Hurrah - I was tipped off by the 11 Hearts on my puff print.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Monday, 26 January 2009
Cool and British.
Ta Da! My raven print from my new shop has made it to a Treasury in it's first week. It stated off as an alternate choice then when something sold it was promoted and Rachel Lucie was kind enough to let me know.
It's a great selection, I adore the bunny it's too sweet and I've always found Art and Ghost's work fascinating and she's from Manchester - it's always cool to fiind an artist you admire is from your home town! And Smokey Jo, the beautiful cat is just gorgeous.
Rachel's got some lovely jewellery in her shop, I think that this one is my favourite:
It's a great selection, I adore the bunny it's too sweet and I've always found Art and Ghost's work fascinating and she's from Manchester - it's always cool to fiind an artist you admire is from your home town! And Smokey Jo, the beautiful cat is just gorgeous.
Rachel's got some lovely jewellery in her shop, I think that this one is my favourite:
Puff in a Treasury.
A first Treasury appearance with a print from my new shop Eyeshoot Squared!
There are some lovely items here especially the earrings in the centre of the bottom row, I love the mossy, grassy green. The curator's shop is worth a look as it's full of a rather eclectic selection of goodies, from felt containers to plants. I particularly like the felt antlers which is such an odd idea but they look great, especially the cotton reel bases. And for the bargain price of just $23 - how can you possibly resist!
There are some lovely items here especially the earrings in the centre of the bottom row, I love the mossy, grassy green. The curator's shop is worth a look as it's full of a rather eclectic selection of goodies, from felt containers to plants. I particularly like the felt antlers which is such an odd idea but they look great, especially the cotton reel bases. And for the bargain price of just $23 - how can you possibly resist!
Friday, 23 January 2009
In the News
Well not really, but I do have a photo featured on The Guardian Website which is nice!
I submitted it ages ago and only heard from them today that it made it.
I submitted it ages ago and only heard from them today that it made it.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Welcome to eyeshoot squared!
I've started a third shop....I may be mad.
It's a second photography shop which will sell only square pictures - through the viewfinder, Holga and others. It's called 'eyeshoot squared'.
Here are some examples of what I'll be selling. I was never happy mixing formats in eyeshoot so decided to branch out and specialize. The prints will be priced lower than my main shop as an experiment, the first ones I'm listing are five inches square and I've cut the paper square and they look great! I'll be selling a range of images from nature and the city.
It's a second photography shop which will sell only square pictures - through the viewfinder, Holga and others. It's called 'eyeshoot squared'.
Here are some examples of what I'll be selling. I was never happy mixing formats in eyeshoot so decided to branch out and specialize. The prints will be priced lower than my main shop as an experiment, the first ones I'm listing are five inches square and I've cut the paper square and they look great! I'll be selling a range of images from nature and the city.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
First Curated Treasury of 2009
I know I've already done a black and white Treasury, but I just felt in the mood for it.Let's hope it makes it to the sacred Front Page!
By some lovely coincidence, I'm featured in a very striking Treasury with Crosby Steps.
Monday, 12 January 2009
Monday recovery.
I ate all together far too much at the weekend and now feel heavy, fat and generally bleargh. But I'm off to the gym in 25 mins for a swift and efficient hours workout of an iTrain cross trainer 25 mins followed by 30 mins of hand held weights, Swiss ball, abs and stretches, which should help control it all a little! Then there's yoga tonight to further soothe and stretch my abused body.
Anyway, in my pre-gym Treasury trawl I found this lovely lilac one:
I really like the Bridget Cowl from her shop, it's a seriously cosy accessory which would be perfect for keeping the back of your neck toasty warm on these dull wintry days.
In fact the whole shop is full of lovely items for the winter wardrobe.....
My Bind it All still hasn't arrived despite being dispatched on Jan 6th, so I suppose I'll have to brave the surly men at my local sorting office to see if it's arrived and is languishing on their shelves, I'm sure I won't get a positive response from them. Fingers crossed that it arrives while I'm out.
Then I've really got to get on with the marmalade making today, I'll do a double recipe quantity which is twelve small jars, which I can manage as I've rifled through my jar stash and I've enough decent ones for this quantity. For the rest, I'll have to raid the fridge and chuck out some dregs.
