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Photography holiday in the Vendée for food lovers …..Oct 11-14
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
Posted in 2018, Autumn, Cooking, Digital photography, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Landscapes, Markets, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, Still life, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Vendee, Wine
Tagged Big in France, Courses, digital photography, food, food photographers, Food photography courses, Forest of Mervent, France, Holiday, landscapes, learn about photography, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, Photography holiday, red wine, restaurants, Roger Stowell Photographer, social networking, travel, vacation, Vendee
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NEW Food Photography Course with Olia Hercules 2017
In June 2017, together with Olia Hercules, I will be running a food photography course at the Villa Le Mazeau in West France. This wonderful location. which is one of Big in France’s holiday homes, is set in the heart of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, BBQ, clay oven, Cookery School in France, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Olia Hercules, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, pizza oven, summer, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Olia Hercules, outdoors, Photography course, social networking, Summer, Vendee
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Food, France and Photography …in early September
Early September in France….crowds gone…time for a peaceful holiday…one that involves spending time in a lovely corner of France where you’ll not only eat excellent food and drink good wine whilst learning a bit about food photography….or about taking any sort … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Markets, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, swimming pool, Vendee, Wine
Tagged cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photography, Food photography courses, France, French Restaurants, Holidays in France, La Rochelle, mastering the art of french cooking, nature, Niort, outdoors, Photography course, Photography holidays, red wine, restaurants, Summer, Vendee, Venise Verte
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Waking to the dream….
Today should be all right. After all, it’s only the first day of the holiday which means that holiday world is fresh and new and free from stings and arguments. This is the first morning of waking to a sparkling blue … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Digital photography, Dreams, Expectation, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, Photography, photography course, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged apricot jam, blue skies, Breakfast, clear thinking, croissants, digital photography, Dreaming, food photographers, France, gite in France, Holiday time, Humour, infinity pool, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, Summer, summer holidays, vacation, Vendee, writing
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Looking back over my shoulder..
I’ve become conditioned to conjure words in the quiet of the early morning, confined within the four walls of my office where, with a cup of coffee in my hand, an idea is sparked by a thought, a picture, a … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Ile d'Oleron, Kitchens, Photography, summer, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cup of coffee, digital photography, dreams, France, Ile d'Oleron, kitchens, looking glass, mind and body, natural beauty, old shoes, Photography, sleep, stasis, Summer, summer holidays, swimming pool, travel, writing
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Postcard from France.
Poolside La Moussiere looking a bit LA
Posted in Art photography, Digital photography, France, French countryside, Garden, Health, lifestyle, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, summer, swimming pool, Writing
Tagged cool images, digital photography, France, Humour, LA, natural beauty, nature, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, poolside, postcards, swimming pool, vacation, writing
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The rod that I’ve attached to my back…
..is particularly uncomfortable on a hot day such as this. There is enough clay in the feet that keep me upright, and uptight, on my lofty soap box, to make posh terracotta pots from which everyone can eat their budget … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, desserts, Digital photography, Emotion, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Panna Cotta, peaches, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, summer, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, delicious confection, digital photography, feet of clay, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, hypocrisy, natural beauty, Panna Cotta, Recipes, social networking, swimming pool, Vendee, writing
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Days of little miracles
There’s a corollary to chasing death which is a blind determination to hang on to life.We were watching a butterfly in our garden gloriously living its short span by floating ethereally from bloom and bloom like a fantastically rigged aerial sailing ship. … Continue reading
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