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…
Advent 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…
Advent 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…
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…
Wet 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…
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.
Glorious 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…
Wordless 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….
Texture 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,…
I popped out for a paper…
… and came back with a sunset
Walking in the rain
Some mornings when it’s raining I really enjoy just being out and walking. If nothing else it makes you really appreciate the warm sunny days. This morning the light was amazing. it started very flat and grey but by the end of my walk the rain had stopped and the sun was starting to break…
In a pickle
They may not be the most sociable things but I just LOVE pickled onions! And home made ones are the best. So two nights ago I tucked myself up in front of the wood burner with a couple of bags of small onions and a sharp knife and set about my first pickles of the…
My crazy house
We live in an Old Methodist Chapel and we are currently renovating our big living space. It’s all rather crazy!