Anyway, in my pre-gym Treasury trawl I found this lovely lilac one:
Provence Romance
by Tickled Pink Knits
by Tickled Pink Knits
I really like the Bridget Cowl from her shop, it's a seriously cosy accessory which would be perfect for keeping the back of your neck toasty warm on these dull wintry days.
In fact the whole shop is full of lovely items for the winter wardrobe.....My Bind it All still hasn't arrived despite being dispatched on Jan 6th, so I suppose I'll have to brave the surly men at my local sorting office to see if it's arrived and is languishing on their shelves, I'm sure I won't get a positive response from them. Fingers crossed that it arrives while I'm out.
Then I've really got to get on with the marmalade making today, I'll do a double recipe quantity which is twelve small jars, which I can manage as I've rifled through my jar stash and I've enough decent ones for this quantity. For the rest, I'll have to raid the fridge and chuck out some dregs.
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Treasury and Beef.
This to me is an unusual Treasury, it doesn't have that look that so many have these days with the soft, subtle, muted colours, it's good to see a blast of greens, aquas and oranges on these dull winter days.
There's some great stationery in her shop, I really like this set made of a cut up craft book:
Just Gorgeous
by Betty Death
by Betty Death
There's some great stationery in her shop, I really like this set made of a cut up craft book:
The lamb etc... was fabulous on Friday night and any minute now I'll have to start on the shin of beef for lunch. There's a bit of faffing and then slow and lazy oven work for about three and a half hours. I've an apple crumble to make as well, also red cabbage and something with spuds, we fancied jackets, but I think now that mash will be better as originally planned.
Friday, 9 January 2009
I'm trying to loose my Xmas excess weight....
But the season and having a life have got the better of me.
We're entertaining client's of Peter's tonight, there will be six of us which isn't to bad, but I don't like doing suppers in the week so if the occasion arrises, I always try to do something impressive but delicious. So this is what we're having:
Smoked salmon with cucumber and horseradish dressing.
Nice and simple, light and fresh.
Slow roast shoulder of lamb Moroccan style.
I love doing this, all you do is make a rub with butter, garlic, cumin seeds, ground coriander, hot smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Poke little slashes into the fat side of the lamb and using your fingers rub the lovely aromatic buttery mess all over the meat and savour the lovely smell. Cut up a couple of carrots and onions, squash some garlic cloves and fling into the bottom of a sturdy roasting tray, plonk the lamb on top and pour 500ml of boiling water around the lamb, avoiding the buttery dressing. Cover with foil and pop into your oven pre-heated at 150 degrees (for a fan) and set the timer for five hours. When it's cooked, leave to rest for 30 mins then shred all the delicious tender frangrant meat with two forks and your eager fingers. Arrange on a platter and rescue any juices which may be in the pan and cobble them into a sort of gravy, seive and dribble over each plate of meat. Yum yum.
Moroccan spiced courgettes and green beans.
Frozen berries with hot white chocolate sauce.
This is one seriously decadent pudding which has the advantage of being about as easy a pudding as you could wish for.
Melt equal quantites of quality white chocolate with double cream and serve in a pretty jug. Pour over plates of frozen mixed berries.
Enjoy and plan to get to the gym as soon as you can.
Then on Sunday we have Peter's aunt and uncle for lunch plus additional small child. Again I wanted simple and tasty and have gone for:
Shin of beef braised with Guinness.
A very slow cook for about four hours gives luscious soft meat with delicious gravy.
Spuds.
Probably mashed with some horseradish or grain mustard.
Red cabbage.
With apple maybe and juniper berries?
Pudding.
No idea yet.
Later
It's marmalade time!! Every year I really look forward to my marmalade making marathon and today in Sainsbury's I spotted the Seville oranges needed for the job and hauled them home along with a 5kg bag of sugar......
Here's the recipe I always use and my step by step photos of how it works. This is my most viewd and most 'interesting' picture on Flickr and gets tons of hits at this time of year.
You will also need a preserving pan or a large, heavy-based saucepan; a 9 inch (23 cm) square of muslin (or gauze); some string; a funnel; and six 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars, sterilised.
Begin by measuring 4 pints (2.25 litres) water into a preserving pan, then cut the lemon and oranges in half and squeeze the juice out of them. Add the juice to the water and place the pips and any bits of pith that cling to the squeezer on the square of muslin (laid over a dish or cereal bowl first). Now cut the orange peel into quarters with a sharp knife, and then cut each quarter into thinnish shreds. As you cut, add the shreds to the water and any pips or spare pith you come across should go on to the muslin. The pith contains a lot of pectin so don't discard any and don't worry about any pith and skin that clings to the shreds – it all gets dissolved in the boiling.
