photography

On the Beach – the Black & White Photography Project

Here are some photos I took recently when we stopped in Swansea for lunch and a bit of fresh air… I’ll be posting more about our stop in a few days, but for now I wanted to share these black & white shots for PODcast’s photography project.

I haven’t joined in with this one for a while, and I have missed the challenge it presents. Editing in black & white, and taking photographs with it in mind, is a whole other ball game to “standard” photography. Here are my four favourite monochrome shots from our day…

Burnt out campfire
Burnt out campfire
Mumbles Lighthouse
Mumbles Lighthouse
Crow
Crow
Symmetry - building a sand pile
Symmetry – building a sand pile

Puppy Spam!

Last weekend we visited my Mother in Law for an afternoon, and we all spent ages playing with the new puppies. Of course, I took along my camera and snapped away – there isn’t much cuter than two small children playing with four small Norwich Terrier puppies!

I took an awful lot of photos, and here are my favourites…

Norwich Terrier Puppies
Georgie getting some Norwich Terrier Puppy cuddles
Norwich Terrier Puppies
Cuddles
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Saying hello
Norwich Terrier Puppy - floppy ears!
This one’s ears haven’t quite made it up yet
Norwich Terrier Puppy
So little and adorable!
Lydia
So excited
Norwich Terrier Puppies
Snug in bed
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Awwww.. I wanted to smuggle this one home
Lydia
Being attacked
Lydia
My little poser
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Having a little rest
Norwich Terrier Puppy
So cute!
Lydia
A dolphin amongst dogs
Norwich Terriers
Ready, Steady… Throw!
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Investigating
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Alert
Lydia playing football
Action shot
Norwich Terrier Puppies and kids
Getting down to their level
Norwich Terrier Puppy playing football
Lydia being tackled by a puppy
Playing football
Playing football
Lydia running
Lydia’s running style is hilarious, with her arms out behind her
On the bench
On the bench
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Tired out!
Georgie and Norwich Terrier Puppies
I love this photo of Georgie
Norwich Terrier Puppy Kisses
Norwich Terrier Kisses
Lydia and Zoe Corkhill
Lydia & I
Hello
I feel like I’m being questioned
Me, Lydia, and Norwich Terrier Puppies
A rare photo of me
Norwich Terrier Puppy
Saying hello

Macro Flowers – My Sunday Photo

Flower

I ordered some macro extension tubes for my Samsung NX 3000 camera (you can see a link at the end of the post to what I got) this week, and as soon as they arrived I was out in the garden playing around. We are lucky enough to have moved into a house with a lovely garden that, although small, flowers from Spring to Autumn, so I am looking forward to practising my photography all through the Summer with these new tubes to help with the extreme close ups!

All these photos are SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera, with no editing or cropping).

Here are a few more of my favourite shots:

I was stalking this bee with my lens, poor mite
I was stalking this bee with my lens, poor mite
I love the colours in this
I love the colours in this
I always think these flowers look like they are painted with watercolours
I always think these flowers look like they are painted with watercolours
Bee bottom!
Bee bottom!
Our shed door - it probably needs replacing, to be honest!
Our shed door – it probably needs replacing, to be honest!

Here are the tubes I got, which will fit all NX mount cameras, and have electrical points to carry through the signals. I’m very pleased with them! 

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Photography & Vlogging tips from BlogCamp

On Saturday I attended BlogCamp, the blogging conference organised and hosted by the Tots100 blogging network. It was a great day with plenty of socialising with other bloggers, and some great tips shared by the guest speakers. I concentrated on the photography and vlogging sessions during the day, and thought I would share my favourite tips …

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Nature Photography at Bluestone, Wales

Not long before we went away to Bluestone, I upgraded my camera body to a Samsung NX3000, a small improvement on my previous NX1000 – I only really upgraded as my kit lens got damaged (thanks, Homily dog). As I wanted a replacement with OIS it ended up making the most sense to actually buy a new camera with the lens I wanted, and sell off the damaged lens, the old camera body, and the bundled software to make the difference.

I am loving my new camera, and had a lot of fun playing with it, and the lovely lens James bought me for Christmas, while we were staying at Bluestone. There is so much beauty there to photograph and I was completely snap happy while we were there. Here are my favourite shots…

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

September – Me & Mine: A Family Portrait Project

I’m terribly late posting this, because of various things happening in the end of September and first half of October causing blogging to take a backseat for a while.

We took last month’s family photo while we were at Warwick Castle for the Mike the Knight event. I used the timer on my camera for this shot and although it’s not a terribly flattering angle I still really like it as it is a photo of our family, all four of us together, on a fun day out.

I’m finding this photo project is brilliant because it means that I have it in my mind on family outings that I should try to take more family photos.

September 2014, Warwick Castle

September was a busy month for us, with Georgie beginning her preschool playgroup, and several fun blogger events. Lydia got into the swing of things as an only child in the mornings, loving the experience of attending stay & play and dance class solo. I hosted my first twitter party and we even got a night out with our friends for a 30th birthday celebration, complete with cocktails and dancing.

dear beautiful
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