First winter shots

Vallée de Chaudefour | Auvergne | France The two participants of last Sunday were lucky  during their one-on-one workshop. Weather forecast prediction was good, snow and cold temperatures with some sun in the late afternoon . The sun came unfortunately a bit earlier than planned, this meant that we had to act fast to get some  shots with ‘frosty trees ‘. Skies were changing…

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…

Winter scenery in Spring

Spring 2013 by Kristel Schneider Snow and Frost May 24, 2013 Just back home from a three-day Photo Tour  I organized in the Auvergne for two Americans.  One of the photo subjects was Col de la Croix St Robert in the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park. Due to the weather conditions we unfortunately had to skip the sunrise session. Instead we got lots of snow,…

Fresh greens

Fresh greens by Kristel Schneider Finally I had some time to walk in the forest again. The trees are full with different tints of greens and the leaves are changing very fast now. By driving up into the mountains (Monts du Forez) I sill could find some very young leaves.  Some buds from the nut trees are still closes. The greens make a nice…