I was delighted to receive a explore award on Flickr on the 12th March. I’ve included the image in the blog post so you can all have a little look at which image was chosen.
I took the image in my own garden about a couple of days before I posted it up. It’s quite an abstract image but you might be able to work out it’s of a washing line, facing up to the sky.
I got a fair few comments on the image before I was awarded it, but not masses. I don’t know a great deal about Explore, obviously I’ve only been awarded one image in explore.
I think the way they chose images is by a computer system, measuring things like view counts and comments.
Unfortunately I was pretty annoyed with Explore when they for some reason took my image of March 12th explore. I looked up on the forums why that might have happened and I found other people too have had images taken off.
I think the explore bit of Flickr constantly updates and unfortunately my image was taken off for whatever reason. I tried not to take it personally and in all fairness the selection seems quite random!!
Click here to view my Flickr page.
Here is a selection of greeting cards I made for Mothers Day. I’ve already blogged one of the Mothers day cards here. I made four cards altogether, for various family members who asked me to make a card for them.
For my brother and I, I made cards using recycled materials. I used pastel shades, including blue and pink. The designs are fairly simple, and didn’t take that long to make.
I made more deluxe cards for my grandparents which my parents bought off me to give. The card I’ve blogged here was for my Grandma. I included my photography work on it, and framed with copper card. I liked the colour combo; I chose duck yellow for the backdrop.
Continuing from my previous blog post, I have an extra item that I’ve added to my Etsy page. It’s one digital card on its own for sale at £2.60.
I will be adding different packs to suit a variety of budgets. I will add more single cards so people can try buying from my page that are new to Etsy.
I also take requests if you have a specific idea or style of card you would like to buy. I’m open to ideas and feedback! :)
I’ve added some more items on my Etsy page. After being asked to make some digital cards with my art work on, I’ve developed this idea much further.
I’m hoping to continue adding more digital cards to my Etsy page. They are more cost effective and really stylish. I love being able to combine my art with my love for making cards.
If you are interested in buying some cards, please either email me helen@helencapstick.com or visit my Etsy page.
Since 2010 when I last photographed Bentley I have been working on pet portraiture and developing it as a idea for a business.
Bentley is one of my favourite subjects to photograph because he has such as charismatic face.
I decided to have another shoot with Bentley a couple of weeks ago. He was lots of fun to work with, and a little calmer than he was back in 2010.
I’m looking for new pets to photograph, if you would like some new photographs of your dog, cat, horse etc please contact me for more details.
On a lovely sunny day, I went for a wander around my garden and said hello to my pet chickens. I think chickens make lovely subject matters in photography.
I think the chickens quite enjoy having there photograph taken, or at least they are very intrigued by the click click clicking.
I think knowing your subject can play a huge part in how your photography comes out on screen. My best photography is often taken of things I have a passion for or know quite a lot about.
These shots were just taken for fun, but the washing line image, I took while shooting from the ground upwards, won an explore award on Flickr! Look out for a more detailed blog post of this very soon!
Here are some new pictures I’ve been taking of mainly my chickens in the garden. There are some strong Easter themes in this blog post, chickens, daffodils and that sort of thing.
I experimented a little with grey tones. I achieved this effect on Photoshop by creating a custom photo filter in a grey colour. I don’t generally tend to do a lot of obvious Photoshop editing, I like the o naturale.
Despite this I’m favouring using the filter, to create a look, which is slightly monochrome but with a hint of colour. Let me know what you think!
