Category Archives: Landscapes

Photography holiday in the Vendée for food lovers …..Oct 11-14

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Food,Photography & France

October is a good time to be in the Sud Vendée, a comparatively little known part of France, where I have been contentedly living for the last 20 years. The weather will be warm and nature will be starting to … Continue reading →

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a very nice crumble…

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Food,Photography & France

Time ravages that which has lost its use. That slow corruption is felt most keenly by the vain.  Vanity is not a characteristic of nature or the inanimate which allows us to marvel at their slow disintegration.

Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Film, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, Photographic Prints, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

…it’s a photography holiday..but not as we know it, Jim…

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Food,Photography & France

Camerahols are dead, long live Vendée Holidays. Just when I thought the time had come for me to perfect the art of selfishly lazing around a pool, a vibrant young couple, Matt and Emily Clark, have recruited me to work … Continue reading →

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Those damn waves flopping in all day…..

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

There is a moment in “One Eyed Jacks”, a film directed by Marlon Brando, in which the title lines of this post are used to suggest the boredom imposed by peaceful seclusion on a perfect Californian beach. As the words … Continue reading →

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Bull’s eye…

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

“Beware of the Bull” could well serve as a health warning against excessive trust in Government. Here, in my apolitical, if occasionally apoplectic, life it means what its says: be careful of the big, dangerous fucker who has the power to gore, … Continue reading →

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French impressionist..

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

Shuffling through recently remembered moments of pleasure is as delightful and difficult as choosing but one piece of patisserie from a dazzling array in the window of Pierre Hermé. Each time the eye settles the mind is already drawing that … Continue reading →

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From tiny acorns grow bloody great truffles…

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

This is Gollum, a truffling pig of some repute. I spent some time with Gollum and his master whilst shooting a feature for “D” Magazine (The best of Dallas and Fort Worth is the strap-line) in Perigord. On that particular … Continue reading →

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Brussels demand a green Xmas…..

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

September is long gone, but the leaves of brown show no sign of tumbling down this November although the lyricist would be happy to know that it’s raining. Wherever he was when he penned those lyrics, it wasn’t the Vendee. … Continue reading →

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Beluga on dry toast saves me a fortune…

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

The fingerless gloves, so redolent of Dickensian misery, would be just the job today. They would be even more the job if they weren’t fingerless as it’s the tips of my fingers that turn to  bloodless corpse white when the … Continue reading →

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Bewitched…..

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

A beautiful November morning which magically transformed itself into dark, rain filled afternoon reminded me of Kingsley Amis’ dazzling description of a hangover, which I reread today in a blog that has become a favourite of mine, namely The Bully … Continue reading →

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