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pola-tree
Instant Photography

Ahh, Sunday

All the elements needed for a perfect day to go out and take photographs managed to align themselves today and so I got to do just that! These are all Polaroids, lovely, lovely Polaroids, but I was also toting…

pola-dune
Instant Photography

Getaway

One of things I do love about January is the dreaming and scheming that fills my brain for the year ahead. At the moment I am fixating on holidays and working out where to travel to. Somewhere that’s hot…

firey-winter
Digital Photography

Winter

Today I realised that we’re definitely past that pesky winter solstice as it seemed really light at 4.30 this afternoon – hardly dark at all! I celebrated by throwing in a bunch of tulips with my supermarket shopping.…

path
Digital Photography

Ahead

I have a whole of the year in front of me and I’m determined to make the most of it – find the value in the small things and take some bigger steps, too.…

my textured photos
Digital Photography Tutorials

Textured, vintage-looking photos

In answer to quite a few emails I’ve had, I have finally put together this little tutorial all about how to turn an everyday photo into something vintage-looking and textural. The instruction that follow are given for Photoshop, but…

snowy-shore1
Digital Photography

Beside the seaside

The sea hasn’t quite frozen over yet, but phew, it’s getting close to it! This is Weston Shore in Southampton – the nearest seasidy place I could get to without exiting the city and braving unsalted roads. Now, this…

snow
Digital Photography

Curfew

It is still cold. Very cold. Embedded in permafrost. I did manage to make it into the back garden though.…

queen-annes-lace
Film Photography

‘Indoor games’

I booked this week off work thinking I’d be out every day with my camera(s); off to various locations around the south, snapping and adventuring and having a thoroughly good time. Instead I am virtually housebound and slipping and…

freeze1
Digital Photography

Deep freeze

It’s still oh so cold and England is still panicking. We are totally geared-up for drizzle, fog and general blustery inclemency but get totally fazed when the temperature drops to minus figures; and especially by snow. But, for all…

pola-blurs1
Instant Photography

Serendipity

If you leave your warm-hearted, vintage polaroid camera in the car overnight (in sub-zero temperatures) I can tell you that the pictures you’ll get out if it the next day won’t be what you’re expecting! These were taken inside…