Category Archives: Doggerel

You can tell a book from its cover..

I’ve recently come to the opinion that we’re much more successful at preserving vegetables than we are at preserving youthful looks. In that half land of waking, this morning, the imagined strains of a childhood song, “With a face like … Continue reading

Posted in 2013, anchovies, Arrogance, Art photography, beans, capers, Digital photography, Doggerel, Dreams, Emotion, Excellence, Excess, Flat parsley, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Illusion, Italian food, Obsession, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, preserved lemons, Reality, Recipes, Tuna, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Le Rouge et Le Noir… or the long and the short of it.

Gypsy has at last spared me a precious nanosecond in which to accomplish her portrait. She may well have fundamentalist leanings as her head is covered most of the time as it is buried in the ground digging for freedom … Continue reading

Posted in 2012, Caviar, Chicken, Cooking, creme fraiche, Digital photography, Doggerel, Dogs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Lumpfish, Man's best friend, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poodles, Still life, strawberries, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Writing | 32 Comments