Category Archives: Prints

getting wood..

The yellow flowers screamed spring to my frozen, soft focus consciousness. So much so that I set out clad in only a thick fisherman’s sweater, a heavy waterproof working jacket and gloves approved for arctic conditions yet, as the first … Continue reading

Posted in 2020, Art photography, fireplace, Giclée Prints, last of the summer whine, lifestyle, Prints, prints for sale, Uncategorized, Weather, Wood cutting, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

I think I’ve heard this one before…..

Eating outside at night is clear evidence of summer; being comfortable and warm whilst eating outside is clear evidence of a perfect summer night. It only takes one forgetful old man repeating a well worn story for the umpteenth time … Continue reading

Posted in 2017, Art photography, Cheese, Digital photography, France, Fruit, grapes, Humour, Photography, photography course, Prints, Reblochon, Still life, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

the fable of the swallow and olive…

It is not clear as to whether the epithet declaring that one swallow does not a summer make was written from the view point of an ornithologist, sodden by the traditional August downpour, or from that of Don Juan just … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, Digital photography, Garden, Humour, Olive oil, olives, Photography, Prints, Uncategorized, Video, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 51 Comments

Peanut envy…..

Occasionally I am led to rethink my personal food prejudices but the addition of “jelly”, a term that I have never fully come to terms with in this particular context, to peanut butter is not among those occasions. Such a sublime … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, Art photography, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Grape jelly, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Prints, Toast, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 63 Comments

A table on Oleron..a new print on canvas…

A reminder that, if not summer, then at least spring is on it’s way. This is a print on canvas (120x80cms) which is the first in a long line of images that will find its way into the Prints on Canvas … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, Art photography, Photography, photography course, Prints, Still life, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

On not eating the Dalai Lama….

Over the past few days it has been a rare moment when there has not been a bottle in front of me which state of affairs is, according the joke in many a Christmas cracker, infinitely preferable to a frontal lobotomy. I … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Ile d'Oleron, oysters, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Prints, seafood, Uncategorized, wine, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 62 Comments

on becoming Ken Dodd….and other recipes…

On taking stock of things, I never seem to have enough. More precisely, I never seem to have enough of the things of which I would like an excess. Money, hair and teeth would come high on the list although, … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, Baking, Childhood, Cooking, Cream, Cutlery, Digital photography, Eggs, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, goat cheese, Humour, Illusion, Jam, Memory, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Prints, Still life, tart, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 43 Comments

A pair of fruitscapes from Roger Stowell’s Print Store

Two very different views of an autumnal pear from the Print Store…looking as good on the wall as on the tree Check out this page for more print ideas.

Posted in 2014, Art photography, Autumn, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Pears, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Presents, Prints, Still life, Xmas Presents | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments