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...
Spring Painterly Pack
Another Beach
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...
Daydream
I'm just back from a short holiday at Kaikoura, a lovely coastal town several hundred kilometres north of here. Kaikoura is famed for its whale watching but there's much more to do...wildlife, fishing seals, wild beaches, walks etc etc.... My holiday coincided with...
Books
In recent times I've been going through a slow phase, photography wise, it being winter here in New Zealand is probably something to do with it. Anyway I was getting sick of going through my archives looking for something to process so decided to do a quick...
Sunflowers at days end
They say you have to suffer for your Art, and here is a prime example! Who would have known that sunflower fields had to have many bee hives to pollinate all those flowers, and who would have known to carry a bee sting antidote in the car? I do now... Ouch! I was...
Three Pears
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of pears! They're such photogenic fruit, I especially love Bosc pears with their elegant long form and stems. The other day when I was looking a photo to process I came across this one taken a couple of years ago and rejected at the...
Forgetmenot
I was thrilled to find these still in flower in my garden a couple of weeks back, usually I'd have to wait till spring to see them but our winter here in Dunedin has been relatively mild so far, but as the old saying goes "as the days grow longer, the cold grows...
Lemon preserve jars
Our supermarket had a stock of large, knobbly photogenic Lemons, which inspired me to use a few in a new still life. I have no fancy lighting, I just use daylight from a side window with the Mediterranean shutters most people have, mine are both internal and external....
Pretty pastels
This is another lensbaby photo, I love the extreme bokeh the lens produces as well as the unpredictability of the results, I also love how well lensbaby shots work with textures. Okay, the recipe and it was a fairly simple one, only one texture and one of the blending...
Cosmos
This comes hot off the press (or camera) so to speak. Taken a couple of hours ago with my lensbaby while I was out walking. Winter is fast approaching here in New Zealand so I have to make the most of the lovely day we're having and finding these in flower was an...