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Tuesday 11 December 2012

Snow and sun on the french vineyard

Photo of the french vineyard in the snow
Snow and sun on the french vineyard

 

I left home in the early morning under a white sky after a snowy night.
After a short walk in the deep fresh snow, i arrived in the vineyards. While i was trying to find some interesting points of view without leaving too much footprints in the landscape, the sun shortly popped through the clouds and lit the field with this beautiful light.
I just had the time to make 2 images of this scene : this one and a vertical version.

Saturday 8 December 2012

Snow around Musièges village

Photo of Musièges village surrounded by autumn snow
Snow around Musièges village

 

Today, i woke up before dawn, decided to go for a photographic hike on Vuache mountain.

After a few steps in my garden, i had to change my mind : snow was higher than my knees and climbing the mountain was not the best idea. So, i went for a walk in my close neighborhood. After somes images of snow over the meadows, trees and vineyards, i took my longer lens and turned it to the hill of Musièges village.

Friday 7 December 2012

First snow on the rural landscape

Photo of a rural landscape under the first snow
First snow on the rural landscape around Musièges moutain

 

An image from today.
Winter is not officialy here but we have some nice snow falls here for about one week.
I just needed a little jump out of the house this afternoon for this new image to add to my ongoing serie about the rural landscapes around my home.

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Autumn landscape in the french countryside

Landscape image of the french countryside in autumn
Autumn landscape in the french countryside

 

Another view of this scene posted a few weeks ago.
This new image was done about 15 days after the first one and the colors show by themselves the evolution of autumn during these two weeks.

Friday 12 October 2012

Autumn in the rural landscape

Autumn in the rural landscape

 

Yesterday, we had a rainy and misty morning here. I went for a little walk in the rural landscape around my home thinking the wet atmosphere coud give some nice results with the autumn colors and the colza flowers.

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Springtime on the french countryside

Image of the french countryside at springtime
Springtime on the french countryside

 

An April view of the green fields in the rural landscapes around my home.
Past summer, the plowed area you can see on the left was covered with colza flowers.

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Rural landscape at springtime

Photo of the french countryside at springtime
Rural landscape at springtime

 

One new addition to this serie featuring the rural landscape around my home.
That's an image from the very last day of Mai and compared to past year, spring colours are late. In 2011 i was making such images of the french countryside in April.
This one was done with a long lens from the hill above my house, looking at a remote one on the other side of the valley.

Saturday 2 June 2012

An old tree

Image of an old tree in the rural landscape od Haute Savoie, France
An old tree

 

An image from 2 days ago, to add to this serie about the rural landscapes around my home.

As this place is really close to my home, i'll probaly soon return there for some images at blue hour and/or for some long exposures by a windy day.

Tuesday 3 April 2012

Musieges, hilltop village in Haute Savoie

Photograph of Musiege a hilltop village in Haute Savoie, France
Musièges


One new image in the serie about the rural landscapes around my home.

I could have titled it View from my window but that's not exactly true. I really have a view on this village from my home but i had to climb another hill to find this point of view.
I've always loved this scene but despite the proximity, i don't have any outstanding image of Musièges. This recent one is one of my fav, i think this point of view is one of the best on the village but i need to return for a better light.

Sunday 12 February 2012

Apple tree in the snow

Photograph of an apple tree under the snow during winter
Apple tree in the snow


A view of my garden in the early morning of february 1.

Sunday 5 February 2012

Roussette vineyard in the snow

Photograph of the french vineyard covered by snow in winter
Roussette vineyard in the snow


I started to make images of the french vineyard when i was living in Provence.
The first ones were done for wine producers and after that i did more and more of such photos and i know have a great stock collection of images about grapes and vines.

When i left Provence in 2010 i almost stopped to shoot vineyards but i live in an area where is done a special wine the Roussette de Savoie. So from time to time i take my camera and continue to grow the collection.
This image was done a few days ago at the beginning of the freezing cold whe know have.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Winter morning

Photo of some trees in a rural landscape by a cold winter morning
Winter morning


An image from this early morning, done during a cold outing in the rural landscape around my home.

Not a very good day : some snow but not enough for really nice images, some mist from time to time but not enough for a wonderful mood.
With two or three abstract ones, this photo is probably the most interesting from the serie.

