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Create Instinctively - Stitched Postcard Swap
I did it! First there was nothing and then there was something! Magic! Creation!My postcard for the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap was a bit of scheduled mindless Fluttering.1. TIME: I allowed myself...
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Take Flight
February Fluttering was about allowing your mind to wander, to browse the pretties and follow that imaginary colourful butterfly, wherever it might lead you. I hope you enjoyed it. I discovered that...
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Choosing Colour
March is practically Spring in Europe, as far as I'm concerned. The last couple of months it's felt as if somebody put a sheet of tracing paper over the picture. The light has been flat, faded and the...
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Stitched Postcard Swap - CREATE
I got my postcard! I got my postcard! I am just SO special!I have a Paula Joerling original! She created my postcard with layers of snippets of paper, of text - lovely definitions of all the words...
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Lemonade Syrup - Lemon and Blue for you!
You know that special homemade lemon syrup, that you only really get at farm stalls or markets? Well, this is one version - Wait, this month is all about colour, hey? Yes I know, but I got distracted,...
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Pantone Colour Trends - Spring 2014
I'm not one to follow trends religiously - I'd much rather follow my own gut! But when a bunch of colour-fundis put together a delicious range of colours, why resist? You know you're going to see them...
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INSIDER TIPS: Controlling Natural Light
Lots has been written about natural light and artificial light. I believe there is a time and place for each of them. My initial Frozen Berry Smoothie was taken with a big beautiful soft box....
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The Colour of Flowers
Today's colour boost comes straight from nature. This week I went on a mission back to the little paper shop, because near there is a lovely little florist and I was on a mission to capture some...
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PAUSE
On Sunday, I was preparing a chicken to roast on the braai (braai = barbeque =wir wollten grillen), when I saw such wonderful colours and flavours on my chopping board. I was slicing through a...
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Just to let everyone know, I have tried a new format for my Comments and you should now be able to post comments without any more hassles.I love hearing from you and so do other readers - Hearing what...
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Lemon & Red Onion Chicken - the recipe
I'm not a foodie, I just love experimenting with and photographing flavour, but seeing that you asked and this one's made it into my recipe book, here goes:Some notes: the original recipe uses oranges...
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6 Ideas for better Family Holiday Photos
Holidays soon! Yay! And yes, we are going away, exploring, again!I love recording our family memories when we're on holiday, but place a camera in my hands and I start weighing up light, composition,...
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Easter Eggs to dye for!
This week's post comes a couple of days early so that you have time to try this! It's Easter and what better opportunity to create something beautiful, and keep those little hands busy, than with...
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iPad Photography
When I was 11, I learned the basics of isiXhosa at school.(IsiXhosa is the main African language spoken in the Eastern Cape, South Africa)There I learned that objects all start with the prefix-i:...
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The May Challenge
The other day my husband phoned me from work , with a mathematical problem he had to solve. After the appropriate flattery, he was able to get me to help. I put down the phone, feeling quite chuffed...
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a handful of memories
I've had an intense couple of weeks of traveling from Germany through Austria to Italy to Germany to the Hague (Netherlands) to Germany to Bruges (Belgium) and now I'm back. Kids are back at school....
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stuck in a rut? bake a cake!
I've ordered my book on Food Photography! I am impatiently waiting for it to arrive in the post. Yes the post - living in Germany means that I cannot just run out to my local book store and buy a book...
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Light
It's drizzling outside. The beautiful bright happy light of the last couple of days has disappeared again and it's replaced, with soft gentle quiet light. Shhhhhh....My book arrived!!! And I'm...
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Are you a Clickin Mom?
If you're a mom and a photographer, striving to capture the fleeting moments of your children's childhood I must urge you to just have a look at this site if you're ready to grow and learn.Most...
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Basic Country Quiche - The Recipe
I know you're going to ask so here it is. And yes, it does taste as good as it looks!If you have the basics in the fridge, you can add almost anything to it to, and turn it into something awesome....
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Back to Basics - improve your photography in 2 simple steps
Can you believe it's already June? We've had a lot of visitors recently and we've been busy busy busy. Time's flying and it's not always easy keeping up. When it gets like this, I find the best way to...
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Back to Basics - Tomato Love
I had these tomatoes sitting in my windowsill and every time I wanted to use one, I found myself reaching for some other tomatoes from a different bowl. These just looked too beautiful!...
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Basic Indulgence
Every photo tells a story. There was almost no post this week. But I'd secretly promised myself to post something every week. Hmmm. So. Well. Basically, I'd been reading my food photography book, and...
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SURPRISE
Look at what I've have secretly been up to! I am so excited to announce that Pause is moving to a new site called simply pause ! Same writer/photographer, similar content, just a fresh new look, some...
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