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January 10, 2018January 10, 2018

10 on 10 Blog Circle | January 2018 – Massachusetts Photographer

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 Frozen Bubbles | ©CeriHerdPhotography

I’m so excited to join a new group of talented photographers to share with you 10 images on the 10th of each month.

Over the past few months I’ve been busy sharing pictures of our new life in Massachusetts, lots of my more creative work and most recently, images with my new Lensbaby Edge 80 (you can keep up-to-date with that project HERE). But I wanted my first share with this new group to be something a little different. A lot of what I do is an experiment in-camera; this was more of an experiment outside of camera, a little bit of a science experiment!

I first saw images of frozen bubbles about a year ago. From the warmth of our AZ winter it seemed like something only photographers living in galacticly cold climates could ever do and of course that would never be me so I didn’t give it too much thought. But fast forward a year and here we are! New England has had (what I consider to be) a really cold cold snap this past week, temperatures well into the minus Fs, a wind chill of -23F and over a foot of snow on the ground. If I was going to try frozen bubbles now was surely the time!

I was just going to use my children’s bubble juice, but unfortunately it turns out bubble juice becomes completely frozen if you leave it in the garage in winter in MA! So if you’d like to try making frozen bubbles for yourself and find your bubble juice is already frozen too, here’s the recipe that worked for me:

1 cup water
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp dish soap / washing-up liquid
2 tbsp corn syrup

Mix it up!

I used a regular bubble wand and a wand with lots of holes to get a variety of different bubble sizes and combos. I’ve heard paper straws work well too.

Getting the bubbles to land where I wanted and not pop (remember that wind chill of -23F? It was blowing!) was far from easy! I wouldn’t mind trying again so I can focus more on the photography and less on the bubble production. I definitely recommend you giving it a go too; you don’t have to be a photographer to enjoy watching the patterns form in the ice!

Up next in the 10 on 10 Blog Circle is the immensely talented Christine Wright of Greenscapes Photography. Click Here to see her 10 images for this month.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Ceri

January 6, 2018February 2, 2018

Share Six Blog Circle | January 2018 – Winter Light

Massachusetts Photographer | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Happy New Year everyone! This is my first blog post of 2018 so I want to take a second to say thank you for following me into another year. I wish you all a year that brings both great happiness and good health.

As I sit here on New Year’s Day under a cosy blanket, looking out the window at a blue sky and a blanket of snow, I cannot help but reflect on how far we have come this year. From the blistering heat of the Sonoran Desert to the Winter wonderland of New England, 2017 was a year of great change and climate extremes (a swing of 131F in fact).

This month at Share Six we’re looking at {Winter Light}. Let me tell you, this winter looks decidedly different to our winters in Arizona! I am completely and utterly in love with the soft golden tones of a cold northern winter in the forest:

My look at {winter light} wouldn’t be complete without my favourite image of our Christmas tree:

Thank you for joining us for another month at Share Six. Please continue around the circle by clicking HERE. I can’t wait to see how the lovely Kim of Kim Sidwell Photography interpreted this month’s theme.

Join us for this month’s theme by posting your {wonderland} images on our Facebook page at SHARE SIX and to our Instagram gallery, by tagging #sharesix and #sharesix_wonderland. A new theme will be posted on 6th January.

December 6, 2017December 4, 2017

Share Six Blog Circle – December 2017 | Wonderland

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Wonderland | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Another edition of the Share Six Blog Circle is live! This month the team are sharing their take on the theme {Wonderland}.

To me, and most of you I’m sure, Wonderland means Winter Wonderland. Specifically, Snow. But we’re yet to see any snow here this year. I grew up where we saw snow maybe once a year if we were lucky and it was hardly ever enough to build a snowman (just enough to bring the great British transportation system to a grinding halt), and I spent the last three years living in the desert. So yeah, not much snow there either.

So my children are incredibly excited to experience their first real snowfall this winter. The anticipation is excruciating! But whilst we wait on that I’m taking this opportunity to look through some archives to find some wintery treasures.

I’ve been to the Grand Canyon six or seven times now, and three of those times it has been covered in snow. The first time we went it was January 2nd and we were completely blown away that there was snow. We had literally no idea it was even possible there and had a tent with us so we could go camping! Lesson learned, hotel room found. In that and all subsequent visits I do think the winter is the most special time to visit, and in my eyes there is nothing more “wonderland” than the Grand Canyon:

A few years ago we rented a Jeep for a day and drove trails in and above Sedona, AZ. Coming from Phoenix and it’s warm winter, we were again completely unprepared (notice the lack of coats) and surprised to arrive at the summit of the mountain and be surrounded by snow! We even met a snowman!

This next image was taken at Saguaro National Park near Tucson. It was COLD. And it’s the desert. We were prepared with coats on this trip but it was still so surreal!

My final image this cycle, not a winter wonderland (yet anyway), but our new wonderland. New England in the Fall was a bucket list item for a number of years, and now we live in it:

Thank you for joining us for another month at Share Six. Please continue around the circle by clicking HERE. I can’t wait to see how the talented Liz of It’s Still Life Photography by Elizabeth Wilson interpreted this month’s theme.