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...
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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...
Thom Cross – Standing on the Edge of the World
Yet another Flypaper product to share, this time an indie pop CD/EP! Several months ago I was contacted by Thom, originally a New Zealander, and now a London based musician who wanted to use one or two of my images, naturally I was delighted to help, and sorted him...
Daydream
I'm just back from a short holiday at Kaikoura, a lovely coastal town several hundred kilometres north of here. Kaikoura is famed for its whale watching but there's much more to do...wildlife, fishing seals, wild beaches, walks etc etc.... My holiday coincided with...
Books
In recent times I've been going through a slow phase, photography wise, it being winter here in New Zealand is probably something to do with it. Anyway I was getting sick of going through my archives looking for something to process so decided to do a quick...
Sunflowers at days end
They say you have to suffer for your Art, and here is a prime example! Who would have known that sunflower fields had to have many bee hives to pollinate all those flowers, and who would have known to carry a bee sting antidote in the car? I do now... Ouch! I was...
Three Pears
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of pears! They're such photogenic fruit, I especially love Bosc pears with their elegant long form and stems. The other day when I was looking a photo to process I came across this one taken a couple of years ago and rejected at the...
empty vessels
Here's another still life I threw together.The tall antique glass vase is probably a french apothecary jar and would have had a big cork stopper, its one of a pair that Martine and I bought from an outdoor flea-market, here in the south of France. The tiny cracked...
Jim Zuckerman Nik ebook
Back in the new year we supplied our writer friend Jim Zuckerman with complimentary copies of our textures, updating him with the spring pack as it was launched. Jim has finally furnished us with a copy of his lavishly illustrated ebook We were delighted to see he has...