This is another picture of our Dogwood. Again, it's amazing how the bracts appear as petals and that the actual flowers are in the cluster in the middle. As this tree - yes, apparently it is one - is in my garden, I was able to wait to get exactly the lighting I wanted.

This Dogwood is in our garden. It's an amazing plant. It pretends to be what it is not. The white petals are, in fact, leaves called bracts. The central cluster is the corymb, which is a bunch of tiny flowers, each with individual petals. The flowers are mixed in with the stamen and pistils.

The Paris Metro on a Friday evening

A person walks past Matisse's Still Life with a Magnolia

Some 40 years ago, I tried breaking into television by drawing one and bursting through the screen. It got me nowhere. Photo: Olimax

Des fleurs fanées or faded flowers Their youthful beauty is gone Yet they still appeal In human form, they would not garner a second look I know the feeling

Gate pillar and streetlamp reflected in the bonnet of a red Italian car

I love finding the exceptional in the ordinary Telegraph wires + turtle-dove perched on the broadband relay boxes Technology and nature in awkward harmony I can't claim authorship of the delightful juxtaposition I didn't even notice the turtle dove when I snapped the picture A numpty with a lens!

Here is a picture taken by George, 6, at the Calder exhibition. I set the Sony to auto and hold the strap behind him. I do believe in encouraging children to take pictures, although with a camera worth around €3500, it can be a little nerve-racking. He was very careful with it and the pic is good!

A beautiful door If a little rude

A coffee, a phone, a lead and a dog I wonder if this was a day he will remember

In summer, the sun is higher and beats down on the lunch guests mercilessly. I need to find a way to shade the table from the sun. Any ideas?

This is Murray Head singing his "Say It Ain't So" that he released 50 years ago in 1976. It refs the Watergate scandal yet many French people were conceived while their parents played it. He says at least 30 people claim that they were sired with this song. youtu.be/2GbYMkh3GYM?...

I'm trying my hand at interior design pics Taken for a friend who is trying to sell their house

Every morning when I am preparing coffee around 6 am, I see through a tiny window to my left, the house next door, which catches the early morning sunlight. It is a moment of joy. The colour quickly changes, and the moment is lost. My picture doesn't really do it justice. I hope it conveys the idea.

Before: The camera never lies After: The camera now AI's

There is an exhibition of the work of Alexander Calder at the Louis Vuitton Institute at the moment. It's well worth half a day. Be sure to see the 1961 film of his "circus" which shows off his talent & humour. Fun fact: Calder's dad and grandad were both sculptors named Alexander!

Fantastic work by VergenceLab!

Since rocky pals are all the rage, meet Rocco. He's happy to meet you but wants you to stop climbing on his noggin as it's really getting on his tits...

Some 50 years separate these photos with hair lost and wrinkles gained. What I know now, I could not have comprehended then and what I knew then would make no sense to me now. Yet, I am he!

Last year, at the age of 67, I came of age I still live with my demons They no longer rule me

Stumbled on this track, "Unseen", from Bonnie Paine's upcoming album. She uses voice and drums to remarkable effect. Unseen... does this not strike a chord with many of us? youtu.be/5Oj9TJ8l8Gk?...

My Murray Head concert film at the Olympia is nearly finished. There are just a few adjustments needed before the edit is done. There follows colour grading and the sound mix. I can't show you much right now. I'm hoping that the video will be online next month. I will share the link here when it is.

Enjoying a beer with Mrs D at La Terrasse overlooking the bridge at Moret-sur-Loing Sur La Terrasse Avec Ma ..... (if the word that springs to mind rhymes with the one above; be ashamed of yourself!)

The world just outside my office. The dun tones of winter have been chased away by the sun. The colours are bursting. Hooray, it's Spring!

This is where I have been living for the last 3 weeks, in a tunnel that is the edit of the concert. You can see the 6 cameras we used screen left with the edit on the right. The timeline at the bottom is made up of 2086 shots. The first edit lasts over 2 hours but the finished film will be 1 hour.

