Cecille Brunner is such a pretty little rose, I have the bush variety and it’s lovely at this time of the year. My mother used to have the climbing version in her old garden, it was a huge bush which scrambled up an old plum tree and was smothered in blossom and seemed to grow […]
Dec 08, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: Archival Canvas, blur, Cecille Brunner rose, flower, Flypaper Textures, grunge, Holmes, interior, Jill Ferry, natural light, New Zealand, painterly, rose, soft, soft focus, Still Life, Tex Box 2, vase | 8 Comments »
We drove past this windmill many times on the way to the beach,situated on a hilltop overlooking the Mediterranean salt marshes.Thankfully we managed to stop a few times at sunset on route home to capture it on camera.I was lucky because it was cut down this year, it was really sad to see the top […]
Dec 07, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: big sky, coast road, derelict, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, grunge, hill top, illustrative, iron, landscape, Languedoc, Mediterranean, moody, Necropolis, old, old time, painterly, pastel, Paul Grand, post fence, salt marches, surreal, Tex Box 1, Tex Box 2, trees, umbrella pine, vacation, Vendres plage, vines, vineyard, wall, water pump, windmill, wire | 2 Comments »
Lora, who is a semi-professional photographer from Seattle, wrote to say that she loves our new texture pack and has shared her lovely Black Birds images of before and after and even her recipe! We hope to showcase more of your donated images and recipes, just drop us a line! đ Lora used Lightroom to […]
Dec 05, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: Algae, Black Birds, Colosseum Sienna, Flypaper Textures, guest, Lightroom, Lora, moody, photographer, photoshop, Seattle, sky, Sunflower Sky, Tex Box 1, Tex Box 2, tree branches, trees | 2 Comments »
Another shot taken on a walk on the lovely Doctors Point Beach just to the north of Dunedin. These same people appear in a similar shot but I processed this one quite differently which shows how a different textures can give the same scene a whole new look. As well as some Flypaper Textures, I […]
Nov 30, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: beach, Bruised Saffron, Doctors Point Beach, Dunedin, figures, Flypaper Textures, Jill Ferry, landscape, lens blur, New Zealand, photoshop, red, sand, Sea, selected focus, Shargreen Bone, soft, Tex Box 1, Tex Box 2, tilt shift effect, vacation | 6 Comments »
On the same day but taken just before the last ‘Reflected Light’ posting. This is inside our Beziers Park of the poets, decorated with many stone carved busts. Its made up of two pictures, merged in photoshop, as my Autopanopro was playing up!A more finished/textured version of this image is on my Flickr site. As […]
Nov 29, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, Autopanopro, autumnal, bust, Caramel soft, Flypaper Textures, France, French, landscape, Languedoc, Mediterranean, merged, moody, Necropolis, painterly, park of the poets, Paul Grand, photoshop, poet, Raw Linen, statue, surreal, Tex Box 1, trees, vacation | 1 Comment »
Walking back from our local ‘Park of the Poets’ in Central Beziers,I came across this dark and narrow bow terrace.The lowering sun reflecting off the opposite houses stucco in an interesting way, lighting the upper apartment windows.You’ll see I’ve removed a mass of visual pollution from the skyline, aerials are the one thing I almost […]
Nov 27, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: angst, apartments, buildings, Caramel Cream, contained, crowding, curve, Dangerous Liaisons, enclosed, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, golden, hour, lonely, Mediterranean, moody, Orient Express, Paul Grand, Pompeii Stucco, prison, Raw Linen, reflected light, sad, sky, solitude, surreal, trapped, vacation, vertigo, windows | 2 Comments »
We visited our “hut” in the country during the weekend, it’s situated beside a river in the midst of farmland so we had sheep over one fence, someone making hay in the paddock over the river and over the road there was a large herd of dairy cows. I processed this lady with Flypaper Textures […]
Nov 23, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, cow, dairy cows, Dangerous Liaisons, farm, farmland, Flypaper Textures, Getty, Green, grunge, Jill Ferry, landscape, New Zealand, Nora Batty, paddock, painterly, rustic, sheep, vacation | 5 Comments »
Back in early July we made a special trip to the beach at sunset just to photograph the full moon rising over the Mediterranean.The light was superbly opalescent, and I was lucky, as I captured several nice images as well as the later moonrise. This is one, a huge red container, not sure why it […]
Nov 18, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: beach, bright, Caramel soft, concept, evening, figures, Flypaper Textures, France, French, gloaming, golden hour, homeward, Languedoc, Mediterranean, metal, out of context, out of place, painterly, Paul Grand, people, red box, sand, Sea, shipping container, soft, strange, surreal, Tex Box 2 | 1 Comment »
