What
I’m Doing!
This
is the time of the year when I experiment with new activities…things I
generally don’t have the time to work on during the rest of the year.
I’ve
tried my hand at painting and drawing, I’m impatient…I want to be descent right
away…obviously that isn’t going to
happen…it was too frustrating for me as I saw the finished product in my head
but I couldn’t translate it to paper so to speak. As for drawing I took a great online class
on drawing a face and surprisingly enough I was able to draw the individual
facial features to my liking, but
couldn’t for the life of me put them all together to make a respectable
face…just isn’t my forte I guess?
Either that or I need more patience to practice, practice, practice!
I think I mentioned before, I take photos of my
jewelry for my website and blog, have for 7 years, always disliked the
job. I always thought of it as a huge
chore, which I tended to put off. This
often meant I didn’t get a photo of a piece of jewelry as it sold before I took
the time! Part of the reason I disliked
taking jewelry photos is I couldn’t seem to get the photos the way I thought
they should be…they were too blue, too yellow, too dull, too whatever, you get
the picture. Definitely a pun intended…
there is that patience thing again!
Having said all that I found I enjoyed taking photos
of other things, in particular water, sunsets, trees, nature shots…I don’t find practising frustrating or annoying…I enjoy it!
Since October, I’ve been taking photos when I go for my daily walks…well
missed a couple of days last week as it was just too darn cold…
As a result most of my shots right now are around the
area where I live…snowy & cold, if I can say that about a photo, but some
great blue skies, if you like blue skies…check out my photography website… www.heathercote.com
If you would like to see larger photos, take a peek at my website...I put them on there a bit larger as I think it shows the detail more...
I’ve also added shots from Key West…to change it up
from a continuous stream of snowy shots…
Thanks for reading…
As always if you have a question send me an email at hjcote11@hotmail.com or leave a comment on my website
above.
Have a great week…
Cheers
Paint with your camera Heather...:) I visited your photography website and you have lovely photos there. Thanks for sharing. At least i have some ideas of what's the landscape like where you live.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE the third picture, where the sun is peeking through the trees and creates a glisten across the frozen water. Can't wait to see your new jewelry designs, too :)
ReplyDeleteMarissa Foss, Artbeads.com
wow! I love your pictures! I'll have to hop over to your website see what else you've been taking pictures of. have a great day!
ReplyDeleteYou take great pictures!
ReplyDeleteHey Mei...thanks you...yes I will paint with my camera...that is true I guess you wouldn't have any idea of what it looks like here!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marissa, that is a favourite of mine as well...won't be posting any thing new until the end of March...I've learned it doesn't work well to force the creativity...so I don't any more...
Thanks Debbie...love what you are doing with your painting!!!
Thanks Regina...it is enjoyable for me, which makes it easy to do.
Thanks for this post. I stumbled upon your site while browsing blogs.
ReplyDeleteThis is the type of thing I'm trying to do more with my own photosite (please take a look if you have time!) I like using imagery to tell a story.