I Am Back!

Hi again, after sooo long!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and an even more Merrier New Year! 

I wonder what all of your new years resolutions are . . . mine are to get fit ready for the summer . . . do more crazy and wonderful arty things . . . get organised (that's a tough one!) . . . and just enjoy 2013, it's going to be the best year yet!

I have missed blogging, and can not wait to get back into once again . . . I have still been doing lots of Arty Farty stuff . . . which I will be posting from now on, along with the projects I am doing at the moment.



Firstly I am going to show you my Architecture Sketchbook . . . only a sneak preview though! 

                                      

 I love to do technical drawings . . . I am indulging this love . . . 

I will be posting more frequently with all the projects I have either up my sleeve, already completed or I am currently tackling. 

Day 31

Day 31 . . . Self-Portrait . . .

For my last challenge I wanted something which showed my mood . . . and well I am feeling so ill right now . . . good old winter has brought on a lovely cold for me . . . so all I want to do is snuggle up in bed with Harry Potter and something to cuddle . . . I have used some tips I have learnt through this challenge to create these images . . . Bokeh . . . Studio Lighting Effect . . . Warm Glow . . . And most of all I have learnt how to pose, kinda!

So . . . today is the day . . . the end of my 31 Day Photographic Challenge . . . I am sad to say goodbye to it. The challenges have got my mind racing . . . my camera snapping . . . and my bum off from my sofa just looking at photographers work and wishing I had done a shoot like that.

Its not the end . . . far from it . . . I am now starting an Instagram 30 day challenge . . . I can't stop doing the challenges . . . just too addictive . . .

So if don't follow me already then look up someone called Loveowlie and you will find my instagram account. 

This challenge has taught me new tricks of the trade . . . created so many new ideas for full shoots . . . most of all it has given me an even bigger love for camera's . . . any camera . . . big or small . . . phone or DSLR . . . old or new . . .

Roll on the new challenges . . . new photo-shoots . . . new artwork . . . new arty farty adventures . . .

Keep an eye out for this blog! Exciting things are soon to happen. 


Loveowlie. xxx

Day 30

Day 30 . . . Something Transparent . . .

Not completely transparent but I do love the pattern on our living room doors, and the light shinning through them is just so pretty . . . really makes the house feel so warm. 

I added some more light details with Bokeh to give it more edge . . . more depth . . . more beautiful . . . I think it has worked . . . I have to admit I could've done more . . . There will defiantly be more to come for the Transparent theme at some stage . . 

Tomorrow is the last day of the challenge . . . I can't believe it is over . . . but I will be saying my goodbyes to this challenge tomorrow . . .

The challenge for the last day is . . . Self-Portrait . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 29

Day 29 . . . Sharp . . .

Sharp . . . Pumpkins . . . Sharp . . . Pumpkins . . . hrm . . . where's the connection I hear you say . . . well there is one! I promise. 

I needed something Sharp to carve out my pumpkin's face. 

I know very little connection, but I had to get Halloween into this challenge somehow as it is the month for it. 

Carving out pumpkins is the best . . . I did it with my boyfriend this year . . . It was soo much fun . . . kinda a bit of competition but I think mines a clear winner . . . obviously!!! 

No, seriously I love both . . . ones scary and ones cheeky . . . ones the Trick . . . ones the Treat . . .

Who's is your favorite?

His is the left's 

. . . 

Mine is the right's

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Something Transparent . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 28

Day 28 . . . Something Pink . . .

Something Pink . . . such a huge theme . . . could've done anything . . . but I felt creative . . . 

. . . Why Can't Autumn Be Pink . . . pink grass . . . pink leaves . . . pink flowers . . . pink pink pink

I know, it's very girly of me, maybe a bit too girly, but I would love a pink Autumn!

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Sharp . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 27 . . .

Day 27 . . . Art . . .

Sorry I haven't been uploading for a few days . . . I am gutted as it is the last few days, but I have had such a bad headache continuously for about 3 days . . . It has finally progressed into a sore throat . . . A cold is coming . . . 

I am getting up to date, and I hope these images make up for me being away as I have put my all into them.

So . . . today's theme is Art . . . oh how I love Art . . . It has been a passion of mine every since I picked up my first crayon. I decided to start to sketch out some Teddy Bears . . . why . . . because it is my nephews 1st birthday soon and I need to get card making. I want it to be a special one so I am practicing . . . he might look and the card and laugh . . . or he might just walk straight past . . . I am hoping for the laugh! Fingers Crossed! 

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Something Pink. 

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 26

Day 26 . . . Space . . .

I love anything about space at the moment . . . I love the stars at night . . . I love space textures in Photoshop . . . I love conceptual space photographs and artworks . . . I am just space crazy.

So when I found an exhibition at the Tate Britain on my trip to London I had not only found really beautiful pieces of art but found my picture for today! I may have taken it yesterday but I have edited it today and played around with it all today. 

