I’ve been studying some new techniques to sharpen my skills at developing images. I’m following a program that focuses on Photoshop, now celebrating its 30th anniversary. Photoshop has evolved considerably over that period and progressed in step with digital camera technology. Photoshop has become a very large and complex program and despite using it for…
Category: France
Villages
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Aveyron boasts ten villages that fall within the classification of a 1901 association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (the most beautiful villages in France). In the course of our 10 days in Aveyron, we visited 21 villages and passed through many others, without stopping. Today, I’ve selected a few scenes from…
Reflections of France
We’ve been back home for nearly a week now, and as I reflect on our experience, three things leave lasting impressions, some newly formed, some altered and some reinforced. Everything is much older. History is much longer than ours. Villages, towns and cities and their infrastructure is ancient but enduring. Culture and traditions are more firmly…
Aveyron
We’ve recently returned from a holiday in France. We spent 10 days at private home in a small town, Baraqueville in the Département of Aveyron. Aveyron is the 5th largest départment in France in terms of area (8,735 km2 (3,373 sq mi)) but is not heavily populated, with approximately 278,000 inhabitants. It’s largest city and préfecture is Rodez. Although…