I discovered astronomy at the age of 15, when normal people are interested in girls! My physics' teacher (Martine Saumande) makes me discover this science in the school's science's club. A few years later, after a trip to the southern skies (Île de la Réunion) to see the Halley's comet, I incorporated the dynamic and pleasant Association Novae, with its leader Bernard Curzi. With that association, I went to Algeria to study a meteoritic crater (in 1989), then to Mexico for the 1991 total solar eclipse.

Personal side
En 1997, I leaved the French Riviera to live in Brittany (in Quimper). I really enjoy this place!

I went to Quimper to work for the french startup Geoman. It was a company publishing an internet magazine about astronomy. But unfortunately, in 2001, Geoman had to close: the fate of many startup.

Astronomy side
I practice astronomy since 1986. Like many astronomers, that discipline bring me to get interest in all sciences.

I began astrophotography in 1987 for the Halley's comet. Due to some friends, especially Florent Bailleul, I learned a lot and bought cameras and lenses. My friend Franck Valbousquet (the boss of the optic store Optique et Vision) sold reflectors and refractors and let me "play" with them! So, I never sold any instrument, except a poor quality for observation. I also observe a lot with another friend, Eric Codron, who had a Vixen 200/800 refractor.

I'm more interested in wide angle astrophotography with a landscape under the stars. For this kind of photo, the fisheye lens is really useful. Being a contemplator, I try to capture the beauty of a rising or setting of the Moon, with sometime some contentment.

I have alway the eyes in the sky, so I'm interesting in clouds and atmospheric optics photography.

Thanks a lot for your interest in my work. Kénavo.