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The Art Critic
Another image taken during the recent spring high tides. The model is standing on the shoreline with a sand pool in front. These strange wigwam structures are built from driftwood, we have no idea who makes them or for what purpose, however any structures add...
À la recherche du temps perdu
Welcome to the first Flypaper Spring texture recipe! We're really pleased to be able to use the freshly named textures, as before naming we used various numbers and joked that they only really come to life once they are named! During the extraordinary high spring...
The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted
This publication has just been released so we're delighted to share! This book cover Designed by Natalie Winter and has to be our favorite production so far! Lavishly produced with folding flaps, embossed type fonts with lavender textures and of course, our dear old...
Roses transformed
This is a photo that's been sitting in my archives for ages, I didn't like the dark wood I had shot against so it had been rejected. This afternoon I had a bit of time to play and managed, quite easily too, to disguise the darkness. It's inspired me, so hope it might...
Blueberry
First of all I thought I'd tell you about the Photoshop texture blending scripts created by our friends over at Digital Outback Photo, they're pretty easy to use and great for the photographer in a hurry! I do have a blueberry bush in my garden but this year for...
Wilted
A few days ago I took delivery of a Lensbaby composer lens, it's something I have had my eyes on for ages but spurred on by Paul's photos taken using his, I decided to take the plunge. I've loved it so far and it's hardly been off the camera though I'm still coming to...
Cone Flower
These cone flowers or echinacea are such beautiful photographic subjects with their bold spiky centres and pretty colours. This is a white form that grows at my local Botanic Garden. I do have a plant of my own which I notice is just coming into flower for the first...
my own private little vineyard
Sunday morning was misty with freezing fog. Thus not to miss a perfect texturing opportunity, I drove out of town to get some bleak countryside pics. This cute little scene was glimpsed from the car, and so I did a fast 'u' turn to get back to it! The other pictures...
Grunge flowers
Just to show that I don't just do pale soft flowers and also to show how textures (and toning) can change the entire feel of an image. Our fly edges work well on black and white images especially if you want to portray a gritty "early photography" look. I started by...
cowscape
As its still winter over here and too cold to get out much, I've been revisiting some of my old images from last summer. I said summer but my visit to England in August was more like our winter in the south of France! This day was freezing, and more so on top of the...