About

‘Sunshine in a Bottle’

redstuffdan is a 71 year old shy and retiring ex civil servant who lives quietly in the Nouvelle Aquitaine countryside with his beautiful French wife of 52 years.

My art, like my photography, borders on the naïve and was provoked as a complimentary activity to my recovery from illness. Some of the work is experimental and would best be described as an expression of a child let loose in the sweetshop of digital photography and acrylic paints.

My current obsessions are the Bordeaux vineyards, local village life, architecture, doors, mirrored images and digital photography as art. I hope you get as much pleasure from my work as I do in producing it.

Welcome to redstuffdan

 

(All photographs and other images in this blog are © copyright and cannot be reproduced without my written permission and consent – All rights reserved)

232 thoughts on “About”

  1. Hi Dan. I am very pleased to see you are now following my newish photo-blog. I’d love to know what attracted you. Thank you. James

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  2. Thanks for visiting my blog – yours looks great, and you have some interesting followers too!! Got to stop looking and putting off taking the dog!!

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  3. Thanks for visiting and following Miscellaneous Eclectica. I’m irrationally excited when anyone from France connects with me in any way because we love France sooooo much. On our trip last year we were fortunate to be able to stay with in-laws of in-laws and Facebook friends in 4 places, I will follow you and be jealous of the beautiful places you photograph and blog about.

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  4. Thank you for visiting my blog (A Trivial Mind at Work). I must say your photographic touch is outstanding. I love the pictures of doors. There is so much artwork out there if we just stopped and looked.

    Keep it up. And, again, thanks for stopping by. Come back any time!

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  14. I’ve perused your images and may I say they are spectacular. Not just the artful way you’ve either manipulated or captured them – the images themselves are visually thought-provoking and beautiful. All of them are so very appealing…
    AnnMarie

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  16. Hi Again Dan
    I started writing blogs and following blogs a few years ago (yours being one I followed). Due to a serious illness in my family I gave up all blogging and blog-following for about 18 months and have only just felt able to get back into my writing and artwork. Having received a recent comment from you (many thanks) on one of my posts, I came by to look at your blog again. You have some brilliant stuff! I love what you do with digital manipulation especially. One really can go wild with a camera and a good photo editor!

    I didn’t realise that you are also in Aquitaine. Yes, it is a superb place for photography. We are in the Dordogne near Perigueux.
    Best wishes
    Jude :)

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  17. Dear redstuffdan,
    Thank you for offering some suggestions/ support re: WordPress 201. Immediately, the image header of a bright red poppy caught my attention. Your photographs are beautifully “framed”and I can see that you are a believer in a “pop” colour- red. I tend to lean toward “quiet” shades and colours- greys, blues, although I love a shot of something red!
    Sincerely,
    Grace

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  19. Love your b&w pictures and the starkness of the layout – It means that when colour is introduced it becomes much more powerful an image. good Job;

    Regards

    Dan

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  20. Dan

    You’re welcome. Your header is definitely eye catching and striking. What a pleasant surprise for the flower to appear a month early.

    Also, I too spent hours playing around with themes, only to revert to the one I have now. It’s simplistic, but it works

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  21. Hi Lana

    Ithink l must have tried every free theme with 10 to 15 different headers. In the end l came back to Able theme because it uses the whole screen on desk and laptops – which is how my pictures should be viewed. The beautiful poppy was capture in a French vineyard last week – they are not usually here for another montn – and l love this flower and it’s unique shade of red with a passion beyond words. Voila!

    I really appreciate your comments.

    Regards

    Dan

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  25. Bonjour Penny

    I too love most things French – mainly the beautiful woman who has put up with this increasingly grumpy Englishman for the past 43 years. There is a lot to love about this fabulous country and it’s people – but an awful lot that makes you want to pull one’s hair out. I’ve enjoyed visiting your blog and will be a regular follower.

    Salut

    Dan

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  26. Hi Dan, thanks very much for following my blog ‘Metaphoricaleye’ today. France, and all things French, are very close to my heart and I love what I’ve seen from scrolling through your pages. Look forward to seeing a lot more!

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  27. Thank you so liking my recent post on “Treasures N’ Junk” I appreciate you stopping by. I had a chance to look at your most interesting blog and will be checking back soon to see what you are up to!

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  32. Hi Dan,
    Thank you for visiting my blog. Your photos and artwork are beautiful! Wishing you many inspirational moments taking and making pictures :)

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  35. Thank you for checking out my blog :) You have some really beautiful pictures! Hope to see you again soon. All the best, Irene

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  37. Bonjour Joan

    Thank you for considering me for this award but as you guessed l am not keen on them. Your other nominees all deserve the accolade as do many others.

    Regards

    Dan

    Sorry for not responding earlier

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  43. Wow – you’re too kind – if your painting matches your writing then we are in for a real treat.

    Happy New Year & Best wishes for 2014

    Dan

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  46. i look forward to visiting France one day. Meanwhile, I’ll have to experience France through your pictures :) Thank you for following my blog. Cheers from San Diego, CA! – May

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  48. Hello Dan. How nice to “meet” you! I find your work fascinating, really enjoy the patterns you´ve made from different objects around you, and I also like the variety of shapes and colors in your photos. Some close up, others far away. Being nuts about animals, I love the horse and the cat ^_^

    All the best!

    Keep it up!

    Hilde

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