Training

For a while I have been considering my further education options. I have chosen not to take my place at Falmouth in September, and will look elsewhere for training and education. Whether this be part time or full time, and doing what, I still don't know, but workshops like this one with Noa from Feather Love Photography really really tempt me...

Images shown are all by Feather Love Photography and are part of a write up about the workshop written by guest speaker and general amazing woman, Emma Case. (You all know how much I love her stuff)

Abiento x

Inspiration

Wonderful bit of inspiration thanks to (yet again) the lovely Emma Case of From our Hearts to our Hands

Abiento x

From our hearts to our hands

This new blog From Our Hearts to Our Hands is a collaboration of Emma Case and her lovely friends that I have talked about previously.

They have started a project where they will choose a monthly word and all take a photo to represent that word. The images will then be posted together as one to show their respective styles and differences.

This months word was 'Breakfast' and this is the result.

So gorgeous.

Abiento x

P.S For copyright purposes all photos and images have been taken directly from the mentioned blog and are therefore creations of that blog and the lovely person behind it. 
P.P.S I will be doing a slight copy of this (sorry girls but it's such a great idea!) for a weekly project. My first word for the upcoming week will be 'work' as that's what me and mr seem to only be doing at the moment! If you would like to recommend a word please let me know!

Slow drivers, amongst other things

Slow drivers, amongst other things, drive me crazy. When your in a national speed limit zone WHYYYY would you choose to drive at only 40-45 mph!?! its illegal!!

I will only forgive you if you are old or you have a Cornish flag sticker on your car.

Anywayyy.... Time for another of my favorite blogs. This lovely lady has already been mentioned on here a few times, and comes with a little story :) Her name is Emma Case. She is an up and coming British wedding photographer. I found her on a random trawl of blogs and i love her a little bit. Genuinely. We have been emailing a bit, and I got to meeet her a couple of weeks ago while the mr was on his ski holiday. She is quite similar to me actually.... hair and everything :) She has a great sense of humour and of fashion.

Image taken from Anna Hardy on the collaborative blog From our Hearts to our Hands. Photo of Emma Case.

But most importantly, she takes great photos. Her images are from the heart. She has no formal photography training and goes with what she loves and feels. I think it works brilliantly. One of things we have in common, and one of the reasons I found her, is that we both feel that British wedding photography lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. It is stiff, posed, formal, and lacks any creative touch. Considering photographers are supposed to be creative types this quite frankly sucks. It also means that you might as well give your fancy pants camera to a child and show them the big round button to press. Emma however has a great eye and a wonderful style. For more on her check out her blog or her facebook page.

All of the above images are by Emma Case Photography

She has also recently teamed up with 3 other photographers; Joanna Brown, Anna Hardy and Debs Ivelja. Between them these four girls have created a new group who are aiming to influence and help each other with their businesses, and also inspire and help others who want to contribute. This is their blog, and they are also helping people through their flickr page.

 Anna Hardy

 Debs Ivelja

Joanna Brown

All images above were taken from the collaborative blog, From our hearts to our hands and are by Anna Hardy.

When I had dinner with Emma, it turned out that all 4 of them were together, here in Cornwall, on holiday together! I was not expecting it at all and it was a great suprise! I had the great honor of having a nice pub meal in Tintagel with all 4 wonderful photographers. It was such a lovely evening and I got sooo many tips and so much advice from them all. It truly was more than I could have asked for and I was very grateful to have met them all. Hopefully we will remain in contact in the future. :) Please please take a look at all of their stuff, it is truly gorgeous. Then let me know what you think!

Abientox


p.s Emma lives near the Cadbury's factory!! JEALOUS.

p.p.s as usual, for copyright purposes all photos and images that have been taken directly from a mentioned blog are creations of that blog and the lovely person behind it.

Me Me Me Me Me

There's been a lot of talk about other people on here so far.... so lets quickly get back to the point and talk about me! yay :)

There's a lot happening around here this week, keeping me and mr rather busy, and rather stressed. (well that's him, not me.) We are moving house on saturday plus the mr is going to be buying a car tomorrow! Aren't we all grown up :)

At the same time I am working on a few personal projects that include this blog as well as a project for my application to Falmouth University that I only have 10 days to do and is proving to be quite a struggle, seeing as I don't have any space or supplies with which to make it!

One of my side line ideas rather than projects at the moment is also to research, talk to, and meet local and successful photographers. So along with tomorrow's blog recommendation I will be telling you about the lovely Emma Case who I met last weekend, and will soon be telling you about my meeting with Simon Green who I am meeting tomorrow.

I am ALSO (!!) trying to learn as much as I can about my cameras. I have even been reading the instruction manuals! So far I have done a mini photo shoot at the creek with the mr to test out portrait photography. just for you here is a little sneak preview with one of my faves.

It doesn't really count as a sneak preview though..... seeing as they are all already up on my flickr pagewhich can also be seen over here >>>>>

There will be more info on my other photography projects this week. Most of which I will be showcasing on here and on flickr once I start them.

Hope you all had a nice weekend me 'ansomes :)

Abiento x

My Photographs

Slowly but surely I will be including more to do with photography on here. I have a lot to do in regards to my photography work at the moment, and it's taking me a while to get it all sorted nicely. But I did want to share these photos from my sister's wedding back in the summer of 2010. So far they have received slightly mixed reviews... but I was really pleased and excited with them!

I love the vintage feel they have (thanks to some great photoshop actions I downloaded) and it is something I have been trying to re-create for a long time. Some of my favorite wedding photographers all have such beautiful images that look like film, just modernised. I have always wanted to know how they did it, and I'm finally starting to understand!

I have always felt that English wedding photography has lacked a certain creative edge, and has always been very posed and well, boring! A lot of my favorite British photographers happen to be wedding photographers, and I love them for the extra panazz they bring to the style.

One of these photographers, the gorgeous Emma Case, will be in a post or two soon as she is not only one of my favorite wedding photographers and in my list of top 5 blogs, but I met her last weekend! Eeek! It was so exciting :) But for now here is a sneak preview of some of her work. The first of these was taken at the very first wedding she ever photographed! Talented or what!?

Pleeease leave a comment to let me know what you think of both my work and Emma's, I would love some feedback!

Abiento x

P.S For copyright purposes all photos and images that have been taken directly from a mentioned blog are creations of that blog and the lovely person behind it.