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March 6, 2022March 6, 2022

Share Six Blog Circle – March 2022 | Revive

This month’s Share Six theme is {revive}:

re·vive | \ ri-ˈvīv \revived; reviving

revive

intransitive verb: to return to consciousness or life : become active or flourishing again

transitive verb: to restore to consciousness or life: to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state : bring back: to renew in the mind or memory

It’s been a long long winter. I think I’ve felt every minute of it. Although we’re coming out of the darkness of winter, there is a cloud that hangs over us all. I find myself searching again for things to calm my busy mind, soothe my anxiety and revive my creative soul. I am thankful that the light is returning and Spring is beginning to show it’s colours.

Thanks to the return of the light, I find I’m more inspired to create and experiment again.

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Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {revive} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_revive. A new theme will be posted on 6th April.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and talented photographer, Janet Douglas. Check out Jan’s blog and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

October 6, 2021October 5, 2021

Share Six Blog Circle – October 2021 | Documentary

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This month we’re talking all about {documentary} photography. Over the past year or so, I steered away from documenting everything, much to the relief of the family. But documentary photography is my roots and I’ll never not take my camera on our mini adventures.

We recently renewed our English Heritage membership so I’m freshly invested in visiting all the local castles and ruins to make the most of it. One of those places is Waverley Abbey in Surrey (although this one is actually open access, haha. No membership discount required). The Abbey is only about 15 minutes from us and we’ve driven past so many times, but somehow we’d never been!

Here’s a few images from our hour at the Abbey in the Surrey countryside:

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Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {documentary} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_documentary. A new theme will be posted on 6th November.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and talented photographer, Janet Douglas. See Jan’s images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

August 6, 2021July 30, 2021

Share Six Blog Circle – August 2021 | Floral

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This month, the theme for our Share Six blog circle is {Floral}. Since the arrival of my Lensbaby Velvet 85 and Omni Colour Expansion pack in the Spring, I’ve been obsessing over flowers. All the flowers!

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Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {floral} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_floral. A new theme will be posted on 6th September.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and talented photographer, Sharleen of Sharleen Stuart Photography. See Sharleen’s images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021

Share Six Blog Circle – June 2021 | Negative Space

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This month Share Six is focusing on one of my favourite compositional tools, {negative space}.

Negative space in art – photography or indeed any other art form – is often as important as positive space in terms of composition. Creatively, we can find a balance between positive space (the subject) and the negative space (the space surrounding the subject). Too much positive space and the image can feel cluttered, whereas negative space give the viewer space and time for their eyes to breathe. Pushing negative space to an extreme allows us to create a minimalist feel and draw attention to the subject in a more dramatic way.

Feeling reflective, I decided to start by looking back at my archives. Here are just a few of my recent (and not-so-recent) favourites where negative space has made for a more dramatic composition:

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This final image was taken just a few days ago. It is half term in England – a week off school during the summer term – and we went camping in South Wales. This trip was booked over 18 months ago for last year but had been postponed due to the pandemic. This is the view of Three Cliffs Bay from our campsite on the Gower Peninsula. It was so worth the wait!

Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {negative space} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_negativespace. A new theme will be posted on 6th July.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and extremely talented photographer, Janet Douglas. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Share Six Blog Circle – May 2021 | Light Inspired

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The theme for May’s Share Six Blog Circle is {Light Inspired}. As photographers, we are always searching for inspiration, ways to create something new or beat our way out of a rut. Ultimately that inspiration often from the light that surrounds our subject.

The past few weeks I’ve been (massively) inspired by a new lens – the Lensbaby Velvet 85 – and a new set of Lensbaby Omni Filters – the colour expansion pack. The colour crystal omni wands create and manipulate light in a creative, extraordinary and incredibly inspiring way, so for me these images are the epitome of {Light Inspired}.

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Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {light inspired} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_lightinspired. A new theme will be posted on 6th June.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and extremely talented photographer, Janet Douglas. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx