Archive for July 2011 | Monthly archive page
Beer and Brez’n and Churches – and a white and blue sky – this normally sums up Bavaria pretty well! Unfortunately the weather was better befitting the UK with 10 deg C and almost constant rainfall! Just come back from a quick weekend trip to Germany! Short and sweet – spent in the company of [...]
Ah well, there we go again – I was pottering around the garden today – lovely weather! – and found this one single rose growing in between some bushes. Had not seen this one before – wonder where it came from. It is beautiful! So once dinner was over, I grabbed the camera and took [...]
On the way home we saw a glorious sunset! Fabulour colours etc. I quickly jumped out of the car and got this snapshot – totally overprocessed but I still like it….. A.
A couple of weeks ago I was on the Landscape Photography Course run by Stephen Lewis. It’s a great course where over the course of 5 days (spread evenly over the year) we are taken to some great locations. Along the way we have plenty of opportunity to get Stephen’s advice and help, plus the [...]
Had a lovely evening in the Grosvenor Park at the Open Air Theatre. Just like last year it was fab! The play was As you like it by William Shakespeare which was quite comical. Certainly the acting was excellent. I woudn’t have wanted to learn all those lines! Quite a few little tongue-twisters in there….. [...]
Tonight was the annual night of madness when you see grown men do all sorts of juvenile stuff like hobble through a field like sheep and beeing barked at by a guy with a dog hat on! What a great night once again – we come here every year and even won the event [...]
Sunday morning, sunshine, kids in a good mood — Bliss! Anyway, while having our breakfast on the patio I found a little critter lurking on one of the slab, rushing in to get the camera, but not enough time to set up the tripod…. after all the sun is warming this little one quickly to [...]
Just back from a great day of shooting! Despite some hideous weather (as in no clouds, bright sunshine, tons of contrast) I think I came away with a few keepers. Let’s hope that Stephen sees it the same way! Here is one of the shots I have taken: let me know what you think: [...]
