10 on 10 Blog Circle – February 2018 | Massachusetts Photographer

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 NYC | © Ceri Herd Photography

For this month’s 10 on 10 I want to share a collection of images from our recent trip to New York City with you. I’ve shared many images from the trip on my blog and in on social media sites, but most of these will be new to you, I hope.

My youngest son turned 6 in January. He loves all things numbers, and over the last year or so that has translated into a love of big buildings: how tall they are, how many floors they have, when they were built… it’s an all-round fascination with numerical facts. He has a real love of learning and thirst for knowledge, these facts light him up! Back in October at his first parent-teacher conference his Kindergarten teacher asked if it was true that we would be taking him to the Empire State Building for his birthday. I had mentioned it to him once, a vague possibility when the thought popped into my head, but he’d clearly taken to heart and after telling all his friends there we simply had to go! (He has since told his class that we’re moving to Dubai… because of the Burj Khalifa, obviously… which FYI is NOT happening).

So off we went to (a desperately cold) NYC!

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Inside the Empire State Building

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 NYC | © Ceri Herd Photography

The Birthday Boy posing atop the Empire State Building, a dream come true! (This is his new posing for a photo face, a rare and beautiful thing)

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 NYC | © Ceri Herd Photography

Empire View

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Top of the Rock (big building number two)

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 NYC | © Ceri Herd Photography

View from the Rockefeller Center

Massachusetts Photographer | 10 on 10 NYC | © Ceri Herd Photography

One World Trade Center (big building number three)

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Manhattan : Liberty Island

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Statue of Liberty (big building number four)

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Walking, So Much Walking

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Restricting my share to 10 was SO hard this month but I think heart strings and artistic stings have found an adequate balance this time!

Up next in the 10 on 10 Blog Circle is the immensely talented Jessie Wixon of Jessie Wixon Photography. CLICK HERE to see her 10 images for this month.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Ceri

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?

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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.Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Colour Color | ©CeriHerdPhotography

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The life cycle of cut flowersMassachusetts Photographer | Share Six Colour Color | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Sunrise from my kitchen window

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Sunset

A colour theme wouldn’t be complete without a little natural monotone:Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Colour Color | ©CeriHerdPhotography

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.

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Share Six Blog Circle | January 2018 – Winter Light

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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:

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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.

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Share Six Blog Circle – November 2017 | Harvest

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Harvest | ©CeriHerdPhotography

It’s Share Six Blog Circle time again! I don’t think I have ever known a faster October. Where is the year going?!

This month Share Six’s theme is {Harvest}. Such a perfect theme for this time of year. It is our first Autumn/Fall in Massachusetts and we’ve been having fun exploring different farms and pick-your-own orchards in our area. Just this past week my parents came to visit and we took them to an orchard for apple doughnuts, and of course we had to pick some apples too (but I think we may have spent more time eating than picking)!
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My children are undoubtedly happiest when they’re eating. Give them all the fruit!

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 Katherine of Cobert Photography interpreted this month’s theme.

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

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Share Six Blog Circle – October 2017 | Double Exposures

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Double Exposures | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Oh my, much excitement! The theme for this month might just be my favourite photographic thing ever!

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you’ll know that I use a whole range of creative techniques to pull myself out of creative blocks, to say something different, but first and foremost to relay a feeling rather than simply how a place or moment looks, for soft and dreamy qualities. Of all those techniques in-camera {double exposures} is my first and deepest love. There is not necessarily rhyme or reason why I chose DE when I do, I use it when my gut tells me to.

If you’re new to this technique, check out my {How To…Double Exposures} post HERE and give it a try!

I have multiple collections of double exposures, some of which you may have seen: Desert Heat, in which views of the desert are captured in such a way that the viewer can feel the depth and oppressive nature of the landscape; and Sunset Dreams, images of my husband and son enjoying the waves, using DE to capture dream-like nostalgia.

For today however, I wanted to share some favourites that you may not have not seen before.

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This blog post is part of the Share Six Blog Circle. Please click HERE to see how the talented Kathy of KG Ledbetter Photography interpreted this month’s theme.

Join us for this month’s theme by posting your {double exposures} images on our Facebook page at Share Six and to our Instagram gallery, by tagging #sharesix and #sharesix_doubleexposures. A new theme will be posted on 6th November.

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