It was the perfect Christmas. The entire family was there (Christmas in France is strictly family. No friends or wanna be sons in law). The magic was created through a combination of great food, thoughtful presents and lots of kids running around.
Words fail. This is so beautiful.
Stephane I love your photography, so crisp and clear. which camera do you use?
The menu sounds fabulous and the photos are amazing, Stepnane.
Magnifiques photos ! J'aurais aimé faire de même en rapportant mon Noël, sous forme de photo reportage, mais pour une fois on me recevait et j'ai un peu picolé ! 😉 Joyeux Noël !
Oh please! Torture us some more! That menu looked fabulous! So well done and isnt family the best! Especially kids running around with a sugar high on those Christmas cakes! You should post a recipe or two!
I will post one of those recipes. The one for seared foie gras is already on my blog. Christmas without the kids is not the same, you're right:) How was your Christmas? Did you have a good time?
Thanks! How was YOUR Christmas? I hope you had a good time!
I made some more of them so he could take some to work, and in a rush this morning, he left them on the kitchen counter! 😦 He's feeling a bit better than yesterday, though. 🙂 Thanks for asking!
I agree with the comments above – such beautiful pictures! It sounds like a lovely evening.
Your photos are gorgeous, your menu sounds delicious and it seems that you all had a lovely family day – that's Christmas in a nutshell.
Thanks a lot! I hope you had a great time too!
We certainly did! It was very warm, 30° so we played boules in the back yard and ate our dinner outside. I will never be the boules champion of the world but it was lots of fun.
Here . . . . as I would imagine you know because you lived here, the 25th of December is Christmas. But my family had "Christmas Dinner" whenever it worked for us. My mom is so fabulously flexible about having Christmas Dinner when I can be there. Family is whomever you open your heart, home, and table too. And you had better believe that if I were privy to YOUR table I would expect to be in the will. Such extravagance and pampering (that YOU do at the Holidays) is only for love ones! I can understand the difference! 😉 Yum!
I have a 1.8 and 1.4. Love them both. I don't know that I'm ready to spend that kind of money either on a 1.2. I'm very happy with the pictures I get from the two I have.
un vrai noël comme dan les films ! Tres bonnes fêtes et bonne année !
Encore bonnes fêtes de fin d'année et @+, Anne.
That cheese reminds me of eating L'edel de Claron (I'm sure I'm butchering the spelling, but you'll know the cheese I'm talking about) when I lived in NYC and the marketplace that sold it wouldn't cut it until it was just right, and I would stop in every day to wait for that moment…how I love cheese!
Foie gras on toasted gingerbread gives me visions of ecstasy!
Beautiful photos Stephane! (I love my 50mm too, it's my favoite lens.) Happy holidays!
What a beautiful holiday! I wish I was in your family. Seriously, I do. Have fun with your new camera!
Absolutely beautiful photos. Sounds wonderful, wish I could have been there!
Thanks! How was YOUR Christmas? Do you celebrate it?
Wonderful pictures, wonderful menu. And thanks for the comment on mine, to which of course you contributed in no small way. I envy you the wines; I've been through all the 'new world' variations but now it's back to the French almost completely.
We can share two if you want!:) With cheese!!
It seems impossible that your photos could get any better than they already are! Astounding. But I must admit I love my 50mm.
Superb images as always, Stéphane.
Top of the line 50mm? Did you get an ƒ/1.2?!?
Wow your photos look extra fantastic! I got a new camera for christmas, but don't really know how to use it hahaha! I'm aspiring to take pictures like you!!
Take loads of pictures and remember that light is the most important factor:) Have fun!!
Looks like a truly magical Christmas!! Congratulations & happy holidays!!!
Great shots and masterful use of DOF. It would be wonderful if you could recommend a wine or two each week as an enhancement to the site. I took note of the ones you mention and will look for them at the SAQ today. Thanks.
Merry Christmas to you too and happy New Year!!
Stephane – Great photos from evidently a great Christmas dinner. Was that Camembert? My fave!