Now tie the pips and pith up loosely in the muslin to form a little bag, and tie this on to the handle of the pan so that the bag is suspended in the water. Then bring the liquid up to simmering point and simmer gently, uncovered, for 2 hours or thereabouts until the peel is completely soft (test a piece carefully by pressing it between your finger and thumb). Meanwhile, chill the saucers in the freezer compartment of the fridge.
Next, remove the bag of pips and leave it to cool on a saucer. Then pour the sugar into the pan and stir it now and then over a low heat, until all the crystals have dissolved (check this carefully, it's important). Now increase the heat to very high and squeeze the bag of pips over the pan to extract all of the sticky, jelly-like substance that contains the pectin. As you squeeze you'll see it ooze out. You can do this by placing the bag between two saucers or using your hands. Then stir or whisk it into the rest.
As soon as the mixture reaches a really fast boil, start timing. Then after 15 minutes spoon a little of the marmalade on to one of the cold saucers from the fridge, and let it cool back in the fridge. You can tell – when it has cooled – if you have a 'set' by pushing the mixture with your little finger: if it has a really crinkly skin, it is set. If not, continue to boil the marmalade and give it the same test at about 10-minute intervals until it does set.
After that remove the pan from the heat (if there's a lot of scum, most of it can be dispersed by stirring in half a teaspoon of butter, and the rest can be spooned off). Leave the marmalade to settle for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, the jars should be washed, dried and heated in a moderate oven for 5 minutes. Pour the marmalade, with the aid of a funnel or a ladle, into the jars, cover with waxed discs and seal while still hot. Label when cold and store in a dry, cool, dark place. Then hurry up and make some toast to try some!
We're entertaining client's of Peter's tonight, there will be six of us which isn't to bad, but I don't like doing suppers in the week so if the occasion arrises, I always try to do something impressive but delicious. So this is what we're having:
Smoked salmon with cucumber and horseradish dressing.
Nice and simple, light and fresh.
Slow roast shoulder of lamb Moroccan style.
I love doing this, all you do is make a rub with butter, garlic, cumin seeds, ground coriander, hot smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Poke little slashes into the fat side of the lamb and using your fingers rub the lovely aromatic buttery mess all over the meat and savour the lovely smell. Cut up a couple of carrots and onions, squash some garlic cloves and fling into the bottom of a sturdy roasting tray, plonk the lamb on top and pour 500ml of boiling water around the lamb, avoiding the buttery dressing. Cover with foil and pop into your oven pre-heated at 150 degrees (for a fan) and set the timer for five hours. When it's cooked, leave to rest for 30 mins then shred all the delicious tender frangrant meat with two forks and your eager fingers. Arrange on a platter and rescue any juices which may be in the pan and cobble them into a sort of gravy, seive and dribble over each plate of meat. Yum yum.
Moroccan spiced courgettes and green beans.
Frozen berries with hot white chocolate sauce.
This is one seriously decadent pudding which has the advantage of being about as easy a pudding as you could wish for.
Melt equal quantites of quality white chocolate with double cream and serve in a pretty jug. Pour over plates of frozen mixed berries.
Enjoy and plan to get to the gym as soon as you can.
Then on Sunday we have Peter's aunt and uncle for lunch plus additional small child. Again I wanted simple and tasty and have gone for:
Shin of beef braised with Guinness.
A very slow cook for about four hours gives luscious soft meat with delicious gravy.
Spuds.
Probably mashed with some horseradish or grain mustard.
Red cabbage.
With apple maybe and juniper berries?
Pudding.
No idea yet.
Later
It's marmalade time!! Every year I really look forward to my marmalade making marathon and today in Sainsbury's I spotted the Seville oranges needed for the job and hauled them home along with a 5kg bag of sugar......
Here's the recipe I always use and my step by step photos of how it works. This is my most viewd and most 'interesting' picture on Flickr and gets tons of hits at this time of year.
