I decided to have a wander around my garden to find new ideas for my photography. We have quite a big garden but after using this as photography location many times before, it’s sometimes hard to think of new ideas.
One thing that mixes it up a bit is the weather and time of year. Last winter I used the garden to take some snowy pictures. On this occasion I wanted to capture autumn. It was a round Halloween time so I tried to incorporate this with the spider web.
Also my neighbour’s cat Candy came round for a visit. She seemed to be eyeing our chickens but I snapped away and took quite a few of her. I selected one to be shown on my blog however it’s more of an abstract shot; you can just make out Candy’s whiskers.
From the day, this subject matter was most fun and appealing to work with. There was certainly a lot of potential for dog pictures on the day, there were many owners with dogs on the beach and seafront.
I was most pleased with the work I produced with King Charles Spaniels for the reason that the ideas behind the shots were not like anything I had created before.
While in Saltburn I approached a couple of dog owners with my business card, hoping for some interest in my pet portraiture work. If you would like a pet portrait please feel to drop me an email at helen@helencapstick.com.
I had a few more traditional shots from the day and I decided most of these look best in colour because of the green, brown and grey tones.
Every time I come to Saltburn I try to take original images, this can be hard sometimes, particularly because Saltburn is such an iconic place to photograph.
My favourite traditional shot from the day is the seaweed because I hadn’t previously photographed seaweed many times before. I like the textures and natural colours in the image.
Saltburn is a key spot for surfers who come from all over. It was very windy the day when we visited Saltburn; we saw lots of people taking advantage of this with kites and surfers on the beach.
I’ve posted a selection of the shots I took of people surfing. I’ve edited some of the photos on Photoshop, mainly just to change some to monochrome. The mono shots seem to be my favourite and look most striking.
Just recently I made a collection of digital cards for a friend. The idea behind them is to use Photoshop, create cards on there as A4 and print them out. For this particular project, the cards were A5 (A4 folded in half).
I was delighted with the results so aim to use this idea in the further. My plan is to make digital miniature Christmas cards and sell them as a pack on Etsy.
I’ve posted the cards I’ve made. I made them as a set of fifteen, each with a different design on them. All the art work used on the cards is designed and made by myself.
This is my latest edition to my Etsy site. Christmas isn’t too far off and I’ve decided to get busy on my homemade Christmas cards. These cards are sold as a pack of three, great for close relatives/friends who deserve to be a spoilt a bit!
I think these cards have really developed in sophistication, I’ve been doing cards along time and I believe I’ve improved a lot since I first started.
This is a very unusual template that I’ve just recently started working with and it was very fun to do. The card neatly folds up, so it can fit in an envelope.
The design includes my own art work which I have printed on photographic paper for the purpose of this card. It’s bright and cheerful and perfect for a girl of any age.
