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June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

Share Six Blog Circle – June 2018 | Abstract

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Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.

The choice of our Share Six theme this month was mine. Those of you who know my work probably guessed as much! I am all about the abstract!

Changes in our life circumstances last year led my photography down a new and unexpected path. I had been using double exposures to capture more than a perfect representation of the scene, so I guess you could say there were indicators to the direction I was going. But I came to find myself learning about our new home and processing these changes for our family by experimenting more and more with in-camera creative techniques. As I reflect on it now, perhaps it has become more a means of escapism than acceptance. But that said, I definitely settled here faster than when we moved from the UK to Arizona, so it can’t have been such a bad thing. I feel like I understand the light and surroundings here, even though it is all more alien than I could have ever imagined, more intimately than anything before.

This month I could share any number of images from the last year with you; almost everything I create at the moment is abstract in some form or other. But photography is the one area of my life where I push myself without fear or hesitation, and I love having the excuse to try something new, so that is what I did. This was a little experimentation and some fun results:

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I love that everyone will see something different in these images, and that is what I truly love about abstract imagery and the direction my art is taking. There is no right or wrong; mood, attitude and personal experience all feed into your interpretation. You don’t have to like anything that I show you, but if it can make you think, make you feel, make you question why, I call that a win.

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 exceptionally talented Kathy of KG Ledbetter Photography interpreted this month’s theme.

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

February 21, 2018February 19, 2018

Inspired by Life Blog Circle | A month of Lensbaby

Massachusetts Photographer | © Ceri Herd Photography

I’m thrilled to be joining another group of talented photographers for a new monthly blog circle. I’m going to be using the {Inspired by Life} posts to share some of my favourites images from the previous month’s 365. I haven’t admitted it publically but I kick-started my second 365 this January. I’m yet to compile the results of my first 365 (2015-2016) so I was reluctant to start another but a new lens for Christmas and the learning curve that followed meant a solid month of practice was necessary. What better way to start a 365 than a month of the project already complete!

As many of my photographer friends know, I lusted after all the Lensbaby lenses for quite some time. It was only a matter of time until one found its way to me. Christmas 2017 my Lensbaby wishes came true and I became the proud owner of an Edge 80. Unsurprisingly, given my love of dreamy softness, it didn’t take long for it to feel like home.

Before I get around to the 365 images I thought I’d share with you my starting point: Christmas Day. We were also brought a beautiful winter storm, so my very first images with my Lensbaby were through windows out onto a snowy wonderland.

With a few more days practice under my belt, 2018 rolled around and my Month of Lensbaby began:

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Thank you for taking the time to scroll all the way through! If you’ve made it this far please continue around the blog circle. Click Here to see what the wonderfully talented Melissa Clemons has shared with us this month.

Until next time,

~Ceri

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

Share Six Blog Circle – February 2018 | Colour

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Colour Color | ©CeriHerdPhotography

It’s Share Six blog circle time again. These months seem to fly by with increasingly more speed!

This month we’re looking at {Colour} or {Color} (depending on your nationality and/or location). It’s such a great theme for this time of year, and I hope it helps you, as it does for me on this unusually grey day, to look beyond the winter skies, the snow and the ice. Whether you focus on a multitude of colour or a single colour pop, the possibilities are endless. I can’t wait to be cheered through the depths of winter by the colourful happiness that will flood the Share Six FB wall and IG feed!

My images this month were all taken in January: a trip to New York City, my favourite flowers, a sunrise and a sunset. That makes up a little bit of everything and they cover a little bit of everything colourful too: some abstract, some less so; some pop, some mishmash, some gentle softness of blush. What type of colour is your favourite?

Statue of Liberty: reaching for the stars

The colour of Kate Spade’s window display immediately caught my attention, but the reflection of the New York skyline in the window against their gift wrap skyline, made me stop and look a while longer.

Rockefeller Center flags

The life cycle of cut flowers

Sunrise from my kitchen window

Sunset

A colour theme wouldn’t be complete without a little natural monotone:

Yet again, yes I know, there were more than six. What can I say? I’m an indecisive rule-breaker!

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 exceptionally talented Lynne of Lynne Grant Photography interpreted this month’s theme.

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

January 6, 2018February 2, 2018

Share Six Blog Circle | January 2018 – Winter Light

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.