Sacre Coeur at Dawn

This sky lasted for about 7 minutes before it went totally flat and gray.

Eiffel Glittering

This photo can be viewed two ways. First, it is massive wonder of human engineering and art, captured at wide angle to emphasize its grandeur. The gentle curve of the fence leading to the snow globe accents the towers arches nicely.
Alternately, the long vertical line terminating at the snow globe near the base makes it look like the tower laid and egg. I almost named it Eiffel's Egg, or Ovulating Eiffel :)

Chrismas Mass at Notre Dame

The cathedral and the mass were breathtakingly beautiful. The vocalist was angelic. No tripods here, and standing room only in back. Not terrible for hand held in the dark at high iso while being elbowed in the kidneys by people jostling for a spot in the service.

Eiffel Tower From Trocadero Fountains

I Normally try to avoid tourists, but I think the enthralled perfectly central human silhouette and the ghosted phone photographer make the shot and define the moment.
ps.
When photographing the Eiffel tower with your cell phone or instant camera, don't use the flash, it makes photographers snicker ;)

Eiffel Tower's Snowglobe

At the base of the Eiffel Tower for Christmas, a life sized snow globe full of real Christmas trees and alpine scenery was created. The arches and leg of the tower draw the eye inward to the globe. The rainbow colored lights were flashing 4 inch Eiffel tower souvenirs carried by street vendors under the tower; due to the long exposure the venders do not show, but their flashing minitowers create trails of light!

Fouquet's on Champs-Elysees

Eiffel Tower Garden and Stars

You don't want to know how late I stayed up to get this shot without the Christmas tourists...
Note the Christmas snow globe at the base of the tower. The mist creates the dramatic glow about the tower. In the full sized photo star trails from the earths rotation are visible on this long exposure.

Notre Dame in Pre-Dawn Light

Taken under one of the 32 bridges over the Seine. Note the graffiti on the bridge steps. Note the Christmas tree in front of the Cathedral.

Paris Cityscape 2

The blue/white spotlight at the top circles the city like a lighthouse, but in the long exposure it paints the top of the sky vibrant blue.

Notre Dame Over The Seine

The light trails on the river are created by passing boats on the river.

Notre Dame at Dawn

Lovre Lanterns

I have never seen crowds like Paris at Christmas; this plaza was standing room only during the day. I had to prowl the city like a vampire in the wee hours of the morning to get reasonable shots; unfortunately the plaza was gated off at night so traditional vantage points were impossible. I tried to make creative use of the lanterns; I kind of like it.

Sacre Coeur Morning

Arc De Traffic

Louvre by Night

Paris Cityscape

The City of Lights, enough said.