EVAN J WARDEN
THE SENTINEL
In the summer of 2004, between my Junior and Senior years at Penn State, I went for a study abroad program based out of London, England. We took a lot of side-trips; one of which was Paris. I had never been to Paris before, let alone most of Europe (Ireland when I was 7) and I was really blown away by the whole experience.
Anyhow, one of our destinations while in Paris was The Louvre – the home of the Mona Lisa and other unbelievably famous works of art. For those who have not been there, the museum is absolutely massive. People aren’t joking when they tell you that this is not a one-day stop. You could really spend 2,3,4 days touring around and viewing all that The Louvre has to offer.
Midday, we stopped at a café that was on the second or third floor of the museum, and sat by a window that overlooked the courtyard. The result of that lunch was an awesome pannini (sp?) and this picture. I largely credit my time in Europe as the guiding light that drove me towards wanting to be a cameraman. That, and I already loved techie stuff.
The camera was a point-and-shoot pocket camera – a Sony DSC-T1, delivering a five megapixel sensor and 3x optical zoom. It’s amazing how far the tech has evolved since then – phones have 5MP sensors in them now.
JW