on this site. No jargon and no experience needed.
Curious?
Photography is drawing with light. The same place looks completely different at noon and at sunset. The low sun of the golden hour gives warm, soft light, and the blue hour after sunset gives deep blue skies.
Find today's golden hour in Grenoble.
Open in the LabA camera is a dark box that lets light in for a moment. The lens focuses the light, the aperture decides how much comes in, the shutter decides for how long, and the sensor records it.
Exposure is how bright a photo is. Three settings control it: aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Each one adds light, and each one also changes the look of the photo.
Try the three settings on a real photo.
Open in the LabDepth of field is how much of the photo is sharp, from front to back. A wide aperture like f/1.8 keeps only a thin slice sharp, which makes portraits stand out. A small aperture like f/11 keeps almost everything sharp, which suits landscapes.
Blur a background yourself.
Open in the LabComposition is where you put things in the frame. A few simple rules make photos feel calm and intentional. Tap each button to draw the guide on my photos.
Thirty photos around a core of light. Drag to turn it, tap a photo to open it, tap the sky to call the lightning.
Lines in the scene guide the eye to the subject. Here the wooden pier points to the swan.
Branches, doorways or windows around the subject pull the eye in. Here the leaves frame the jackdaw.
With a slow shutter, turn the zoom ring while the photo is taken. Lights stretch into streaks.
Every light has a colour, measured in Kelvin. Candles are orange, shade is blue. The camera's white balance corrects it so that white looks white. Move the slider to see what happens when it's set wrong.
Canon is known for warm, natural colour: healthy skin, rich greens, true skies. Tap a photo to see its main colours.
· More bits = more shades. A JPEG has 256 per colour, the R7's RAW files up to 16,384. Skies stay smooth after editing.
You don't need expensive gear to start. Everything here was shot with one camera and two lenses. What matters is understanding what each piece does.
Full frameEOS R7The R7's sensor is smaller than full frame, so it sees only the red box: like zooming in 1.6 times. Great for wildlife.
A RAW file is like a film negative. It keeps all the information from the sensor, so the edit can recover skies, shadows and colours. A JPEG is the finished print: lighter, but with less room to adjust.
Straight from RAWMy edit
Drag the handle. Left: my RAW file with no edits at all. Right: my edit, with a brighter flower and a calmer background. Same file, two looks.
On days with thin clouds, look up near the sun. Tiny water droplets bend sunlight into pastel colours. This is called cloud iridescence, and these two photos show it.
Wildlife photography is mostly patience. Every animal has a comfort zone: step inside it and it flies away. A zoom lens lets you stay outside the zone and still fill the frame.
Meet the animals from these photos.
Open WildlifeThe best camera is the one you have with you. Phones follow the same rules of light, focus and composition. Try the phone below: tap to focus, turn on the grid, change the brightness and compare the zooms.
Tap the screen to focus
Everything on this site was shot with this small kit. Here is what each piece does, its key specs, and which settings I start with for each subject.
In the bag
Sharp, fast and light. Its autofocus finds the eyes of people, animals and even cars.
Sees roughly like your eyes and lets in lots of light for portraits and evenings.
From wide landscapes to far-away birds, without changing lenses.
Specs
Manufacturer figures, rounded. They are a reference, not a promise: technique matters more than numbers.
Which lens for what
Where I begin for each subject. I adjust from there depending on the light.
By the numbers
Go further
Three games to train your eye, no camera needed: build a shot step by step, test what you know and collect surprising facts. Works great on a phone.
Shot builder
Every photo is a chain of decisions. Pick a mission, choose each setting, see why it works, then reveal the real photo.
Quiz
Twelve quick questions for beginners, phone photography included. Tap an answer to see the explanation.
Facts
Swipe through the cards and tap one to flip it.
The series
Swipe, drag or use the arrows. Tap any photo to open it full screen.
More photos are on the way: this collection grows with every shoot.
Spotted
Every car I've photographed so far, with one thing worth knowing about it.
How I shoot it
A virtual camera to play with. Move the sliders and see what each setting does, no camera needed.
Dashed line: what the same lens sees on a full-frame camera.
45.19° N · 5.72° E · Paris time
