Week 8/52 : Smooooooth

This week's 'Smooth' theme got me a wee trip to the seaside, in the sunshine, on Friday morning :) Happy days! And of course I had to get a photo of Fin; what's smoother than a baby's cheeks?

Next week's theme is 'Shadow', I love it when people post their own photos on the Facebook page, so feel free to have a go!

Week 7/52 : Love

I had hoped to find an old married couple to photograph in the park the other day for this weeks theme, but no such couple was found on my walk. So alternative items were chosen to accompany the wonderful words from 1 Corinthians 13, which tell us what Love truly is.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

I hope you've all had a great week, whether you were doing something special on Valentines Day or not. I personally had a lovely evening, filled with pizza, chocolate hearts, chick flicks, and chicks.

Next week's theme iiiiiis...'Smooth'.

Laura's Shoot - Part 2

Here it is, folks! It's taken me a while to get it blogged, but here is Part Two of Laura's shoot at Crathes Castle. If you didn't see Part One, you can see it here. We went in to the walled gardens on the Castle grounds for this part of the photo shoot. Usually I go straight ahead, or turn left when I go in to the gardens, so this time I decided to check out the right side...and oh how I'm glad I did! I love this spot...

 I'm absolutely in love with these photos! Laura is beautiful, and the outfit was perfect for the location. We done gooooood! My outfit, however, was rather hilarious...Laura may have been freezing her pretty head off, but I was layered up with my coat, camera bag, Laura's handbag, her bodywarmer (inside out...), and occassionally the hat. I'm sure I looked slightly ridiculous. But, the old couple who walked past with one of the gardeners a couple times gave us wonderful smiles, and comments about how the sun had disappeared (I didn't mind, I was loving the overcast light!), and no strange looks whatsoever!

 This is a fave, for sure!

I managed to tear myself away from the gate, and we strolled around the rest of the garden. I love the baby bushes lining this pathway, and the mushroom tree in the background. You can also just make out the Castle. Love.

 Gotta love a bit of The Poetical Works of Robert Browning while you're chilling in your garden...

 A couple more faves...

Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. I hope you guys liked them!

There are actually more photos from inside the walled gardens, so I think there'll be a Part 3 on the blog soon. Hopefully tomorrow :)

Week 6/52: Flare

So, this week's theme was meant to be an opportunity to improve on incorporating lens flare to my portraits in a beautiful, and creative way. Like this photo here from the engagement shoot I did with Catherine and Matthew last August. But...when the sun doesn't show face for the 2 days you're out and about in daylight, it's kind of difficult! Which meant I ended up with this completely shameful photo, taken in the car, on the way home from Edinburgh/St. Andrews on Saturday afternoon...when the sun decided to make an appearance as we drove through DUNDEE, of all places. It's great what a bit of colour tweaking on Photoshop can do to liven up a photo, still, not quite the beautiful image I was hoping for...and I can only promise that in the hopefully not too distant future I will capture an image that is everything I was hoping to create this week!

 The theme for week 7, being the week of Valentines Day, is obviously going to be Love. That's a very broad topic, so have fun if you're taking part!

Week 5/52 : Just A Peek

I think this was a bit of a half hearted attempt for this week's 52 project...I kept changing my mind about what exactly I classed as 'just a peek', and I kept thinking up things that could really be classed in a different theme for another week. So, yeah, I think my photos for this week will suffice.

Next week's theme is 'Flare'. I was gonna specify it to 'Lens Flare', but if anyone wants to participate and portray 'Flare' in some other way, they're totally welcome to! I myself would like to experiment with lens flare :)

Now...considering the time, I should probably get out of my pyjamas.

Laura's Shoot - Part 1

I have beautiful friends, did you know?? Last Thursday I headed out to Crathes Castle (shocker...) with my wonderfully good friend Laura to take some pretty photos, it's got so many amazing spots for portraits! We did the shoot in two halves, with two different outfits in two different parts of the Castle grounds. The first shoot was a casual outfit (but totally amazing! I went and bought the same pair of jeans the next day), down beside the loch. Have a look!

 B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L!

 Love this next shot too...

 I can't remember what I said to her here...but I love her face.

I told her to smile at this point...and so, she did, and then I said "Great, now it's back to the car!" I should've said that first because she got super excited! She'd been out in the cold for quite a while by that point, doing an amazing job I have to say :) Thank you, Laura!

Despite telling her she could warm up in the car for a while, and tuck in to our delicious Blueberry Cheesecake Muffin...I spotted a wee bridge round the corner that I've never noticed before, and made her get out the car again! Haha. I used actions by Paint the Moon Photography for these shots, as I only just remembered about them now. This is the first time I'm actually posting photos using another photographers actions rather than attempting my own version...you can tell the difference big time, I think! I'll get there eventually...

I hope you liked them! Part 2 will be on the blog next week...or maybe even in the next 2 days...