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August 5, 2017August 6, 2017

Share Six Blog Circle – Collections | August 2017

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Collections | ©CeriHerdPhotography

It’s Share Six Blog Circle time again! Kathy has picked a fascinating theme for this month; we want to see your take on the theme {Collections}.

When I was young I collected stamps and pigs. Yep, pigs. Word.

It was a phase that lasted quite some time, but as I matured and became less of a hoarder that collection went on to pastures (or pig sty) new. As a photographer however, and I think this could be said by many if not all photographers, I am still a collector. I have phases of trying particular techniques or trying to capture the same thing in different ways, always with the unspoken idea of creating a collection for a wall or an album, or dare I hope, one day a gallery.

I’ve talked before (at some length) about how I took the leap into photography when we moved to Arizona almost exactly 3 years ago. One of my particular passions that grew out of having my steep learning curve in this particular place was using in-camera double exposures to capture the look, feel and heat of the desert. To an outsider the desert feels otherworldly so I embarked on a project to portray that essence.

From that initial series came continued love for the technique, a new opportunity to display some work and a new series. I went for a walk around our neighbourhood one evening with the express intention of capturing double exposures of cacti that would be displayed together. I was aiming for something more abstract than the original series but unified and pleasing to the casual observer’s eye. I came home with a collection of about 15 images of Opuntia Santa Rita, commonly known as the violet prickly pear.

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

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

August 2, 2017

Share Six Blog Circle – Artificial Light | July 2017

Massachusetts Photographer | Share Six Artificial Light | ©CeriHerdPhotography

This month’s Share Six theme, {Artificial Light}, was my choice! OOohhhh….! Does that surprise you? I’m certainly not known for using artificial light in my images and it’s probably the area of photography where I feel least confident. I use studio lighting for my newborn work but that is always the same, a predictable, reliable and simple set up. That said, I wouldn’t be me if I wasn’t pushing myself to learn something new or to broaden my horizons. So here I am stepping outside my comfort zone, sharing images I wouldn’t normally pull from my files and dragging the rest of you along for the ride!

There are a few other reasons I chose {artificial light} for our latest theme. It might seem contrary to normal documentary shooting of the summer months, but I was living with the prospect of 120°F heat and being confined to the house during daylight hours for the summer months. That is perhaps fairly superficial reasoning, but in truth {artificial light} gives us so many options: to document in our homes, in places we visit, on the street after dark, in studio, on camera flash, off camera flash…the possibilities are endless!

This is the image that sparked the idea for the theme. I adore him:

And then I found that I had a similar image of his brother! There are hi-tech kids, that’s for sure!

This image was taken at the Reunion Tower in Dallas, TX. He could’ve played with the light show and “About Dallas” touch screens all night!

These next two images were taken at the same place on the same night: ‘the Dallas Skyline with the reflection of sunset’ and ‘light painting’ (which uses a slow shutter speed and intentional camera movement).

For my last two images for this month’s theme I chose a couple of recent unshared favourites. There is something haunting about each of these for me. I wonder if you see it too?

I hope you have taken this theme as a chance to learn or experiment, to try something new or step outside your comfort zone. I’m posting this blog almost a month late, right at the end of the theme’s cycle, because personal life things got in the way. There are just a couple of days to post your {artificial light} images to the Share Six facebook wall or use #sharesix_artificiallight on Instagram. I’m really impressed with all the submissions I’ve seen so far. You have until August 5th, 2017. Keep them coming!

~Ceri

June 14, 2017June 12, 2017

Artists Inspired Blog Circle | June 2017 – Turquoise

Scottsdale Photographer | ©CeriHerdPhotography

We are on the final countdown. These are our last few weeks living in the desert. Our last few weeks putting up with stupid hot temperatures (and boy are they stupid, forecast to reach 118F next week). Our last few weeks with a swimming pool. Our last few weeks needing a swimming pool!

So what perfect timing to share some of our {turquoise} desert oasis:

We have made many happy memories swimming and enjoying time as a family in this pool. These boys have transformed from fearing the water to confident, capable, water-loving little fish. It is my sincere wish that this will stay with them for many many years and we’ll do our best to make sure it does. But next on the new skills agenda…skiing!

This blog is part of the Artists Inspired Blog Circle series. Click here to continue the circle and see how talented photographer, Sharleen Stuart, interpreted this month’s theme. Be sure to follow the links all the way round to complete the full circle.

The Artists Inspired Blog Circle is made up of an exceptionally talented group of photographers from all walks of life, from all over the world. They are wives, mothers, friends, daughters and visual storytellers who draw from their own experiences to create art that is inspiring, unique, beautiful and thought-provoking.

June 5, 2017

Share Six Blog Circle | Dream – June 2017

Grand Canyon Photography | Dreams | Share Six | Scottsdale Photographer | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Those of you who have explored my website and follow me on Facebook will know my story: we moved from the UK to Arizona when my husband grasped a new career opportunity in 2014. It was the move across the world and seeing everyday things with new eyes that ignited my thirst for photographic knowledge. It drove my desire to capture both our new surroundings and our new everyday. Fast-forward three years and my skills are at a place I could never have dreamed they would be and I’m photographing places I always dreamed of being.

With less than a month to go before we move to Massachusetts and our focus shifting to new adventures, we’ve been rounding out our southwest US bucket list. There are so many top attractions in this part of the world, we are not only talking about dream tourist destinations but truly photographers’ dreams come true! Last week we toured northern AZ, Zion National Park and Las Vegas, and I want share a few of those Arizona wonders with you today.

OK yes, we had visited these particular locations before, and yes, I have shared images from those previous trips with you too. But seriously, these destinations are truly spectacular and with friends visiting from the UK, how could we not take them to these incredible natural wonders!

Grand Canyon, Desert View

Horseshoe Bend

Antelope Canyon

A great friend described our road trips to me: “Stop Click Go Stop Click Go Stop Click Go…!” Considering we visited these three places in less than 24 hours and I didn’t have room in my six images to include the other destinations of our trip, I think she must be right!

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 {dream} images on our Facebook page at Share Six and to our Instagram gallery, by tagging #sharesix and #sharesix_dreams or #sharesix_dreamy. A new theme will be posted on 6th July.