Here are some pictures from last night. You can see what we put in place to film Murray. There were two platforms stuck on the dress circle with camera operators using huge lenses for filming sport. Murray and the band were absolutely phenomenal! Editing starts next week and ends mid-April.

This is what I will be filming this evening with 6 cameras! Excited and a little nervous....

My project is moving along. We recce'd the Olympia yesterday where we will be covering the Murray Head concert 2 weeks. We have agreed all five camera positions. It is such a relief to have seen the room and to know the conditions under which we will be working. I'm very, very excited!

My concert project is moving along. The budget is approved, the crew has been booked and I am going down to Besançon to see rehearsals. I just need a signed contract to make it official. I traded in my A7Siii for this! I will be using it to film on stage during the concert! Very excited!

As the number of followers increases and engagement with my posts dwindles, I will be taking a break from Bluesky. I have been offered the job of making a film of the concert of a respected musician on his 80th birthday at the Olympia, Paris, this March. I will be focusing my time on that. Have fun!

I love square pictures These are 33x33 printed on A3+ paper Dr Johnson who lived in the very same square The sculptor posed him seated as he was a man of words, not war A disc insulator from a high voltage electricity pylon in the morning sun

I got the quote for the repair of my dad's Leica from Leica in Wetzlar, Germany It will cost €1826... too much for me!

Santocha Beach, Capbreton An old print from the end of the 19th century that I took two weeks ago and tricked up with Photoscape X

I framed a picture of my daughter which was taken with my Laowa 12mm and printed on A3+ glossy paper with a 5cm border The frame is wood with PVC not glass The frame cost €18 and the print under €2 I lit this picture with my Godox RS60R

Alien snapped in Paris streets. A strange figure was noticed in the streets around St. Germain des Près today. Over 7 feet tall and moving briskly, one coffee drinker got a snap of it (see picture). Last seen arguing for a discount in Muji.

I have a new printer that can do gallery grade prints up to 13" x 19" for €1.50 a print! I dumped the execrable and utterly shitty HP OfficeJet for the Epson ET-8550. ET means Eco Tank, so ink costs plummet... HP: €3000/litre Epson: €140/litre I now have ink in tanks not cartridges! 😋

Dunlin or Sandpipers on the beach at dusk after the tide has gone out

Been wanting a light that could do this for ages Here it is: the Godox RS60R plus its box of magnetic accessories The light is the size of a fist and the battery lasts up to 10 hours Excellent value at under €300 #godox #RS60R

Snow

Dog in brine, Capbreton

Photography is about controlling your camera Yet letting the picture kinda take itself Trust the mistakes! Over-exposure needs to be managed A setting sun reflected in the sea? Forget about it... Just let it swamp the pic of the fisherman about to cast his line #capbreton

My creative process in emojis: 📸 take a pic 🫣 ooops! 😡 grrrr! 🤔 hmmm! 💻 trick it up 😊 yay, it's art!

The breakwater light on the starboard side of the entrance to the port at Capbreton is given the #icm treatment using a 1.5s exposure.

I went to the park to take pictures of a friend When I got home, I had four unexpected white frames I crushed the exposure by 5 stops to extract these images They are random art, no? I didn't take them; my thumb did...

Thanks to everyone who liked, reposted, or commented on my photos this year. It means so much to know you’re here. I do try to engage back with everyone, and there’s a special core who keeps returning... you know who you are! Thanks again and here’s to a creative 2026!

It's curious, the details in a photo that emerge are often surprising. The fingers on their left hand look strange, and the dog-with-log seems to be missing a leg. The wonders of a 1/20s exposure!.

Rivulet reflections on sunset beach. This feels like it could be a huge river delta at sunset, yet it is barely 2 metres across.

A picture of my daughter on the beach at Capbreton around sunset, taken with my Laowa 12mm.