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Category Archives: Illusion
Credo….
As a young photographer I was not interested in nor informed about the world of politics. My world was filled with more important things such as myself. I lived through momentous times without noticing much save that I wasn’t as important … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Expectation, fashion, Film, hypocrisy, Illusion, Photography, Retouching, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Brexit, clear thinking, Food photographer, natural beauty, Nova Magazine, obfuscation, Photography, Retouching, writing
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Hobson’s egg….
Given the choice, we humans will invariably choose to have a choice. The more extensive the list of choices may be, the more highly we regard that which is on offer. Not withstanding, that in this time of ours, knowledge has … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bad Habits, Bad luck, Digital photography, Dreams, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Good luck, Google, Humour, Illusion, Luck, Reality, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged allegory, Choice, clear thinking, digital photography, Henry Ford, Hobson's Choice, Humour, knowledge, lack of knowledge, Morton's Fork, Photography, pratfall, simple logic, social networking, writing, you can't always get what you want
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feeling like a plum in Agen….
Nothing concentrates my mind more than nothing. After a short time, the nothing of this pale rain distorted image seen through the windscreen as I waited for something yesterday, took me away to another moment in time when I sat waiting and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Dreams, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Reality, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Agen, break downs, car insurance, clear thinking, day dreaming, digital photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, Photography, Photography course, train journeys, writing
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Thinking of pussy…
A quiet still hour, with Molly sitting on my lap, has given rise to a Professor Higgins moment. It has made me wonder why a person can’t be more like a cat. I should make it clear that I am … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bad Habits, cake, Digital photography, Emotion, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, friendship, Illusion, Photographic Prints, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Cats, clear thinking, digital photography, Food photographer, Humour, nature, Photography, Photography course, Professor Higgins, simple logic, social networking, writing
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a cake named Roger….
My mother once had a Pekinese dog whose given name was Brownie. As she did not have a memory for names she may well not have known that. I’m not sure whether this was because her mind was full of other much … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, Brownies, Brownies, Childhood, Childhood memories, Chocolate, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Photographic Prints, Photography, Reality, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, palate, Photography, recipe, social networking, writing
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What first attracted me to the millionaire potato cake…
On a recent evening, when I was cooking for one, I came across this very simple recipe, whose heritage I was blissfully unaware. I have always advocated simplicity in cooking which does not in any way imply thoughtlessness or carelessness in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Bistro, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Excellence, Flat parsley, Foie Gras, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, garlic, Google, Herbs and Spices, Meat, Patricia Wells, Photography, potato, Potato Cake Ami Louis, Poultry, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vicarious pleasure, wine, Writing
Tagged Baked Beans, Bistro, celebrated restaurant, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, L'Ami Louis, La Tache, mistaken identity, palate, patricia wells, Photography, Potato cake, recipe, red wine, restaurants, simple logic, social networking, writing
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Pimping my sides….
This is a picture of a dish in my kitchen, filled with summer vegetables, which serves to illustrate that what you see is not what you get. It is not what I got either, at first. What it is is … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Art photography, Cheese, Cooking, Digital photography, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Illusion, Photography, Shopping, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged Across a crowded room, Botox, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, Mother Nature, Mozzarella, Photography, Photoshop, Portrait of Dorian Grey, Summer, writing
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Ma pomme….
Memories of my first visits to France, when I was very young, are full of the warmth of the sun, the scent of melons and peaches, the blue of the sea and a litany of tastes the like of which … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Baking, Bistro, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Memory, Patricia Wells, Photography, Reality, Recipes, summer, tart, Tarte Francoise Potel, Uncategorized, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, patricia wells, recipe, red wine, restaurants, Summer, sweet pastry, writing
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the importance of being honest…
Cookery writers busy themselves creating and revising the culinary zeitgeist at a faster rate than I can digest. My years of going through the annual charade of nodding in agreement, whilst trying not to nod off, as one was briefed on photography for the Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Illusion, Mussels, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, seafood, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Captain Cook, Carry on Cooking, Christmas with a twist, clear thinking, cookery books, cookery writers, cooking, digital photography, Flashman, Food photographer, Grenoble, Humour, Mussels, Photography, Photography course, Rugby School, Samarkand, Tom Brown, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Walnuts, writing
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Food, Photography & France 