Whilst on the way to the beach yesterday, with a slight sea mist over the vineyards.I came across this derelict farmhouse in a sea of golden vines.‘Chasse Gardee’ I’m told, means strictly licensed hunters only. Apple Blush – Soft Light Opacity @ 29%Raw Linen – Overlay Opacity @ 100%Necropolis – Overlay Opacity @ 39%Caramel Soft […]
Nov 15, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, Caramel soft, clouds, derelict, distance, farm house, farmers field, Flypaper Textures, France, French, golden, grunge, landscape, Languedoc, moody, Necropolis, no hunting, no shooting sign, painterly, path, pathway, Paul Grand, poles, Raw Linen, Ruin, stakes, track, trees, vacation, vineyards, warning | 1 Comment »
Another human for our professional readers!Taken on a professional Portrait shoot with French Artist, Martine Roch a couple of years ago. This one was never used but I now like the little surreal looking figure with a bucket in the corner!It was shot in that cold, sharp April light, the shadows being so dark, it […]
Nov 12, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: Artist, beach, blond, breakwater, Caramel soft, carrying, carrying on, concept, Contra jour, figure, figures, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, golden, Languedoc, leaving, lone, man with buck, Martine Roch, mature, Mediterranean, moody, Necropolis, painterly, parting, Paul Grand, pink, portrait, Raw Linen, reflected light, reflector, Sea, single, strong, surreal, surrealist, Tex Box 1, uplighter, vacation, woman | Comments Off on Life goes on
This was taken on our way to inland Otago in the middle of winter, at the time, the area was in the midst of a spell of hoar fross and there was freezing fog and a thick covering of ice on most things. It was very cold as you might imagine but so beautiful especially […]
Nov 12, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, Apple Crumble, bleak, cold, distance, Flypaper Textures, freezing, frost, Jill Ferry, landscape, low cloud, mountains cape, New Zealand, Nora Batty, vacation, view | 1 Comment »
We were contacted by the lovely Kayla from Digiscrap101 a while back, she wanted to do a tutorial using our textures,and of course we were happy to oblige. Here they are, hot off the press and it’s very easy to follow.Enjoy:-) Photoshop CS3 Video Photoshop Elements Video:
Nov 11, 2009 | Categories: Tutorials | Tags: child, Digiscrap101, figures, Flypaper Textures, girl, Kayla, Photoshop Elements Video, red hair, sand, Sea, sea shore, soft, Tutorial, vacation, videoPhotoshop CS3 Video, videos | 17 Comments »
Another misty ‘Canal du Midi’ shot, just west of Beziers,our famous local French Atlantic coast to the French Mediterranean sea connection. One of the main reasons for its being built was to avoid having to sail around Spain.Because just over two hundred years ago those pesky Spanish Pirates were quite a problem!This in turn brought […]
Nov 10, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, Autopanopro, autumn, autumnal, barge drivers, bounty, Canal du Midi, Caramel soft, choices, concept, end, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, grunge, horses shade, joined up, Languedoc, Mediterranean, mellow fruitfulness, mist, moody, Napoleon's marching trees, painterly, path, pathway, Paul Grand, poplar trees, Raw Linen, roads, Routs, sailers, stagnant, travel, trees, vacation, wealth, wine | 4 Comments »
Nov 06, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, autumn, Beziers, boat, boats, calm, Caramel soft, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, golden hour, Languedoc, Mediterranean, no people, painterly, Paul Grand, Raw Linen, river bank, riverscape, sunset, Tex Box 1, tress, vacation | 1 Comment »
If you’re thinking this is a tulip then think again -yes Paul, I’m thinking of you here đIt is in fact the unopened flower of the clematis that’s brightening a corner of my garden at the moment. Processed simply using Pompeii Stucco Soft Light 72%A colour fill layer #02303f @Exclusion 100%Shagreen bone @Overlay 14%
Nov 05, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: desaturated, Dunedin, flower, Flypaper Textures, Jill Ferry, moody, New Zealand, Pompeii Stucco, Shagreen bone, Still Life, Tex Box 1 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been asked if I also use other ‘enhancement programs’ Both Jill and I have programs such as ‘Lucis’ but I’ve never shown a picture using it. You can use these programs on your images before following our recipes. A while ago I described how I get my painterly look before texturising. I now repeat […]
Nov 03, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: acrylic effect, beach, Beach Shack, cafe, canvas, David Hockney, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Languedoc, look, Mediterranean, modern art, no people, painterly, Paul Grand, Paul's Painterly Effect, sunny, surreal, Tex Box 2, Tutorial, vacation, Voyageur map, walkway, yellow | 9 Comments »
A rare misty day in our part of the world.These mists are so far and few I have to dash out with my camera!This picture was taken on a strange atmospheric hill that sticks out of the old sea marshes, or ‘Etang’ in French.It now rises out of a sea of golden vineyards. On top […]