Traditional Seville Orange Marmalade
Makes six 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars
Makes six 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars
Ingredients
2 lb (900 g) Seville oranges
1 lemon
4 lb (1.8 kg) granulated sugar (to speed the dissolving, this can be warmed in the oven)
2 lb (900 g) Seville oranges
1 lemon
4 lb (1.8 kg) granulated sugar (to speed the dissolving, this can be warmed in the oven)
You will also need a preserving pan or a large, heavy-based saucepan; a 9 inch (23 cm) square of muslin (or gauze); some string; a funnel; and six 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars, sterilised.
Begin by measuring 4 pints (2.25 litres) water into a preserving pan, then cut the lemon and oranges in half and squeeze the juice out of them. Add the juice to the water and place the pips and any bits of pith that cling to the squeezer on the square of muslin (laid over a dish or cereal bowl first). Now cut the orange peel into quarters with a sharp knife, and then cut each quarter into thinnish shreds. As you cut, add the shreds to the water and any pips or spare pith you come across should go on to the muslin. The pith contains a lot of pectin so don't discard any and don't worry about any pith and skin that clings to the shreds – it all gets dissolved in the boiling.
Now tie the pips and pith up loosely in the muslin to form a little bag, and tie this on to the handle of the pan so that the bag is suspended in the water. Then bring the liquid up to simmering point and simmer gently, uncovered, for 2 hours or thereabouts until the peel is completely soft (test a piece carefully by pressing it between your finger and thumb). Meanwhile, chill the saucers in the freezer compartment of the fridge.
Next, remove the bag of pips and leave it to cool on a saucer. Then pour the sugar into the pan and stir it now and then over a low heat, until all the crystals have dissolved (check this carefully, it's important). Now increase the heat to very high and squeeze the bag of pips over the pan to extract all of the sticky, jelly-like substance that contains the pectin. As you squeeze you'll see it ooze out. You can do this by placing the bag between two saucers or using your hands. Then stir or whisk it into the rest.
As soon as the mixture reaches a really fast boil, start timing. Then after 15 minutes spoon a little of the marmalade on to one of the cold saucers from the fridge, and let it cool back in the fridge. You can tell – when it has cooled – if you have a 'set' by pushing the mixture with your little finger: if it has a really crinkly skin, it is set. If not, continue to boil the marmalade and give it the same test at about 10-minute intervals until it does set.
After that remove the pan from the heat (if there's a lot of scum, most of it can be dispersed by stirring in half a teaspoon of butter, and the rest can be spooned off). Leave the marmalade to settle for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, the jars should be washed, dried and heated in a moderate oven for 5 minutes. Pour the marmalade, with the aid of a funnel or a ladle, into the jars, cover with waxed discs and seal while still hot. Label when cold and store in a dry, cool, dark place. Then hurry up and make some toast to try some!
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Cubes of Colour
A bit of an experiment using these lovely perspex cubes bought at MoMa in New York about fifteen years ago. They were shot using my D300 in Live View mode which is the first time I've really used it. There was a light pointing at the back of the cubes and there were two being held by hand in front of the 50mm lens to make the reflections at the front of the image. There was a little tweaking of levels in Lightroom.
Very Thursday
Here's a nice creative Treasury, I really like it when my prints are the only photography in a collection made up of a wide range of items, this one has a book, shoes and jewellery and they all work together beautifully.
5 Gardenia's shop is seriously ecclectic and full of wonderful and interesting things which she's photographed in one of the most striking style I've seen on Etsy. I'll certainly be having a look around in more detail! Here are a couple of items which really stand out for me:
I've got some real work today, real as in for someone else, but I won't be getting any real money for it.....It's a portrait of a young lady holding some graphics which will be printed onto some stationery and then photographed by me again and will then go on to the website which is run by the men of the family. More on that later when it exists!
It's horrid and misty murky today so I doubt I'll be able to go Christmas tree hunting. Mind you, you can never what the weather will do.
5 Gardenia's shop is seriously ecclectic and full of wonderful and interesting things which she's photographed in one of the most striking style I've seen on Etsy. I'll certainly be having a look around in more detail! Here are a couple of items which really stand out for me:
Bailey Island Maine Souvenir Sachet Mailer
I've got some real work today, real as in for someone else, but I won't be getting any real money for it.....It's a portrait of a young lady holding some graphics which will be printed onto some stationery and then photographed by me again and will then go on to the website which is run by the men of the family. More on that later when it exists!
