Dog’s Tooth violet

Spring flower Photography by Kristel Schneider Dog’s Tooth violet (Erythronium) In Puy de Dôme (Auvergne, France) this wild flower is rather rare. They normally flower around March till April/May . Lately we have very nice warm weather in France and nature is far ahead. So yesterday afternoon I had a look at the spot I know in the forest, to look if the little…

Photograph the beautiful Tuscany of Auvergne, France

    A short photo holiday in combination with a great learning experience   Photography workshop with Photographer Kristel Schneider Date:  24 August – 28 August  2014   While people are talking about the winter of 2014, I have already prepared your summer break for August 2014, a 5-day photography workshop in the Tuscany of Auvergne, in France. When you hear Tuscany you may…

12 Favorite photos of 2013

2013, looking back at another great photography year Fun, challenging, exciting and rich Now, in 2014, I can look back at a successful but busy photography year. Through my work for the regional natural park (PNR) Livradois Forez I could, by all means, draw a lot of lessons. To put myself outside my comfort zone (Nature and Landscape Photography) and to do photo reportages with…

Image | last light editors pick

Last light editors pick- Landscape gallery on NatureScapes.Net Etang de la Colombière Livradois-Forez Auvergne France Image from early January at a lake in the middle of the forest. I took a series of images that day and this one almost landed in the wast basket. In 2011 I wrote a blog post about ‘the old box‘  and mentioned that sometimes it is good to…