Birds

I was sat today looking out of the window at all the birds flying over. Geese heading south, starlings swooping and diving through the sky and the seagulls doing a merry dance on the grass to catch worms. There are so many talented photographers on Flickr who specialise in bird photography that I am always seriously impressed with their patience and skill.

Photography is all about not just looking ahead but looking up to the sky and down to the ground to see and capture what others do not see.

I have taken some bird photographs last year but haven’t been too happy with the results, more patience and practice needed. I may not have the technical skill at times but what I do have is the enthusiasm and tirelessness to have a go.

Busy Busy Busy

Have you noticed that sometimes there isn't enough hours in the day to do everything! Having a Blog and a Flickr account is fantastic, and now I also have a RedBubble shop, but wow doesn't it take up a lot of time. There's so much to keep up with it's hard to find the time to take any photos!
In the meantime I have ordered a greetings card for myself from RedBubble as I want to see the quality. As it doesn't seem right to expect others to buy from it if I haven't done so myself.
There are a lot of very talented artists, writers and photographers on RedBubble and I am very proud to be in their too.

Shop

I have taken the plunge and offered some of my work for sale on RedBubble. Not all the work featured is on Flickr or on this Blog, and not all the images on Flickr are available over at the shop. So if you take an interest in something and would like to purchase it then contact me on the form below on your right and I will do what I can to help.
You can reach my shop by clicking on the 'Tab' at the top of the page, or clicking on the RedBubble logo to the right.
RedBubble is a safe shopping experience used worldwide for the art community. It is a must have for original artwork, prints and greetings cards. So if you are looking for something a little different to Moonpig then come on over.
Please check back too as I add more images.

Woof !

Hi everyone it's the weekend! Today I posted a lovely little picture of my dog Sammy. Pets and animals make such great subjects for photography, they have so many expressions and don't complain either when I keep taking their photo!

This is a cat I saw sat in the street just watching the world go by. It isn't a bad habit to adopt sometimes, to sit and listen and watch.

HFF !

For those not in the know HFF stands for Happy Fence Friday.
One of my favourite days of the week...but not only for the reason that it's the start of the weekend! Friday is fence day, when all those lovely fence shots are posted. Superb strong focus and dof and always impressive creativity from my Flickr chums.

Fences also include barriers, railings, gates...all things to keep you out, or in !
It is one of my most enjoyed photography subjects, and is very addictive. I look at fences and railings wherever I am.

The Fence Friday Flickr Group Come and have a look at so many great images.

Weekly

I am begining to like the idea of doing weekly challenges, so I am just getting some ideas together then I will begin. I still have a few images to post that I took in January, but I havent done much photography this year as yet. Here below are a few that I haven't posted before.

I will also this week put more information and "Tabs" onto this Blog. It is very much a work in progress so I hope you can keep popping by to see what I am upto.

Wall art

Today I have spent some considerable time looking through my images trying to decide what would look good hanging in two frames above my bed. It was a lot harder than I imagined as I am so self critical. I felt that 2 images together really needed to be of a similar theme. I also realised that although quite a lot of my images are interesting and reasonably good they aren't really what I would want large on my wall.

Some images would be good if I was doing say an exhibition or showing what I can do....but do I want them large and on my wall...erm No. So that begs the question as to why I took them. This is again to do with my style, or lack of. Do I want to take photos of images to hang on a wall or is what I do with the final image not really important. The jury is out on this for now.