Oct 30, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, archeological digs, atmospheric hill, Bruised Saffron, digs, finds, Flypaper Textures, Getty, guarding, hillside, historic, Languedoc, Mediterranean, mist, misty day, moody, now silted up, old sea marshes, Oppidum sea port, Paul Grand, pine trees, Raw Linen, road to Narbonne, Roman Museum, Roman settlement, soft, strange, Tex Box 1, thousand years, UNESSCO, vacation, world heritage site, âEtangâ | Comments Off on Pines in the mist
This 10th century Franco Roman tower is just outside the medieval village of Puissalicon.Its just a short 10 min drive north from my coastally situated Beziers.known as a veritable masterpiece of Romanesque art in Languedoc.Its 4.3m wide and stands at 26m.It was built as a bell tower for the church of Saint Etienne de Peazan […]
Oct 27, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: 10th century, 10th century Gallo-Romano, apple blush, Caramel soft, Flypaper Textures, Franco Roman tower, Getty, grunge, landscape, Languedoc, medieval village, Mediterranean, Orient Express, Paul Grand, pines umbrella, polarizor, published, Puissalicon, Saint Etienne de Peazan priory, Tex Box 1, vacation, vineyards, wars of religion monument | 3 Comments »
This is in the south of France in my local languedoc area.There were many old windmills, but these are fast disappearing.This one overlooks my old village as seen from a farmers side road.I’d never seen it before the other evening! For this bucolic sunset scene I used three flypaper textures,two of them doubled.Bruised Saffron Soft […]
Oct 24, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, autumn, big sky, Bruised Saffron, clouds, decay, depression, desolate, distance, dramatic, farmland, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, golden hour, grunge, landscape, Languedoc, left, lone, lonely, lost, Mediterranean, moody, Necropolis, Necropolis Soft, old, old times, outmoded, Paul Grand, postcard, published, red, rural, rust, surreal, Tex Box 1, undergrowth, vacation, vista, wind, windmill | 5 Comments »
This was taken after a lovely walk on my favourite beach. These two little girls were busily building a sandcastle when a wave came and washed away most of their hard work as often happens. Although this looks warm it was quite chilly but being kids they were obviously too caught up in what they […]
Oct 24, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: beach, children, couple, Dangerous Liaisons, Dunedin, figures, Flypaper Textures, girls, Grande Tour, Jill Ferry, kids, New Zealand, play, playing, sand, sand castle, Sea, Tex Box 1, toddlers, two, vacation, water | 1 Comment »
Another rediscovered shot taken in my basement studio, an accumulation of beach treasures.Since the original was fairly dark but had good lighting I decided on a fairly “light” approach when processing and just added texture to give the photo a little more depth.I used Caramel soft which had it’s colour adjusted with a hue saturation […]
Oct 21, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: dark, feather, Flypaper Textures, Grosgrain, grunge, Jill Ferry, moody, New Zealand, Still Life | Comments Off on Accumulation
Whilst driving home from Carcassonne one blustery day last January,I came across this tree nursery, growing on the banks of a flooding river near our famous Olive Oil factory, the CoopĂ©rative OlĂ©icole L’Oulibo, Bize-Minervois The setting sun lit up these trees like a stage-set!If you look closely you’ll see I’ve removed the tips of an […]
Oct 20, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: Bize-Minervois, Dangerous Liaisons, flooding riverbed, Flypaper Textures, France, French, Getty, Grosgrain, grunge, landscape, Languedoc, Mediterranean, moody, Olive Oil factory, olive tree, painterly, Paul Grand, polarizer, stormy sky, surreal, the CoopĂ©rative OlĂ©icole LâOulibo, tree nursery, vacation | 8 Comments »
One for the guys?Found in the corner of a field, this retro tractor seemed abandoned but probably wasn’t. I was struck by its white hand painted bonnet. If you look closer at the ‘before’ image, you’ll see I’ve removed a white twig from the bottom right, as it was catching my eye too much… For […]
Oct 16, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: abandoned, Caramel soft, concept, Dangerous Liaisons, Elysium, farm, farming, field corner, Flypaper Textures, France, Getty, grass, Harvest Tractor, hills, Languedoc, Mediterranean, moody, overgrown, Paul Grand, retro, Tex Box 1, tractor, vacation, weeds, white, wild | Comments Off on Harvest Tractor
Another photo shoot with the forget-me-nots, flowers are so much easier to photograph than people đThis was taken with my macro lens and cropped square.I processed it using Tarte Tatin at overlay 22 % and Pompeii Stucco at Screen 40% I used a layer mask to remove some of the texture from the focus flower […]
Oct 15, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: blue, flowers, Flypaper Textures, forget-me-nots, fresh, grunge, Jill Ferry, macro lens, New Zealand, painterly, Pompeii Stucco, spring, Tarte Tatin | 1 Comment »
