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The King and I

The King and I

Over in Thailand they are now suffering badly from flooding, when we were there at this famous Unesco protected site we learned that this area of ruins was the original setting for Rogers and Hammerstein's - The King and I musical! The blockbuster movie was about a...

Lily-of-the-Valley

Another small scented treasure that's flowering in my garden at the moment. Lily-of-the-valley is one of my favourite flowers and I look forward to its season every year.  It's amazing how such a small flower can give so much fragrance, a tiny sprig can fill a room...

Pumpkin seat son!

Summers strong clear light is great but Textures and Autumn were made for each other! Less than 2 weeks ago we were bathing in the sea and basking in 90F here in the south of France, now the heaters are on low as there is a chilly north wind a-blowing. With it comes...

Vase of Lisianthus

After a hectic summer working non-stop, I decided to treat myself by reinvesting my earnings in a Photographic lighting studio set-up. Its still very basic. (more about that next time) And as Canon 5D had no flash I had to buy one. At least i'm ready for those darker...

Bluebells

It's been a while since we updated the blog, we've both been busy with other things.  I've been trying to get my garden organised amongst other things, I spent some of today planting my vegetable garden, I'm looking forward to heirloom rainbow carrots this season...

Stormy Sunday

Yesterday our daylight saving/summer time started here in New Zealand, the weather was far from summery with showers and a biting cold wind. In the afternoon we decided to go for a walk at one of the city beaches but on arriving we discovered that the tide was too...

Tower Bridge

During a recent summer stay in London, I visited some old friends who have moved to the now very fashionable South Bank of the Thames. As it was my first trip to this area I was amazed to see such regeneration and life in this ancient, and once shabby area! We did a...

Flypaper Textures as seen in Photoshop User Magazine!

Flypaper Textures as seen in Photoshop User Magazine!

This month's September issue of Photoshop User we were both surprised and delighted to see our Flypaper textures recommended in a double page texture feature spread! Katrin Eismann, the famous Photoshop writer, told us that she really loved the Flypapers quality, just...

The Girl Who Read To Birds ~ Michael Titus

The Girl Who Read To Birds ~ Michael Titus

For our first book interview we have Michael Titus, an American based on the east coast. The Girl Who Read To Birds is the first Children's book by Michael, alias frogmuseum2 on Flickr We're old admin friends from several flickr groups along with Julie Miller who is...

Another Beach

I textured and posted this one to flickr soon after we launched the spring painterly set, I especially loved the effect the impressionist Sisley texture gives here. Often you can get away with using just one texture in processing, but I tend to build up the layers to...