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July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Share Six Blog Circle – July 2020 | New

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Across the world, nations and communities have been experiencing a {new} normal. As we begin to turn a corner here, moving into a new phase of localised lockdowns, Share Six is reflecting on {new} and what that has meant to us during these turbulent past few months.

We were without a garden of our own for five years, and the last time I had a patch of green where I could make plans and make planting investments, I had two very small boys. The priority there was a Little Tikes truck and a blanket in the shade of a tree! This enforced time at home has given me the time and space (that I didn’t know) I needed to get back in touch with my (very barely) green fingers. We have planted up lots of pots, started to grow our own veggies and sunflowers from seed, dug up a shed base and sowed grass seed in its place. For the first time, we are making a garden our own. It is new and I feel renewed.

I’ve also been trying my hand at macro images without fancy techniques (of course I am including a few of those too because I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t). There first two images are technically a weed and they have since been mowed, but they feel right to be shared here.

I might be in the minority, but I have truly treasured this time we have had at home. I’m not ready to leave the safety and security of these four walls. I like it here.

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

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

June 6, 2020June 5, 2020

Share Six Blog Circle – June 2020 | Ordinary to Extraordinary

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Thanks for joining us for another month of the Share Six Blog Circle. This month we’re looking at turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

I feel like my style of photography lends itself quite naturally to the less ordinary, or at least presenting the ordinary in a different way, but I wanted to push myself into something new. Let me tell you, it was quite a challenge for me to think outside of my usual box!

You could say my usual style is to think outside of the box, so I decided I need to spend more time thinking within it. Not overcomplicating, not over-processing and not going over the top with techniques. My aim was to take something simple and capture it in an interesting way.

And here are the results! I hope you appreciate my minimalist approach to the humble colouring pencil. We’re certainly been appreciating them a lot round here these past few months. Enjoy!

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

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

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Share Six Blog Circle – April 2020 | Imperfection

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I am so excited for this month’s {imperfection} theme! In March I was lucky enough to have one of my images on display at the Click Away conference in the Imperfection category. This one image alone has caused me a lot of reflection these past few weeks. I submitted “Preening” on somewhat of a whim, it was an afterthought and a wild card, but I love it because of its imperfections, not in spite of them: in composition, the limb chops, and even the pelican is showing off the imperfections in his feathers.

All that said, inspiration came to me in a completely different form these past few days. We’re living in an imperfect world right now, and as society unravels and then builds back up again, we will start to see and appreciate more and more of the layers and complexity of our society.

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

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

February 6, 2020March 4, 2020

Share Six Blog Circle – February 2020 | Out of Focus

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This month the Share Six theme is {Out of Focus} – quite possibly my favourite of all the things! There was certainly no need for me to take images specifically for this blog; I have a ton images to choose from from this past month alone! I eventually settled on some intentional camera movement images that I took from the car. We were on the way back from watching a rugby match one Saturday in January and the sun was just setting. The light recently has been so grey that the glimpse of sun was more than enough encouragement for me to get my camera out.

Thanks for joining us again this month. Post your {out of focus} images, deliberately out of focus or accidentally out of focus, on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_oof. A new theme will be posted on 6th March.

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

Until next time,

Ceri xx

February 3, 2020January 30, 2020

30 Minutes in the Life – January 2020 | A New Year’s Walk

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For this month’s 30 Minutes I’m sharing some images from a trip we took to West Wittering beach with my parents right back at the beginning of the year. It seems like a age ago, not a mere 30 days. Was this not the longest January on record?!

You could say it was typical British weather for January. It was bitterly cold and grey, but thankfully the rain stayed away. The dogs (and boys) had fun paddling in the sea, and I used the flat light as an excuse to experiment with techniques, lenses, and a new toy. You’re going to see images using my Lensbaby Edge 35, intentional camera movement and Lensbaby Omni Filters (attached to my 100mm 2.8L).

Up next in the blog circle is the incredible Stacey Markel Photography. Please click here to visit Stacey’s blog.

Hope you enjoy my images this month! Sorry for the long scroll……..!

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Thank you for joining me again this month, especially if you made it all the way down here! Up next in the blog circle is the incredible Stacey Markel Photography. Please click here to visit Stacey’s blog. Want some more amazing inspiration? Keep following the circle to see what other photographers from around the world have shared this month – and don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages!

Until next time,

~Ceri