It's horrid and misty murky today so I doubt I'll be able to go Christmas tree hunting. Mind you, you can never what the weather will do.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Five Treasuries, Dead Trees, Bind it All
It's been a bumper morning for Treausuries which started with an Etsy Convo in my inbox at the first early morning, bleary eyed check of email on the old iPhone while still warm and cosy in bed. Always nice on these crisp, white frosty mornings. This first Treasury here was the result of such a Convo this morning (I do like the trend of alerting shop owners to there presence in a Treasury, with the best will in the world, it's impossible to check them all). Anyway, here it is:
Number 2 - a selection of lovely blues,
There are some great pieces of jewellery in her shop, I particularly like this cute daisy ring for a bargain $8 - how can you possibly resist?
Number 3 - This one is really lovely and I'm no fan of pastelly soft pinks, but 3Fun has put together a splendid selection of items,
This ring from her shop is really fun Felt Ring with Message Box Charm for just $27
Number 4 -
I've always liked Chicalookate's work, I think it's mainly because of the amount of graffiti images she has in her full to bursting shop, I've got a very soft spot for graffiti as you may have noticed and can't help be fascinated by the stuff. I love the selection she's put together here. I've a particularly soft spot for all of the Robot Pirate items, it's such a cute little figure and is on cards, costers, mirrors ........
Number 5 - This one is a stunner too, it's usually the reds and blacks which catch my eye and the print of mine that's in here is one of my favourites (mind you, I don't think I've sold one yet!), it's also my avatar.
Chiarouscuro
by Scrap Paper Designs
I love the Big Man Bag it's stunning! Scrap Papers's shop is full of great digital image sheets of many and various designs, but it was the pretty swirly leafy patterns which caught my eye
That's it for Treasuries for now - many thanks to everyone who liked my work enough to include it!
I was out and about in the very nice cold sunniness yesterday afternoon doing something that I talk about every year at this time. I've long wanted to photograph discarded Christmas trees as I find myself endlessly fascinated by them and how long they seem to loiter near dustbins, skips and front gardens. I was lucky as it was bin day in one area and there was plenty to photograph in the relative easiness of the dustbin area which was less awkward than photographing trees still on doorsteps or front gardens, I was half expecting to be challenged on several occasions by householders or passersby, but this didn't happen thank goodness. A mixture of walking and driving seemed to be the most efficient method, I only stopped when the light failed. I'll have another go today.
Here's a little taster:
Also, my Bind it All has been dispatched and should arrive by tomorrow!
Number 2 - a selection of lovely blues,
There are some great pieces of jewellery in her shop, I particularly like this cute daisy ring for a bargain $8 - how can you possibly resist?
Number 3 - This one is really lovely and I'm no fan of pastelly soft pinks, but 3Fun has put together a splendid selection of items,
This ring from her shop is really fun Felt Ring with Message Box Charm for just $27
Number 4 -
I've always liked Chicalookate's work, I think it's mainly because of the amount of graffiti images she has in her full to bursting shop, I've got a very soft spot for graffiti as you may have noticed and can't help be fascinated by the stuff. I love the selection she's put together here. I've a particularly soft spot for all of the Robot Pirate items, it's such a cute little figure and is on cards, costers, mirrors ........
Number 5 - This one is a stunner too, it's usually the reds and blacks which catch my eye and the print of mine that's in here is one of my favourites (mind you, I don't think I've sold one yet!), it's also my avatar.
Chiarouscuro
by Scrap Paper Designs
I love the Big Man Bag it's stunning! Scrap Papers's shop is full of great digital image sheets of many and various designs, but it was the pretty swirly leafy patterns which caught my eye
That's it for Treasuries for now - many thanks to everyone who liked my work enough to include it!
I was out and about in the very nice cold sunniness yesterday afternoon doing something that I talk about every year at this time. I've long wanted to photograph discarded Christmas trees as I find myself endlessly fascinated by them and how long they seem to loiter near dustbins, skips and front gardens. I was lucky as it was bin day in one area and there was plenty to photograph in the relative easiness of the dustbin area which was less awkward than photographing trees still on doorsteps or front gardens, I was half expecting to be challenged on several occasions by householders or passersby, but this didn't happen thank goodness. A mixture of walking and driving seemed to be the most efficient method, I only stopped when the light failed. I'll have another go today.
Here's a little taster:
Also, my Bind it All has been dispatched and should arrive by tomorrow!
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
First Front Page of the Year....
....and I missed it!But thanks to the wonderful people at Etsy Front Pagers - Screenshots Group over on Flickr I've captured the evidence and to AMI Designs for including my work in her lovely Treasury.
Monday, 5 January 2009
So it's 2009.....
First post of the year - only five days in.
I've made and listed one print on Etsy from my recent trip to the Isle of Wight. We were mooching about a lovely old fashioned toy shop with masses of second hand/vintage/antique stuff, the place was packed and a glass cabinet of toy cars caught my eye. I behaved myself and asked the chap behind the counter if he minded if I took some photos and thus my print was born.
So here goes another year which hopefully will bring new bursts of creativity for everyone who dabbles with such things. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Bind it All 2 and a few different wires to have a play with. I can't wait to get out to search out some lovely old Mills and Boon books to turn into a variety of journals, mind you, my old Snoopy and Mad books won't be safe either.
A very happy and creative 2009 to everyone who pops in here now and then and may all your clever and creative wishes come true for you!
I've made and listed one print on Etsy from my recent trip to the Isle of Wight. We were mooching about a lovely old fashioned toy shop with masses of second hand/vintage/antique stuff, the place was packed and a glass cabinet of toy cars caught my eye. I behaved myself and asked the chap behind the counter if he minded if I took some photos and thus my print was born.
So here goes another year which hopefully will bring new bursts of creativity for everyone who dabbles with such things. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Bind it All 2 and a few different wires to have a play with. I can't wait to get out to search out some lovely old Mills and Boon books to turn into a variety of journals, mind you, my old Snoopy and Mad books won't be safe either.
A very happy and creative 2009 to everyone who pops in here now and then and may all your clever and creative wishes come true for you!
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Black, White and Red.
It's always nice to be alerted to an email bing on the old iPhone while just coming to in the morning. This little bing was for a Convo from Corky's Cookies to tell me that I was in one of her Treasuries. It's a real beauty too!
Monday, 22 December 2008
Red and Brown Delicious
I haven't curated a Treasury for ages and as food has been on my mind, lips and hips lately, I thought I should put a food flavoured one together, so I give you:
Red and Brown Delicious from the Photographers of Etsy
My Most Interesting
I've always kept an interesting eye on which of my photos the big, clever computers at Flickr think are the 'most interesting'. So I've made a mosaic of my top 100 Most Interesting. I'm always amused that out of the thousands of pictures I have at Flickr, it's often the ones of food and graffiti which come out on top. Many of the food ones are perfectly nice pictures, but just as many have been taken on mobile phone cameras, or in very dim light or just aren't very good at all, but they still get masses of hits. It's the ones from the big name restaurants like El Bulli and the Fat Duck so I suppose people read about them and then Google them and my pics come up pretty high up the image searches, it's not particularly flattering, but I shouldn't complain. As Flickr has such good stats it's interesting to see what's going on, for example one of my Banksy shots from Liverpool got about 5,000 views in one day. I've not managed to find out why. It wasn't on the front page of Explore (as far as I know) and I didn't get many comments. Very odd.
Excess
The excesses of the season have finally kicked in. Friday was our 'office' lunch at Carluccio's which was rather nice and not a slice of overcooked turkey in sight! We had friends round on Saturday night and I cooked smoked gammon for the very first time (boiled then glazed and roast) and it was utterly delicious, and I'll definitely do it again.
Sunday was our annual champagne and lobster lunch with friends, they put on a magnificent spread of lobster, crab, prawns, smoked salmon, gravadlax, assorted mayonnaise, sour dough bread, caviar with vodka, then a salad course, then prune and Armagnac tart, mince pies and chocolates. All washed down with indecent amounts of Champagne (2 magnums) and a healthy selection of the six bottles of Prosecco my mother supplied. It was splendid. I was very glad indeed to get to the gym this morning to undo a little of the damage!
And there was also a Treasury West by Jan featuring my Mansion House print. Thanks Jan!
Sunday was our annual champagne and lobster lunch with friends, they put on a magnificent spread of lobster, crab, prawns, smoked salmon, gravadlax, assorted mayonnaise, sour dough bread, caviar with vodka, then a salad course, then prune and Armagnac tart, mince pies and chocolates. All washed down with indecent amounts of Champagne (2 magnums) and a healthy selection of the six bottles of Prosecco my mother supplied. It was splendid. I was very glad indeed to get to the gym this morning to undo a little of the damage!
