One of my projects over on flickr is to take a photo a day, and with the exception of a couple of missed days I think I've met the challenge. Some days it's a bit of a struggle to think of something to take a photo of, but it's amazing what you can find when...
We hope you're all enjoying the new August Painterly pack as much as we are? Feel free to post examples of your work on our Facebook page or in our Flickr Flypaper group, we love seeing what you're doing with our textures, or tell us what you think under the...
Welcome to the launch of our long awaited August Texture Pack which was inspired by the charms of Venice, with its mists and dazzling Adriatic waters! Once again this collection is mostly Landscape oriented as is often requested. This pack also includes, for...
I love these low aspect shots as they can add drama to even the most mundane scene! Here's a shot from the winter on a semi-cloudy day, just moving towards a dog walking family and captured them several times with the camera almost touching the sand whilst...
I love taking photos of fruit and it doesn't worry me if they're a bit past their prime, I think all the wrinkles and spots add to the interest. These scruffy little specimens came from a tree growing beside a road which probably undoubtedly started life as an...
Having finally upgraded my 2008 Imac's system so that I could try the new Photoshop CS6 and use its new filters, I have to say all the expense and disruption was worth it! The image above was taken a couple of years ago in early spring with my old Sony Alpha 5,...
On my way back to the car whilst shooting French sunflower fields, I came across this unusual angle of the 'Tour', which we normally dont see from the road beneath, I'd already had my Lensbaby Optic 80 on the camera, so this is what I used! In processing I...
Some more of my favourite climbing hydrangea which grows in our city's Botanic Gardens just down the road. I do have a plant in my own garden but it's only a baby and I'm waiting impatiently for it to grow....maybe next season I'll have butterflies in my...
After creating and blogging the original image and recipe several weeks ago, we teamed up with the famous US Artist and print technique innovator, Bonny Pierce Lhotka to host a small taster pack of her highly original textures. To try out Bonny's Nature bits...
It's midwinter here in New Zealand and to celebrate the winter solstice Dunedin holds a midwinter festival, the highlight of which is the lantern parade. This years one was held on Sunday night after being cancelled on Saturday due to rain, paper lanterns and...