Saint-Sulpice
Our hotel in Paris is around the corner from Saint-Sulpice, a church made famous in the otherwise pretty silly book, The Da Vinci Code. The soaring interior spaces of this edifice…
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May 1, 2016
Cliffs of the River Lot
I am sitting in the Gare Matabiau in Toulouse, France waiting for the train to Paris. The bench with plugs for my electronics beckoned, and I work in the modern…
April 29, 2016
Chemin de Halage
Under the cliffs beside the Lot River, and below the picturesque medieval village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, the Chemin de Halage makes for spectacular walking, and is part of one of the…
April 26, 2016
Recent iPhone Sketches in France
Here are some recent iPhone images from southwestern France I made today and yesterday, and processed on the fly on my iPhone while traveling on the bus. With the first…
April 25, 2016
Lot River Valley
Today we walked to the small town of Calvignac, France perched on a rocky crag, and about 3 kilometers from the Mas de Garrigue. The weather threatened rain, and was…
April 23, 2016
Carcassonne at Night
Coming back to my base in Carcassonne after a long day of exploring Cathar castles---more on this later---I took my gear out on the old bridge after dark. Photographing back…
April 22, 2016
Cordes sur Ciel at Dawn
I set the alarm for an hour before sunrise. When it rang in the darkness well before dawn, I put on the warmest clothing I had with me and made…
April 18, 2016
Dawn in the Lot Valley
Last night a wild storm blew down the Lot River valley, with thunder, lightning, and even some hail. For much of the night rain and gusts of wind beat against…
April 16, 2016
Recent Flower Images
Before I leave for France later this week I wanted to blog a few of my recent flower photos. Enjoy!
April 11, 2016
Ranunculi in a Blue Bowl
Ranunculi is the plural of ranunculus and I think makes a better plural for this wonderful flower than "ranunculuses." By whatever plural form, Ranunculi in a Blue Bowl forms the third…
April 9, 2016
Kerry’s Bouquet
It's a great pleasure to have a surprise bouquet of flowers show up on our front porch---perhaps particularly when one has really done nothing to merit the sumptuous arrangement. If…
April 8, 2016
Spring Wreath
Here's a spring wreath of flowers composed on my light box for you to enjoy! Happy spring! Interested in how I made this image? Please consider my Photographing Flowers for…
April 6, 2016
Photograph Paris (and Giverny) the first week of May!
Paris, as Audrey Hepburn said, is always a good idea. Please consider joining my small group of photographers in Paris (and, oh yeah, at the Monet gardens in Giverny!) the…
April 6, 2016
Punch Bowl
This image looking down on a glass bowl is one of a series of fractal-like images I've made that are constructed by adding the initial image to successively reduced versions…
April 4, 2016
Park Path and Reflection
I photographed this image in the Parc de Sceaux, which is located in the suburbs of Paris, France and accessible to the city center via light rail (RER).
April 1, 2016
Monet’s Lily Pond at Giverny
This May will mark my fourth visit to Giverny in three years---each time a kind of pilgrimage to this extraordinary and iconic place. Along with Ansel Adams's prints of the…
March 31, 2016
Double Rainbow Pano over Paris
This panorama of a double rainbow over Paris was shot during a spring rain storm from the Pont Solferino as I described in an earlier story. The pano consists of…
March 31, 2016
Giverny
I am looking forward very much to visiting the gardens at Giverny again with my camera the first week of May! Here are some reflections in Monet's famous ponds: This…
March 30, 2016