As his una ca\u00f1a (small beer) was served, Olivier Lei put his feet up on a\u00a0nearby bar stool. The French photographer, now Barcelona-based, had spent a few hours exploring the city with his phone, alert for potential shots. He\u2019d usually do so in white trainers, or Vans; as a full-time freelance photographer, he was often on his feet. On this occasion, however, he was wearing his brand-new black loafers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got them on sale; I\u00a0think they were about $20,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to spend too much money because I didn\u2019t know if this style would suit me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lei had stopped at this bar to scout the location for another picture he had in mind. It had been a fairly unmemorable day but, as Lei notes, \u201csometimes those quiet days are the ones when you notice things more \u2026 I\u2019ll keep the name of this place secret, but if you know the city, you\u2019ll know it, as it\u2019s quite famous. The location looks so great that interesting photos come naturally. You just have to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he reached for his beer, Lei noticed the simple composition in front of him, and the colours. \u201cThe matching red of my socks and the chairs is very eye-catching, and the green adds a beautiful, soft contrast. Rotating it made it feel more intriguing, forcing the viewer to pause to understand the unique angle,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Lei says he wears the loafers most days now. \u201cI\u2019m an\u00a0EU size 42 if anybody\u00a0wants to offer me another pair!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As his una ca\u00f1a (small beer) was served, Olivier Lei put his feet up on a\u00a0nearby bar stool.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-452606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}