Photo cards

I am in the process of producing a range of greeting cards with my photographs in them. This idea has been in my head for a while, just did not have much time to materialise. Finally, I think it's time now. The images I am displaying here today and just an idea of what could become a greeting card. These are relatively abstract, later on I will post images for other "themes".



To be honest, thinking back now when I was very young I thought if I am ever a photographer, I'd like to produce images for greeting cards. Well, not much of an ambition maybe, but at that point I did not have much of a clue of what else there is.



Plus a part of me believes that my tastes and preferences have been shaped by the place I grew up in - that is, Saint Petersburg, a beautiful Russian city with a European exterior (in the centre at least!) and with a Russian soul. A city that is as young as America (yes, just over 300 years old!) and yet looking older as all architectural styles came to Russia from Europe with a bit of a delay... hence people refer to them as "Russian Baroque", "Russian Classicism", etc. You get the idea. And even after years of living in another country I am still very much a Doctor Jivago kinda girl :)

Lensbabies

I have been away from the Blog for a while, I hope you forgive me. But to make up for it, I have exciting news! My new lensbaby has arrived today, and it's wonderful.

This funny-shaped lense creats nice effects, and adds a new dimention to often quite ordinary images. Here's the lensbabies website: http://www.lensbabies.com/

I am posting three photographs which can truly be called test shots. I can't wait to try it out for portraits, weddings, and anything else that will catch my eye!

Simple things

My projects are slowly coming along. Growing assignments and commissions are a great sign of progress, and I am very happy about it.


I do also believe that it's very important to reconnect with yourself and your extention - the Camera, have the precious one-to-one time. This allows us to try out new things, no matter how trivial the subject is, and generally to recompose, to get a piece of mind. Or, if it's not new things, it's just important to keep taking pictures - we can find subjects for that everywhere. It's some sort of photographic mantra - at least for me!


The images picked for today are from a day like that - at home, quiet, a bit of a "flower relaxation". Something simple, great for not getting rusty :)


Anyway, I must dash now, the sun is setting, I get to see beautiful sunsets out of this window, must take some shots sunset shots and share them here... Have a restful evening my friends

A bit of colour for a rainy day

.. But perhaps colour with a twist - still!.
It's raining, it's pooring today - in all corners of the world, at least this is how it feels...
Last week I happened to visit a picturesque village Sharnbrook, situated in North Bedfordshire. I was there on an archaeology trip with a group of young people - something I happened to be a part of through work.The place is absolutely beautiful, stunning old cottages, lovely gardens, little pretty gift shops and everybody says hello when they walk past each other - truly a place to be and to enjoy English lifestyle! This experience left me with a warm and glowy summery feeling.

I had my camera with me so took some shots of everything that was looking at me - people, bikes, flowers, buildings... Posting three today in my traditional manner. There will be more on my Flickr page (www.flickr.com/photos/mcordwell). Wishing you all a nice bank holiday weekend - and rain doesn't mean we can't enjoy it, right?