Bicycle!Bicycle!Bicycle
The Children are Overstimulated
by Jan Morales Photography
by Jan Morales Photography
Saturday, 20 December 2008
Seaside Beauties
Here's a lovely seaside Treasury picked from the offerings of the European's on Etsy and it's a great collection.
I love the Ti Amo photograph from Eleanor - I wonder if it was posed or just a lucky find?
Lasidi is a jewellery maker from Granada in Spain and her shop if full of goodies, I especially like the felted pieces which she combines with some unusual stones and materials to make very original looking items. I seem to becoming attracted to felt lately, I've not really given it a lot of thought but recently I've been noticing masses of the stuff on Etsy and it's all used in a really original way. The featured seller last week had some stunning things, it was her felted acorns which I fancied and one shop I've been in love with for a while sells the most delicious looking felted pebbles and beads.
European Street Team
by Lasidi
by Lasidi
I love the Ti Amo photograph from Eleanor - I wonder if it was posed or just a lucky find?
Lasidi is a jewellery maker from Granada in Spain and her shop if full of goodies, I especially like the felted pieces which she combines with some unusual stones and materials to make very original looking items. I seem to becoming attracted to felt lately, I've not really given it a lot of thought but recently I've been noticing masses of the stuff on Etsy and it's all used in a really original way. The featured seller last week had some stunning things, it was her felted acorns which I fancied and one shop I've been in love with for a while sells the most delicious looking felted pebbles and beads.Thursday, 18 December 2008
Gone and Forgotten
I've been updating my website a bit today, I feel it's been rather abandoned lately, I've been adding some photos from my recent trips to Spain and the Isle of Wight, I've not added too many, as they're not exactly the best photos I've taken and I try to be selective on Eyeshoot - after all, I do have Flickr for posting a much wider range of photos.
One gallery I've been filling out a bit more is the one called Gone and Forgotten, it's for photos of abandoned graves, headstones and flowers at the Southern Cemetery which is just over the road from my home. It's the most amazing place and I'll happily spend hours in there taking pictures and even went blackberry picking there this summer (several jars of blackberry jelly and a cobbler were the tasty results). I find the bare graves with remnants of real flowers or faded bunches of plastic flowers incredibly beautiful, mournful and sad. When I first started to go there I'd concentrate on the damaged lead letters on the stones, the ones where many letters had dropped off as I found that I liked the resulting graphic effects, the way that some randomly formed words really stood out.
One gallery I've been filling out a bit more is the one called Gone and Forgotten, it's for photos of abandoned graves, headstones and flowers at the Southern Cemetery which is just over the road from my home. It's the most amazing place and I'll happily spend hours in there taking pictures and even went blackberry picking there this summer (several jars of blackberry jelly and a cobbler were the tasty results). I find the bare graves with remnants of real flowers or faded bunches of plastic flowers incredibly beautiful, mournful and sad. When I first started to go there I'd concentrate on the damaged lead letters on the stones, the ones where many letters had dropped off as I found that I liked the resulting graphic effects, the way that some randomly formed words really stood out.
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
It's been a while
I can't quite believe how long it's been since I've blogged. The computer problems still haven't been resolved and I don't have access to my entire catalogue of photos which is rather irritating to say the least. I've have a few shoots since I 'lost' everything so I've had some new stuff to work on, but it's not the same as not having my whole collection at hand.
Sales were good a couple of weeks ago, lots of card sets, two or three to a customer which was great, hopefully they'll be back for more, some custom print orders and quite a few items from my other shop, Inter Alia too. Now it's gone dead, but I suppose postage times to America have run out now and I don't have anything Christmasy at all. Let's hope the good sales continue in the New Year.
I've also not been checking the Treasuries for ages and today sort of remembered about them and found my Mansion House print in a nice POE one - it's always nice to have my work picked by another photographer!
Sales were good a couple of weeks ago, lots of card sets, two or three to a customer which was great, hopefully they'll be back for more, some custom print orders and quite a few items from my other shop, Inter Alia too. Now it's gone dead, but I suppose postage times to America have run out now and I don't have anything Christmasy at all. Let's hope the good sales continue in the New Year.
I've also not been checking the Treasuries for ages and today sort of remembered about them and found my Mansion House print in a nice POE one - it's always nice to have my work picked by another photographer!
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