P366 – February 2016
I’ve told you before that I take a photograph ever day and want to produce a digital scrapbook layout for each week of the year and have them printed in a book. However, I’m not doing …
P366 – January 2016
I love the idea of using the a photograph a day as a way to record memories. I feel it compliments my written diary as I often take photos of events, objects or people that I don’t mention in my …
Food photography workshop with Nikon
Although I felt lucky to be invited to a food photography workshop with Nikon and Currys PCWorld, I also felt out of my comfort zone. I don’t blog about food (in eight years I’ve done one …
Project 365 – April 2015
April seems a long time ago, although my pictures make me think maybe we had better weather then now in August. Here’s what we were doing in April: spent Easter on the Isle of Purbeck, …
March 2015 Project 365
Okay then, I admit I’m not up to date with my Project 365 layouts, but the key thing is I’m still making progress. Time has been a problem, but also the fact that my laptop memory is full …
February 2015 Project 365
I’ve slipped a little bit on my weekly layouts and I’m two weeks behind despite my new Project 365 organisation system. However, it is important with Project 365 to keep going and if …
January 2015 Project 365
This is the third year I’ve done Project 365 and I love the snapshot of life provided by the scrap layouts I produce. This is the year I’m going to finish my layouts so I can make a book …
Goodreads #39 – photos and photography
A mix of good tutorials and photographs I’ve enjoyed over the last few months Overexposed? Camera Phones Could Be Washing Out Our Memories An important lesson about photography Le Tour de …
Project 365 organisation
Taking a photo a day is a great way of recording big and little moments of life, from family activities to the weather. I’ve taken a photo a day for the last two years and learnt it is important …
A festive day in my life #1day12pics December 2014
I know it is a bit late to be posting my #1day12pics photos from the beginning of the month, but they have a festive theme and I’m feeling festive after a attending a Christingle service and …
A day in my life #1day12pics November 2014
Yesterday I discovered that #1day12pics is an interesting exercise to notice the similarities and differences between days. I enjoyed participating last month, but didn’t think I’d join in …
A day in my life #1day12pics October 2014
Yesterday I took part in my first #1day12pics where you take a picture roughly every hour for 12 hours, sharing the pictures on Instagram and Twitter. This is something I’ve wanted to do since …
March scrapbook layouts 2014 (Project 52 / 365)
It is easier to keep up to date with Project 52 / Project 365 when you do them regularly because you remember where to find the files and the order to do things so each one is finished quicker. …
February scrapbook layouts 2014 (Project 52 / 365)
The aim with Project 52 / Project 365* is to keep up to date with layouts because there is already another week happening. I’m not doing as good as I’d like with this as I’ve …
Photo scavenger hunt to teach photography tips for children
A few years ago my now five year old daughter showed an interest in taking photographs. Obviously as I love taking photographs I was keen to encourage this, but not with my camera! So Grandpa gave her …
January scrapbook layouts 2014 (Project 52 / 365)
I started 2014 with a new plan for my Project 52 / Project 365* layouts, having learnt a lot from my first year in 2013 (yes I admit I haven’t quite finished the pages yet). I like the simple …
Sibling scrap pages – March 2014
A busy month with lots of opportunities to take photographs of the children, and these scrap pages include the reduced number of random shots! I love seeing how they interact and enjoy each …
Sibling scrap pages – February 2014
There were many opportunities to take pictures of the children in February and I’ve created scrap page compilations of the random every day photos (a mixture of posed, on the sly and at their …
Sibling scrap pages – January 2014
Every month I take some every day photographs of the children, a mixture of posed, on the sly and at their request. I think in many ways these pictures capture their true characters so I don’t …
5 stages to collect information for school scrapbooks
With school starting this week there are going to be a lot of milestones and memories to capture. As this is our first time at school I don’t know what to expect, but don’t want to miss …
March 2013 review in pictures (Project 52)
I’m continuing to work on my Project 52 layouts and I’ve now completed the first thirteen weeks, that is a quarter of the year (yes I know we are over half way through). Key events of …
44 ideas to capture and share memories
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to capture memories of my children. B is starting school soon, a real milestone, and I’m concerned I’m not capturing as many of M; second …
January 2013 photo moments
As well as producing a year book of Project 52 layouts I want one collating my layouts of individual moments. As I usually include journalling and more photographs these layouts tell a fuller …
February 2013 review in pictures (Project 52)
It has taken a while, but I’ve finished my layouts for February. Unfortunately because of our house move and then getting a chest infection meant I completely ignored our photograph process and …