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March 26, 2019March 25, 2019

30 Minutes in the Life – March 2019 | Relief

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Four months back living in the UK and four months feeling disconnected from my camera.

You could say I’ve been in a photographic rut. Life took over and I couldn’t make it stop. ⁣It’s hardly surprising, I suppose, that when life feels unsettled your focus shifts to finding stability, and the ups and downs of being creative certainly don’t go hand-in-hand that!

But just like the change in seasons, life is turning a corner and soon we’re going to start the next chapter. I am forcing myself to pick up my camera, forcing myself to edit and forcing myself to share. I want to document our lives when the tide changes and I need to be back up to speed when it does.

And so, this weekend I forced the family to take a trip to the beach. My excuse was a new gadget – a neutral density filter – to test, but my reason was to stretch my creative wings. It was such a relief to feel connected again.

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Thank you for joining me again this month. Up next in the blog circle is the fabulous Sharleen Stuart Photography. Please click here to visit Sharleen’s page. 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!

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March 21, 2018March 20, 2018

Inspired by Life Blog Circle | February 365

Massachusetts Photographer | © Ceri Herd Photography

The second month of our {Inspired by Life} blog is here and with it come the highlights of my photographic February. It was a quiet month and quick month, and the photographic highs felt few and far between, but here they are nonetheless. Make sure to scroll all the way down for the link to follow the circle onwards.

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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 work my wonderfully talented friend Brandi Geoghagan has shared with us this month.

Until next time,

~Ceri

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

Life {Unscripted} Blog Circle | February 2017

Unscripted Photographer Scottsdale | ©CeriHerdPhotography

Whether you’ve come straight here or you’re working your way around the Life Unscripted Blog Circle, thank you so much for stopping by.

I am beyond thrilled to have recently joined the Life {Unscripted} team. Seriously! LU was the first photographic community that I found on Facebook, or any other place for that matter. The support that the team showed me from that initial contact 2 years ago, as well as the amazing array of talent that they showcase each month, shapes the photographer that I aspire to be now. It really is an honour to have been welcomed into the team. I feel like I have circled back around to where I began.

The past few months have been a bit of a blur. With germ infestations on a seemingly weekly basis for the smaller people in our family and my own camera fatigue, I have barely picked up my camera, so for this post I want to focus on getting back to normal. A “normal” day: not trying to do fancy things in-camera, not stressing about capturing every part of every day in magic light. Just a normal, balanced and relaxing day – a dog walk that is more about the children running than the dog walking (hence why you will barely see her here) and some boy time in the garden on our new-to-us hammock. This may be just “normal” but for me it was a breath of fresh air. Enjoy!

Next up is our wonderful LU Mama, Crystal Raynard of Crystal Raynard Photography. Please click HERE to keep following the circle.

August 2, 2016August 1, 2016

Spring Freelensed Part II | Scottsdale Photographer

Spring in Scottsdale is a wonderful time to be a photographer and a perfect time for daily photo challenge. Yesterday I published a gallery of my favourite nature images from my Spring Freelensed Project (Part I), but Spring isn’t just about nature; it’s about making the most of the great weather (and conversely, getting out the heat as the summer approaches). So today I bring you my favourite people (and dog) images from the project:

If you’d like to see more images from this project, you can see them on my facebook page…here. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below.

Thanks for stopping by,

~ Ceri ~

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016

366 | making myself accountable

A photo each day for a whole year: Project 366

(you know it’s a leap year, right?)

I joined the Facebook photographic community almost exactly one year ago. I’ve ‘virtually’ met so many wonderful people in that time; I’ve opened my eyes to admire and support the talents of many more; and I’ve watch those talents grow and evolve. Following the work of some amazingly talented artists, I’ve heard it so many times:

“…doing a 365 has helped me grow…”

“…I learned so much doing a 365…”

“…I’m a different photographer now, thanks to my 365”

“my 365 photo journal is my most precious keepsake…”

“…just do it, you’ll see the benefits!”

But for me, the prospect of a whole year, taking a photo every single day…. that was (and still is) absolutely terrifying: ‘I don’t have the talent these other photographers have to grow in the way they have; what if I have days where I don’t like any of my images?; what if I’m so busy I forget to take a picture?; what if I fail?!’

it is time to stop fearing failure

In September 2015 I began the Freelensed Fall Project with some fellow photograhers: a freelensed photo every day for two months. I told myself if I succeeded I would use it as the start of a Project 365. And I did succeed. And after that, I documented the daily adventures of Estelar the Elf. And so I started 2016 with three months of a project already completed, and yet I still didn’t have any public accountability. Because admitting that I had started the project opened up the possibility of failure. I feared failure.

As we moved into the new year, I made a resolution: 2016 is going to be my year to grow (photographically speaking, not my waistline…), to push myself, to find my style and my direction. I am going to work really really hard. Therefore it is time I made myself accountable.

my name is Ceri Herd and I am doing a Project 366

In the first few weeks of 2016 I can already see improvements, I’m thinking more creatively, I’m finding inspiration everywhere. So failure isn’t a possibility. Whether I make it to September (or dare I say it, the end of the year so I can make a complete 2016 book) or not, I have already succeeded.

©CeriHerdPhotogaphy — Home is Where the Heart is | 90/366

Matching feet | 117/366