In England I bought a full size double hospital X-ray light box from Ebay, cost me next to nothing, but boy did I get burnt for the extra baggage on the flight home! So, I've been going through the old negatives, and came across this shoot with my niece, proudly...
Summer Painterly Pack
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...
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...
Chalk path into mist
Here's another example of why we should always carry our camera on airport runs! I drove through thick fog banks from melting snow on the way to Gatwick airport in England over Christmas, being on the motorway it was impossible to stop, so I changed my route home to...
orbit around the winter sun
In January we often get these midwinter fairs, we think they all come south to over-winter, only returning to northern Europe in the spring. It was nice to see this fresh white painted Ferris wheel as they're normally brightly colored. Taken from the ground, with a...
Trio
Our country hut (or crib as they're called in southern New Zealand) is situated beside a river in the midst of farmland. We have sheep on one side and cows on the other so I have plenty of four legged models. These "models" were in a paddock up a hill just a short...