What could possibly be more serene than a walk in snow and fog, each brings their own unique silence, put them together and you feel like you could be all alone in the world…. I woke up one morning at the end of January to a covering of snow, I’m usually keen to head out […]
Well This Is Embarrassing!!
Last week an interesting email popped into my inbox from the lovely Keri at Lensbaby. It was an invitation to join a select group of Lensbaby Artists and be part of Lensbaby’s Challenge Playbook, a series of photographic projects for us to pick and choose from and shoot at our leisure. The challenges are all […]
Lensbaby Blog Circle – A Wander Along Manchester’s Canals
It’s very rare that I do any urban photography, partly because I’m happiest in the countryside or by the sea but I’m also a little uncomfortable wandering a city centre alone with a large and conspicuous camera. So when I spotted that the lovely Katya from Easy Insta Manchester was organising an Instacake meetup I thought […]
Project 52 ~ February Prompts
I’ve loved seeing all the photo’s being posted in the group for the first four weeks, such a wonderful variety of images and a lovely friendly community. If you didn’t join in why not start this month? All you need to do is take a photo during the relevant week inspired by the prompt and […]
A Frosty Morning – Serenity Project January
2nd January, the first “real” day of 2019 (don’t know about you but New Year’s Day never feels like a real day somehow) and I woke to the most beautiful frosty morning. A glorious winter day, bright but bitterly cold. I argued with myself, part of me wanted to go out and capture the beauty […]
Graveyard Wanderings – Lensbaby Blog Circle
Maybe it’s not the most cheerful of photographic subjects for my first blog post of the new year but I do love a good graveyard! I did very little photography during December and what I did shoot was with my phone, the end of the month was rapidly approaching and I’d nothing to share for […]
A New Challenge For The New Year?
Are you looking for a creative challenge for 2019? I know that I am looking for new ways to grow creatively and this time between Christmas and New Year is when I start to make my plans for the upcoming year. If you are also thinking about ways you can grow as a photographer next […]
The Essence of a Forest – Serenity Project December
December has passed in it’s usual blur with little time made for photography. We always take some time away from home in December which means that Christmas preparations are rushed and the month seems swing backwards and forwards between being busy and being totally relaxed! For this month’s Serenity Project I decided to use my phone […]
Lensbaby Blog Circle November – By The Sea
I was so organised this month and shot the blog circle images right at the beginning of the month, it seems like ages ago now! I actually had a little panic the other day when I realised we were almost at the end of the month, I’d been so organised that I’d forgotten I already […]
Guild Of Photographers Qualification Panel
I did it! I’m really pleased to have finally submitted my Qualification Panel and passed! I’ve been a member of The Guild of Photographers for around five years, initially I was shooting portraits but my photography and business evolved over time into something very different. For quite some time I’ve been feeling the need to […]
Project 52 – December Prompts
It’s almost the end of the year and I’m very impressed to hear that some people have managed to keep up the weekly prompts and others will have caught up by the end of the year. Whether you’ve aimed to do them all or just dipped in and out I hope the project has kept […]
From My Bookshelf – Robert Doisneau, “Music”
I was really lucky to be sent a copy of this book recently by a PR company, I’ve admired Robert Doisneau’s work for a long time but hadn’t got around to buying any of his books so this one was a lovely surprise. It’s a book crammed full of beautiful black and white images, mostly […]
Last Leaves of Autumn ~ Serenity Project November 2018
Earlier this month I received a message on Facebook asking if I would like to be part of the Serenity Project Blog Circle. I do love a blog circle so I off I popped to have a look through some of the posts in the circle and see what it was all about. And what […]
From My Bookshelf – Artist Journal Pages
Much as I love my photography books they aren’t the only place I’ll turn if I need a little inspiration, this book is one of my absolute favourites to pick up and flick through if I feel like I’m in a bit of a creative rut… I’m always totally inspired by the variety of artwork in […]
“Gateway to the Forest of Dreams”
Gateway to the Forest of Dreams “All the voices whispered in her ears. And they told her to keep on going, one step at a time, until she reached her forest of dreams…” Latest addition to the Landscapes of Dreams series… Available as a signed mounted print via my website or as an unmounted giclee print […]