Its always nice to wake up and find another one of your babies gracing a published book cover! Here's today's, an American thriller, heavily textured with our flypaper painterly textures. Its just a preview copy as its not yet out, so I expect their colours will...
Another photo of my favourite beach, taken on a warmer and sunnier day than the previous photo of it I posted here. I was lucky that I managed to catch a passing gull when I snapped this. Onto the processing... Beau Linge Paysage @ Soft Light 13% masked from the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...