By Paul Perton | How-To , Uncategorized
Just a few weeks ago, Cape Town was in real danger of becoming one of the world’s first major cities to run out of water. In several storage dams, the water level was nearing single digits; unrecoverable reserves, as the movement of water would stir up way too much silt and rubbish from the dam’s […]
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By pascaljappy | News
This week-end was hot in Provence. Hotter than is usual for spring, even in June. Everywhere around my house, echoed the sound of kids splashing in pool. That’s when we could hear them over the noise made by my daughter’s own party of 12. 12 teens in a pool, the perfect recipe for meditative silence. […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
The flu that struck knocked both of us down in our last couple of days in Tokyo seems to finally be done. This morning, I got up and thought that the light was just what I’d choose if I were to go out and shoot some landscapes somewhere and felt like doing it. It’s impossible to live […]
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By pascaljappy | News
If you’re traveling in Southern France right now, my sincere apologies for the weather, on behalf of all sun worshipers. While not comparable to the huge devastation faced by other countries in past year, heavy rain and thunderstorms have been hammering Provence on and off for the past week or so. In Montpellier, it rained […]
Continue readingBy pascaljappy | News
August in Provence sees a mix of very hot weather with blue skies and stormy conditions that announce the arrival of Autumn a few weeks later. A few nights ago, we were treated to a light show that lasted almost for an hour in total silence. Lightning never struck the ground, brightening the clouds from […]
Continue readingBy pascaljappy | News , Review
As described in Camping in Red and Green, I spent last week-end hiking in Provence, to a beautiful little village called Bargeme that Michael Kenna has been photograpphing for some years and where a retrospective exhibition is being held. Michael Kenna happens to be one of my favourite photographers of all times. I can’t think […]
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