The exhibtion was a response/a link to the artist J. M. W. Turner by the modern artist Vija Celmins . . . The pieces of artwork were of the spaces sky as we see it, will just the stars twinkling above us.

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Art . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 25

Day 25 . . . From a Distance

These images are all from my trip to London . . . We walked along the Thames edge and I thought this would be perfect for the distance shot. 

The day had some very heavy fog added to it . . . which meant the buildings in the distance were shadowed slightly by it. This I felt was quite a cool effect as the distance became whiter and whiter. 

Hope you are enjoying my 31 day challenge, I am loving it so far! Not long till the end though now, so keep posted for my last few days . . . 

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Space . . . 

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 24

Day 24 . . . Bokeh . . . 

I love Bokeh, as I am sure you have seen already in some of my other photographs! I do use it a lot . . . woops . . .

This one I decided to do it slightly more abstracted. The focus, which you can vaguely see, in the image is a book with the pages turn so it looks like a love heart. I have seen love hearts created within a book in some of the most creative ways like the pages being folded . . . a ring casting a shadow . . . 

I hope you like this image, I am quite happy with it, it is one of my favorites from this challenge because of the dreaminess to it . . . the colours . . . the romance . . . the texture . . . the lighting . . . oh . . .  I just LOVE this picture!!!

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . From a Distance . . .

I am in London tomorrow so expect to see either a Documentary style image, or Architectural, or Artistic . . . the possibilities are endless.

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 23

Day 23 . . . Architecture . . .

Architecture . . . It can be a simplistic beauty . . . a highly detailed beauty . . . or a classic beauty. In any form architecture just amazes me . . . it is a type of art in my mind, some you love, some you hate and some are just mind blowing. 

I wanted a classic black and white approach to these more modern architectural buildings. The first image mixes architecture throughout the ages, the second and third are of the modern age, the clean cut, simplistic approach. 

I am going to London tomorrow . . . I think I may just have take a few architectural photographs.

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Bokeh . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 22

Day 22 . . . Out Of Focus . . .

I have once before created my own Bokeh using Photoshop, and was not that keen on the out come . . . so here is my first hand . . . using a trusty camera . . . attempt to create the Bokeh look. 

So much more successful than the digitally created . . . cameras all the way sometimes . . .

I would have loved to have done a scene with the Bokeh including . . . a Landscape . . . Looking across the Thames . . . Lights casting a reflection in the water . . . 

If only I lived in London! Or close by to water! Maybe one day . . .

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Architecture . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 21

Day 21 . . . After Dark . . .

The nights are drawing in, christmas cards are appearing and now Christmas adverts . . . Oh yes its that time of year again . . .

. . . Christmas Time . . .

. . . I must admit I do get excited for Christmas, guilty pleasure of mine. Its just all the decorations, sweet nights in, its dark by 5pm and dark when you wake up, Christmas card making and all things jolly. 

I have used a different way of creating a photograph, I have an app on my phone called Text Cutie . . . oh I think its sooo good! You can add phrases onto image, any image from a huge selection and all are so me . . . very unique and pastel colours galore. 

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Out Of Focus . . .

Loveowlie. xxx 

Day 20

Day 20 . . . Up Close . . .

The best steak I have ever had go past my lips. Woah was it yummy in my tummy!!!

Another phonography picture, I just love using my phone as a camera and as a way of documenting small and sweet moments in my life. This moment was defiantly a yummy one!

Tomorrow's challenge will be . . . After Dark . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 19 . . .

Day 19 . . . Someone You Love . . .

I am going to keep this short and sweet . . .

. . . I Love You, With All My Heart . . .

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Up Close . . .

Loveowlie. xxx

Day 18

Day 18 . . . Vertical Lines . . .

I decided to flip this one on its head. The leading lines in this image were once vertical lines . . . but are now being chopped to give my family some warmth this winter. I added the leaf, which shows the season by its vivid red and yellow tones, to represent the trees life and its death.

Hope you liked this more conceptual piece . . . it was fun thinking of the meanings and tackling how to portray it. 

Tomorrow's challenge . . . Someone You Love . . .

Can't wait to do this one! xxx

Loveowlie. xxx

 Day 17 . . . Trees . . .

Trees . . . something which lets us breath . . . something which gives beauty . . . something every animal needs . . . something which keeps us warm . . . something which gives us shelter and shade . . . 

Autumn . . . that's the season . . . wind . . . cold . . . leaves dying . . . nearly Christmas . . . time for Christmas trees . . .

I had to photograph a Christmas tree! I love them, for sooo many reasons.

Hope you like the slightly abstracted photographs of the Christmas trees in my back garden. Might have to decorate one this year . . . just to be unique . . .

Tomorrow's challenge is . . . Vertical Lines . . . 

Loveowlie. xxx