365 days - a long journey
I don't know about you but I am struggling to get to the end of my 365 day photographic journey, I must confess that I have lapsed a few times but I am now up to day 309 so the end is in sight and I am determined not to give it up. Anyway, I have decided to spend the next 26 days doing letters of the alphabet to get me through, they don't have to be in any order, just whatever you feel like on the day. As an example today I am going for the letter A - for attitude.
My 17 year old son Harry doesn't see what is wrong with riding his skateboard in the kitchen with odd socks to match - it's all about attitude!
I am starting a flickr group if anyone wants to join - just click here
My 17 year old son Harry doesn't see what is wrong with riding his skateboard in the kitchen with odd socks to match - it's all about attitude!
I am starting a flickr group if anyone wants to join - just click here
Capri
After we left Positano we headed across on the ferry to Capri for four nights. On a couple of occasions we went to a restaurant called La Fontelina which is situated at the foot of a 300 metre cliff only accessible by foot or boat. It is the most beautiful Lido, you hire the deckchairs and beach towels and relax watching the world go by on the water.
I am linking up to a great blog - a beach cottage and good life Wednesday!
A wonderful summer holiday
We have just got back from a fantastic week in Italy. We started our week in Positano where we stayed for three nights in a wonderful hotel. A short stroll took us down to the town and the beach. It was perfect - the food, weather, and people were all wonderful. Hope you are all having a nice relaxing summer too.
More from Notting Hill
More images from my day in Notting Hill. I have had such a stimulating three days on the course which sadly is now over, I urge you to try something out of your comfort zone, it is great.
These were boxing gloves on sale in the market on Portobello Road
Street photography
I am into the second day of a three day course on street photography at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, it is absolutely fantastic - we spent yesterday with the curator of photographs who gave a fantastic talk on the street photographers since 1860 and then we had a talk from a wonderful man called Charlie Philips who photographed life in Notting Hill in the 1960's from a political and historical point of view. I am now so out of my comfort zone but it feels good! Today we spent the day walking through Notting Hill taking pictures and were told that it's all about shooting from the hip, or asking people if you can take their portrait and seeing what is around you.. Shooting from the hip means actually putting your camera on your hip whilst you look the other way, cough so they can't hear the click, then take the picture. We were told to set our cameras to F11, shutter speed 125 and to be about 3 metres away from our subject, it is best to work in pairs so one distracts and one shoots. I found that by the end of the day even though my hip shots were very much hit and miss (putting my camera onto multiple shots does give you even more shots with a small chance of success), I found that my confidence was up so I was able to ask people if they would let me take their photographs!
Whitecurrants
My mother came to visit yesterday and bought with her the most magnificent whitecurrants and redcurrants from her garden. The whitecurrants look like baby lychees or little eyes glistening in the sunlight. I am going to make this fool tonight for pudding from a Gordon Ramsay recipe.
This quick and easy mousse makes the most of luscious berries and cherries and is loaded with vitamin C, making it a healthy dessert for children. You can use whatever fruits are in season, varying the amount of sugar accordingly.
250g redcurrants, plus 4 sprigs to garnish
250g whitecurrants
250g ripe black cherries, pitted
4 tbsp icing sugar
200ml double cream
Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
200ml Greek yoghurt
4 sprigs of basil
1 Wash and strip the redcurrants and whitecurrants from their stalks. Cut the cherries into quarters. Place two-thirds of the fruit and two tablespoons of the sugar into a blender or food processor and whiz to a purée. If you wish, push the mixture through a fine sieve to remove the seeds.
2 Whisk the double cream, vanilla seeds and remaining sugar until stiff. Fold in the yoghurt, followed by the fruit purée. Finally, stir through the remaining fruit, being careful not to overmix, so as to retain a rippled effect.
3 Spoon the mousse into 4 chilled glasses and garnish each with a spray of redcurrants and sprig of basil. Chill until ready to serve.
I am also linking up with Lisa over at the creative exchange, do check out other entries.
This quick and easy mousse makes the most of luscious berries and cherries and is loaded with vitamin C, making it a healthy dessert for children. You can use whatever fruits are in season, varying the amount of sugar accordingly.
250g redcurrants, plus 4 sprigs to garnish
250g whitecurrants
250g ripe black cherries, pitted
4 tbsp icing sugar
200ml double cream
Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
200ml Greek yoghurt
4 sprigs of basil
1 Wash and strip the redcurrants and whitecurrants from their stalks. Cut the cherries into quarters. Place two-thirds of the fruit and two tablespoons of the sugar into a blender or food processor and whiz to a purée. If you wish, push the mixture through a fine sieve to remove the seeds.
2 Whisk the double cream, vanilla seeds and remaining sugar until stiff. Fold in the yoghurt, followed by the fruit purée. Finally, stir through the remaining fruit, being careful not to overmix, so as to retain a rippled effect.
3 Spoon the mousse into 4 chilled glasses and garnish each with a spray of redcurrants and sprig of basil. Chill until ready to serve.
texture Thursday
I have never got the hang of textures, I use lightroom and don't have photoshop so this is my interpretation of textures for Thursday!
Originality
Our next creative exercise for the course at raining umbrellas is to write about, draw, design, or photograph our perspective on the word originality. It's at times like this I wish I could draw or paint , I don't know about you but I find with photography it is hard most of the time to take an 'original' shot but I suppose originality comes from the angle or the composition .
I have been thinking about the word for a couple of days and walking past the Vespa shop today made me realise this a perfect prompt. There is something so beautiful about a Vespa, it is instantly recognisable and has remained true to all of the above with only a few changes since it was first manufactured in 1946. It epitomises everything about style, glamour, Italy, taste, and above all originality. When you see a Vespa it's hard not to wonder what it would be like to sit on one and be transported back to the 60's, Italy, and the days of real women like Sophie Loren. I don't think the same could quite be said about the originality of mass produced iphones and ipads and the women in the media today. What do you think?
I have been thinking about the word for a couple of days and walking past the Vespa shop today made me realise this a perfect prompt. There is something so beautiful about a Vespa, it is instantly recognisable and has remained true to all of the above with only a few changes since it was first manufactured in 1946. It epitomises everything about style, glamour, Italy, taste, and above all originality. When you see a Vespa it's hard not to wonder what it would be like to sit on one and be transported back to the 60's, Italy, and the days of real women like Sophie Loren. I don't think the same could quite be said about the originality of mass produced iphones and ipads and the women in the media today. What do you think?
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