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Category Archives: Landscapes
I got the blues….
I had to go and check, and I can confirm that it’s OK. The sea is still blue, as is the sky, with a cleverly contrasting yellow for the ground. Whoever worked that one out is no fool, it gets … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, family, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, Landscapes, Memory, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Shine, summer, Summer holidays, Vendee, Weather, Writing
Tagged "Are we there yet?", blue sea, blue skies, clear thinking, digital photography, France, idyllic, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, sandy beaches, Seaside, summer holidays, travel, vacation, Vendee, writing
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Rigoletto in his christening robe…
Last week I had to undertake the arduous task of tasting Rigoletto, a new cuvée at Prieuré La Chaume, whilst talking to Christian Chabirand, from whose loins Rigoletto sprang, about shooting a portrait of the new born in his christening outfit. … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Photography, Landscapes, Photography, France, Photography holiday, Digital photography, Writing, Wine, Vendee, French countryside, photography course, Food photographer, Vineyard, Vines, 2013, wine
Tagged clear thinking, natural beauty, outdoors, red wine, delicious confection, Photography course, France, Spring, loire wine, digital photography, writing, Vendee, Food photographer, Rigoletto, cuvee, Vineyards, Wine tasting, structured reds, Chardonnay, Vix
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The birth of Rigoletto…
In just a few days 8.30 will be the new 7.30. The winter is dead, long live….that doesn’t work. Hurrah for the theoretical arrival of summer even if your power lines are under 10ft of snow or the rain is … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Celebration, Digital photography, Drinks, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, grapes, Landscapes, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Rigoletto, Vines, Vineyard, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged ancient mariner, clear thinking, climate, cuvee, digital photography, Food photographer, France, golden daffodils, host of golden dafffodils, Humour, literature, loire wine, misty morning, natural beauty, opium addict, outdoors, Photography course, red wine, Rigoletto, Romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Summer time, Vendeen vignoble, vineyard, Wordsworth, writing
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Myrhh balls…
The sun today has been smothered under a dull, damp, grey cushion leaving the world silent and lifeless. I have the feeling that nature is in mourning, and with every reason as it feels as though the kind has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, Baking, Bistro, cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, harmony, Humour, Landscapes, Myrrh, Patricia Wells, Pears, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poire William, Uncategorized, Weather, Writing
Tagged baking, Christmas, food, food photographers, France, landscapes, misty morning, modest beauty, outdoors, patricia wells, photographic media, Photography, sweet pastry
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Gone fishing….. an update with more pictures
Les Cabanes de Pécheur de Faymoreau “Where is everyone?”is the question most often asked by visitors to France as they pass through villages of empty streets and shuttered windows. I am at home in the peaceful stillness of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, Digital photography, Excellence, Fishing, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Landscapes, lifestyle, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Vendee, Writing
Tagged Fishing, food photographers, France, landscapes, Leisure, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Relaxation, Vendee
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If you go down to the woods today….
Reminiscence is so full of flavour and detail whereas prophecy is already tainted with disappointment. “If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise” clearly vindicates the quotation “It’s better to travel hopefully than to … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, Autumn, Dreams, Edward Muybridge, Emotion, Expectation, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, Hunting, Landscapes, Landscapes, Marcassin, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Sanglier, Uncategorized, Vendee, Wild Boar, Writing
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Time for a glass of red….
Sipping my morning coffee in the sun kick starts my mental processes, gets the juices flowing, and pretty soon I’m thinking about food. I can’t imagine, at least I try not to imagine, life without bread, cheese and wine. Each … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art photography, Autumn, Baking, Brioche, Cheese, Cotes de Rhone, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Gigondas, grapes, Landscapes, Landscapes, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Vines, Vineyard, walnuts, Wine, Writing
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