Posts by Debbie Harris
Advent Blog: 2nd December – The Carbrooke Nativity
This morning at the request of our village church I went to photograph a very unique Nativity which has been lovingly restored for Christmas this year. 1928, the Vicar of Carbrooke Rev. George Chambers commissioned a set of 24″ Plaster Nativity figures for Carbrooke Church, the figures were dressed in the style of 1920’s and…
Read MoreAdvent Blog: 1st December
So another year…another Christmas… another Advent Blog. Today was a good day – after watching my daughter Reya play football in the freezing cold (and score a cracking goal!) we hit the shops in Norwich to start our Christmas shopping. I meant to put in a camera but forgot so had to make do with…
Read MoreAdvent Blog: 1st December – Christmas shopping
So another year…another Christmas… another Advent Blog. Today was a good day – after watching my daughter Reya play football in the freezing cold (and score a cracking goal!) we hit the shops in Norwich to start our Christmas shopping. I meant to put in a camera but forgot so had to make do with…
Read MoreWordless Wednesday: 28th November
Texture Tuesday: Decay
You may have noticed from many of the posts on The Pixel Chef that I love old, dilapidated or decaying things! Many of these things also lend themselves to the use of textures to enhance and develop the mood of the original image. The above picture was taken in France when we we on holiday…
Read MoreWet Monday
After a busy weekend with lots to eat and drink I was determined to get out for my walk first thing this morning – even if it was absolutely tipping in down with rain. I rugged up, donned wellies and picked the biggest umbrella I could find determined to blow away the cobwebs. I also…
Read MoreWordless Wednesday: 21 November
Texture Tuesday
I have had great fun in the last week making some of my own textures splattering virtual paint on virtual canvasses. These two pictures use my brown grunge texture along with some free Textures I recently downloaded from the lovely Two Lil’ Owls Studio which you can download HERE.
Read MoreGlorious morning for a walk
This morning was simply stunning. Vivid blue skies, glorious sunshine, the autumn leaves a riot of colour. So I treated myself and took a proper camera with me on my morning walk. I put on our 17-40mm wide angle lens which was great for capturing the big Norfolk skies but also worked really well for…
Read MoreWordless Wednesday
Just a few words as this is the first wordless Wednesday. I have seen this idea of posting photos with out words on a number of Blogs and most recently on The Simple Things website (a fab new magazine that I just love!) so I though I’d give it a go….
Read MoreTexture Tuesday – the colours of Autumn
I love the colours of Autumn! And this year the colours seem even brighter and more vibrant than usual. Over half term I took my daughter for a quick photo shoot to our Village Green in Carbrooke. It’s a fantastic space which was developed for the Millennium and is planted with entirely indigenous wild flowers,…
Read MoreI popped out for a paper…
… and came back with a sunset
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