Today we have a sweet treat to follow the Paul's entrée of artichokes! I bought these little eggs especially for photographic purposes -as a popular advert here in New Zealand would say "Yeah Right!" I managed to resist temptation long enough to take photos of...
From central London its just a short overground train journey to get to Crystal palace, or what is left of it, after a huge fire burnt it to the ground in November 1936. Built for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, and later moved several miles south of the...
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...
One of my greatest little luxuries is a really hot deep bath! And then from that bath my favorite view would have to be of freshly scrubbed, bleached pine tops, scented with French hand made lavender soap. So I'm lucky, here in my little French house to have such a...
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...
First of all I thought I'd tell you about the Photoshop texture blending scripts created by our friends over at Digital Outback Photo, they're pretty easy to use and great for the photographer in a hurry! I do have a blueberry bush in my garden but this year for...
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...
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...
Its always a pleasure to share our published images. This book came out a few days ago, shot last summer, we've already shared the recipe, but here we've brought the two together! Translation: Where there is a will there is a way! The miracle of positive thought. This...
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...