Tuesday, January 15, 2013

2/52 {the north-south divide}

Yay time for week two of the {north-south divide} project i am doing with Susannah Tucker. & yes i know we're only 2 weeks in but i am loving it. So far the hardest part is holding back on posting my picture on instagram. & it's awesome seeing the contrast between the two of us!! Ok no more rambling today just pretty pictures ... & yes we got snow (eek) so that's me (the northern hemisphere on the left) & Susannah's (in the southern hemisphere) on the right! Have a wonderful night everyone.

You can view Susannah's work on ...
instagram: @thedaydreaminggirl

& be sure to check me out on instagram also: @oohprettyshiny


Friday, January 11, 2013

1/52 {the north-south divide}

So ok i know i make a lot of blogging promises & well i fail so here i am trying again ... new year right? So many changes since my last blog most notable that i am living back in England ... & i'm actually excited to be here. But well more about that later.

So one of the things i am doing in 2013 is a photo project with the incredible talented Susannah Tucker ... 52 weeks of well the outdoors i guess. See Susannah lives in New Zealand (that's the south part) & here i am in England (that's the north part) & well we're both amazed/amused about the opposites we post since our seasons are so different (not to mention she's in NEW ZEALAND & i'm not) so we decided to have a little fun with it. For 52 weeks we will be posting images of the great outdoors side by side to share with you.

The rules ... must be taken that week ... must be taken with your iphone & edited with your iphone ... must be posted on instagram. & well that's it ... simple & fun ... & i can't lie we're off to a wonderful start!


ps. in case you're wondering the beautiful blue ocean picture on the right wasn't taken in England ... in January! 

You can view Susannah's work on ...
instagram: @thedaydreaminggirl

& be sure to check me out on instagram also: @oohprettyshiny

Friday, October 5, 2012

thursday october 4th 2012 ...

Yes it's been a while ... i can't lie i am not a good blogger. But i really will try & be better. Starting today (well yesterday in a way) see i have been missing my creativity with the crazy that's been going on. We are moving back to England in 19 days plus we did a whole bunch of traveling & then i had that whole photographing the Paralympics thing going on. So well anyways yeah it's been a little busy. So in order to get my "creativity" back i along with a couple of incredible talented (& wonderful) photographers did a day in the life of challenge. (you can view Myan's day here & Lisa's day here ... & trust me when i say you really want to) Well i won't lie for me it was hard ... partly because my life is well incredible boring on a day to day basis, partly because i wanted more of a still life than a documentary feel & partly because errands wit my son are far from glamorous. But you know what i am incredible happy with the results ... i stepped outside my comfort zone, it was more documentary than my usual fine art & i shot it all with my nifty fifty (i needed something easy to carry). 

So here it is a day in the life of me (& well yeah Jacob too)!

so this is pretty much how every day starts ... i was actually able to get my showing in before he was up (always a bonus & no i didn't photograph that part) ...
our diaper battle ... 
the stairs ... they used to take me 10 seconds to get down, now we have to allow a few minutes ...
errands (& such lovely weather) ...
lunch at one of my favourite restaurants in k-town (the meals are the perfect size for us to share & i love their jager schnitzel), unfortunately i was unable to photograph the crazy lady who sat at our table ...
prior to making the dash back to the car ... 

i was trying to do a little packing & turned around to see this ...
removing pictures from the walls (my house is looking so bare & unhomely) ...
having picked up my "unfixed" lap top in k-town i set to work on a client album (i usually work off my imac but being as Jacob hates the office this lets me do stuff whilst he plays) ...
coming up with some mischievous plan ...
& now i will leave you with Jacob taking off his pants!

So that's our day ... but after the move when things are a little settled i hope to share some more days with you. & who knows having blogged today maybe i will just go ahead & blog some more tomorrow!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Thursday, July 19, 2012

happy families ...

I am so bad at blogging i know ... maybe when the crazy dies down i will get better. Lets keep our fingers (toes, eyes, legs & arms) crossed & maybe it will happen.

But for the moment i want to share a gorgeous family shoot i did a few weeks back. Firstly the shoot was at my favourite location here in Germany, the wildflowers in the hills above my home & secondly it was with friends of mine. & we had so much fun, i think we laughed the entire shoot & you would never know that the next day the father would be deploying! Anyways here are some of my favourites from the day ...

& i am off to paris for a few days so have a great weekend every one & maybe i can manage a few posts next week! 

xx







Monday, July 9, 2012

it's the simple things in life that make me happy ...

surviving a trip to the vet with two kitties & a jacob ...
bowls for me to covert ...
a new poppytalk market full of pretties ...
afternoons at the pool ...
my baby boy is now officially a toddler!

Monday, July 2, 2012

it's the simple things in life that make me happy ...

contemplating a new "toy" ...
watching my baby sleep ...
i think this print will look awesome in my new "office" ...
my current chevron obsession ...
hubby is coming home tonight!