Friday 23 December 2011

Weekly commented photo # 51 - First snow

Photograph of a rural landscape after the first snow in Haute Savoie - France
First snow on the rural landscape around my home


Three weeks later than in 2010, the first snows came here during the last week end.
Not huge snowfalls but enough to paint most of the landscape in white.
This image is from monday, i had no other correct photographic opportunities since these days. The rain came back and i couldn't left my office to go to the mountains because the end of year is filled with administratives obligations and clients relationships. So i spent most of the week on the phone and behind the computers.

The good news are i received the confirmation that i was hired for photographing many wood made buildings in 2012 and the biggest french producer of chestnut cream also bought seven of my stock images about chestnuts and chestnut trees.

Thursday 10 November 2011

Autumn trees in my backyards

Photo of some autumn trees in a green meadow

At the beginning of the year, i started a new serie about The rural landscapes around my home.

If you read the introduction here you will understand that it's something different of my usual landscape work. It's also different of the usual imagery about typical rural scenes with haystacks and tractors.

It's mostly about documenting and sharing the atmosphere of this place where lived my grand parents and where i live now.

This image was done at the end of october in the field just under my house.
A springtime view of the other side of this field can be seen here.

Monday 3 October 2011

Autumn dusk on Roussette vineyard

Photo of the french vineyard under dusk light in autumn
Autumn dusk on Roussette vineyard - Haute Savoie



Roussette is the name of a french white wine produced locally here around Frangy.
There are many vines fields in the rural landscape around my home and this image was done yesterday evening in the beautiful light of an autumn dusk.
The snowy mountain you can see in the background is the Mont Blanc which was the highest european mountain until some politics decided to change what Europe was.

I also have a large photo gallery about the french vineyard on my main website but most of the images where done in Provence.

Thursday 15 September 2011

Clouds over the wheat field

Photograph of a french rural landscape with a wheat field and some clouds flying over it
Clouds over the wheat field - Haute Savoie


One more view from june of my favourite wheat field.
Done in the end of afternoon, a few time before dusk.

I also have another one very similar but showing a little more of the field. You can have a look here. I still hesitate to know which one i prefer.

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Colza - A green and yellow rural landscape

Photo of a colza flowers in green and yellow rural landscape
Colza field in Haute Savoie


That's just another view of this colza field in mid day light.

The short DOF is due to a 70mm lens at f2.8 focused to the middle of the field.
That's not a technique i often use but i really like the effect here.

Monday 12 September 2011

Wheat field at dusk

Photograph of a wheat field in dusk light
Wheat field at dusk in Haute Savoie


Another view of this wheat field i posted in july, to add to my ongoing serie about the rural landscapes around my home.

Sunday 4 September 2011

Colza field in mid day light

Photo of a colza field in the rural landscape of Haute Savoie
Colza field in the rural landscape of Haute Savoie


I don't have produced any new work for the serie about These rural landscapes around my home (you can read the introduction here)

I spend most of my time trying to build a stock gallery about Jura mountains but the least i can say i that the weather doesn't help me.


In the late morning on friday, i had to go to the post office and on the road i noticed this colorful field under the smooth light of this cloudy day.
I did what i had to do in the city, went back home, took my gear and drove back to the field.
That was not the impressive light landscape photographers usually use for their work but i loved how soft it was. I did a few images like this one plus a few closeups.
A 0.9 soft GND filter helped me to balance the exposure between sky and field.

As usual, the large view in more interesting.

Friday 26 August 2011

Weekly commented photo # 34 - Trees, snow and mist in a rural landscape

Trees, snow and mist in a rural landscape
Trees, snow and mist in a rural landscape


Here in Haute Savoie we had an unusual winter.
The snow started to fall strongly at the end of november until the first days of december. After that the weather was really cold until january and then winter was gone and spring started.

On december 2, just after the snow falls i woke up early and took my gear for a walk in the misty rural landscape around my home.

I first took a few images in a strong mist that you can see here on my french website.
I was still turning around in this field, trying to find interesting point of views and taking care of leaving the most important places free of footprints when the mist became lighter.
If i remember well i just did this image before walking back home. It's certainly less ethereal and "beautiful" than the other ones of the serie but i really love the simple composition and how it shows the wet and cold atmosphere.
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