Feb 18
by Lesley Saunders in Nature, Travel 0 comments tags: alligator, animals, birds, blog, Elle Je, Female, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham, peru, photography, travel, Travel Photography

MESMERISING PERU

 INTRIGUING AMAZONIAN JUNGLE Click Here to Read my Blog on my adventures in Peru  Peru-jungle  Blog 1 Follow me for the follow on blogs of my adventures in Peru
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Jan 22
by Lesley Saunders in India, Travel, Travel Blog, Uncategorised, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: Bangalore, india, portraits, Rajastan, streetphotography, travel, Travelphotography

The Colourful Women of India

"India is such a colourful country it is one of the first experiences that we encounter when arriving in this geography for the first time."
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Feb 22
by Lesley Saunders in Elle Je Studio, People, Stuff, Travel 0 comments tags: cultural, darjeeling, Elle Je Studio, Female, india, Nottingham, portrait, travel, Travel Photography, Whatton

The Tea Plantations near Darjeeling

Amazing how hard the women work when picking the leaves from the tea plants.  Regardless to the weather conditions they battle on. Check out my video
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Jan 23
by Lesley Saunders in Artistic, Elle Je Studio, Nature, Travel, Uncategorised 0 comments tags: australia, creative, Elle Je, Elle Je Studio, Female, Geysers, landscape, Lesley Saunders, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, travel, Travel Photography, video

Beautiful Australia & New Zealand

Stunning Australia and New Zealand Landscape.
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Jan 11
by Lesley Saunders in Animals, Travel, Uncategorised 0 comments tags: animals, australia, birds, dolphins, Elle Je Studio, Images, kangaroo, kola bear, new zealand, Nottingham, photography, seals, swan, travel, Travel Photography, wildlife

Wildlife of Australia & New Zealand

While travelling to New Zealand via Australia I thought it was about time I started to take some wildlife images for personal pleasure.  Most of my photography is commissioned commercial/corporate work in the studio or location. I now ask myself why I haven’t spent some time exploring wildlife photography, capturing the habits of animals other than the human kind. The cute Kola Bear was quite happy getting on with its life but stopping to pose occasionally, yes it was cuddly and adorable and wow didn’t he know it. Glad I had my canon 70-200 L lens to capture these images…. My next encounter reminded me of when I was a child and used to watch “Skippy the Kangaroo”………. Ok so many of you don’t remember this program or even know about it, check it out on the Skippy link you don’t know what you have missed…. What amazing exotic birds fly around in Australia.  Not only do they prance around as if they own the place but the parots are cheeky enough to pinch the sugar packets from the dining tables. This chap was enjoying his treat then along came a friend!  Not sure if the exhibitionist was working for […]
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Jun 01
by Lesley Saunders in Cities, Elle Je Studio, Nature, People, Travel 0 comments tags: Elle Je Studio, Female, Italy, Lesley Saunders, Maddalena, Nottingham, photography, Professional, travel

Beautiful Maddalena, Sardinia

Travel Photography The Enchanting Island of Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy Stunning, stunning, stunning………. When we were informed that our holiday on a Gullet Cruise around Croatia had been cancelled, 4 days before we were due to fly it was all systems go to find an alternative venue with flights the same day as the original.  The norm, we could get the hotel but not the flights or flights but not hotel.  Oh, and one condition it had to be somewhere warm.  Mmmm the weather forecast wasn’t brilliant in many parts of Europe and search became more limited.  Alas there it was a beautiful hotel in Sardinia, the forecast promised good weather and flights were available. What we didn’t realise was that Maddalena was a small island off Sardinia and accessible via ferry.  After lugging heavy luggage up narrow stairs on the ferry we sat in anticipation as to what we were going to find.  We fell in love with the Island the minute we stepped onto the ground, the people were warm, welcoming and helpful and the scenery was just breath taking.  I looked forward to taking my camera and going out into the wilderness. The quaint Italian town of Maddalena […]
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Jun 16
by Lesley Saunders in Nature, People, Travel 0 comments

The Gems of Araku – India

The Gems of Araku As I ponder about my experiences in India my mind wanders to my travels in South Africa and the description used to promote the country, The World in One Country. I cannot help but speculate if this is not a more apt description for Incredible India! Stunning, striking, spectacular are just a few words that describe the Gems of Araku Valley. As I travelled through the valley drinking in the delights of the rolling hills and lush green valley’s I contentedly relived part of my childhood. Having been weaned on Scotland as a youngster I was reminded of the picturesque scenes of hills and dales, greenery and jewelled colours of the variety of heathers. I certainly hadn’t anticipated such beauty when agreeing to do a photo shoot of the inhabitants of this amazing hidden jewel. As we drove through streams and across the rugged terrain towards the remote villages the location became more breathtaking. As we approached the first village I wondered what surprises I would encounter. We drove as far as we could then trekked towards the hamlet. On route we came across a group of females busily washing their pots and clothes, full of […]
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Jun 09
by Lesley Saunders in Animals, Nature, Travel 0 comments tags: Borneo, Images, Monkey, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Orangutan, photo, photography, Travel Photography

Stunning Borneo

Borneo here we come! Well Kuala Lumpur was a fab introduction to Malaysia and I wonder what Borneo has to offer.  We were promptly collected from the hotel two camera bags laden with lenses……….well not sure how near or far those Orang- utan’s were going to be………… Motto “be prepared”. Two large suitcases and an extra large handbag we checked in and sat patiently waiting for ourflight. The transportation to our next destination was excellent, just what you hoped for.  The outside of the hotel overlooking the harbour and sea, looked a little out dated but the rooms and lobbies were beautiful, everywhere immaculately clean and the people always greeted you warmly. Wow we wondered who the multi million dollar yacht belonged too as we sat having a drink overlooking the harbour, was it a celeb maybe a rich prince or just that multi billionaire!  Ok later we found out it belonged to the hotel owner! The waterfront, a good place to eat they recommended so off we trotted to have our first prawns in Borneo. The following day was my birthday and we had planned a lazy day by the pool.  As sunset began we sat drinking cocktails watching the […]
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Jun 09
by Lesley Saunders in Cities, People, Travel 0 comments tags: cities, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, photography, travel, Travel Photography

The Beginning- Beautiful Kuala Lumpur

What a city, certainly exceeded all expectations and a great way to start the trip. Arriving at KL airport having flown on the A380 double decker plane a smooth transfer to our hotel, all was going well. Hello I wonder why there are earplugs at the side of the bed? Soon to find out as we took our first evening stroll was this really how you partied bar after bar, loud music getting louder and laughter and chatting everywhere. Certainly a vibrant and fun area but alas jet lag was setting in and time to get some sleep, would we require the earplugs, far too tired to notice any noise. Up bright and breezy, now to start exploring. Armed with camera we set off to walk from the hotel to the Petronas Towers. What an impressive site with the beautiful fountains framing the gardens the stroll in the heat was well worth it. Our next stop was China Town to try out our bartering skills, the first purchase being a sarong but oh no not just any old sarong but one of many talents from a beach cover up to a top for evening mmmmm lets see. Purchase number 2 the […]
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