Highly commended prize – Lowland photo contest 2015

Just back from the North, ‘de lage landen’ – Lowland photo festival  in Antwerp (Be) and on Saturday-evening during the prize ceremony all the winners were announced from the ten different categories. This first edition received more then 8000 images  from 657 photographers. Per category you have a winner, a runner-up and 3 highly commended . The overall winner : Lowland Photographer of the…

Book: The most beautiful PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUVERGNE

21/11/2015 Today the book Les plus belles photographes d’Auvergne was launched by Page Centrale in Clermont Ferrand. The book covers the work of 16 photographers, including 6 (full page) pictures, a small biography and interview. I am happy to be part of this beautiful book,  as one of the chosen photographers presenting their personal theme. My chapter is called  ‘Nature Figée’ – Frozen Nature. The…

Paris, le 13 Novembre 2015

Intimate Landscape Photography

Intimate Landscape Photography published (10-11-2015) on Nature Photo Portal text and images by Kristel Schneider In preparing the summer photo-tour in Auvergne  for Nordic Vision,I had set Intimate Landscapes as being one of the themes covered during the week: what an intimate landscape was and how to create a well-balanced intimate landscape composition. As the programme of the tour unfolded, and as the participants…

The Auvergne in the world’s top 10 destinations !

#6 Auvergne region Published on Lonely Planet.com Cast your eyes upon the Auvergne’s dramatic volcanic landscape and you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Iceland rather than the heart of France. And yet this region has been overlooked by visitors. No more, though – the Auvergne is reinventing itself with a series of ambitious art projects and a growing portfolio of wilderness…