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...
Languedoc
Barge through the mist
Another from my misty day shoot!This time along our famous Beziers 'Canal du Midi', built by Paul Riquet The most famous son of our city of Beziers.It connects the French Atlantic West-coast with the French Mediterranean, a huge feat of civil engineering for its...
Pines in the mist
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...
the sea bobber!
As requested, we now start to tackle live subjects!This image is from a shoot with a charming Danish Family.Its hard to believe that just a month ago we were still sea bathing!I don't recommend standing in the sea with an expensive camera, but if that's what it takes...
La tour romane
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...
Gilded
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...
over a hill
During the golden hour, I came across a vineyard bordering a pine woods, and had to stop for a quick shoot.Its a simple two texture combo, Caramel Soft (full blur) with the soft light setting @ opacity 92%.Necropolis again with soft light @ 100% opacity and fill @...
nights backcloth
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 Coopérative Oléicole L'Oulibo, Bize-MinervoisThe setting sun lit up these trees like a...
Harvest Tractor
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...
Last snow
For this misty winter farm-track scene I used;Apple blush @ Vivid light - Opacity 37% Fill 34%Grosgrain @ Hard Light - Opacity 27%, Fill 28%Caramel soft @ Opacity 86%, Fill 100%