I admire
the bloggers Elsie and Emma who are behind the blog, A Beautiful Mess and Katie
surprised me with their new Photo Idea Book for my birthday hot off the press
from the States (it's not available in the UK yet) and I love it!
Within
the 200 plus pages are 95 inspiring ideas for photographing your friends, your
world and yourself. They recommend you pick your favourite challenges from the
book and get on with them so that's what I'm doing! I have decided not to use Instagram to edit my photos
although I usually do (see my profile here) unless recommended to do so within the book. On
our blog, over the coming weeks, I'll post the results... I am no David Bailey but I'm looking
forward to improving as I go along (hopefully!).
A
Beautiful Mess Photo Challenge One: Photograph Your Pet
My first
challenge 'photograph your pet' is one I knew I'd enjoy despite it being hard
to find a time when my Golden Labrador Beau is calm! I waited until the evening
although the book does say natural light is best, it wasn't possible for me. I
tried to capture the true personality of Beau as the book recommends so when I saw
him sneak onto my bed for a little sleep, which he naughtily does a lot, I
grabbed my iPhone 5 for some photos! A key tip from the book is to take lots of
photos and that was very useful. Here's my final photo for challenge one...
I love
the white light in the room and also the colour of the throw with his
colouring. I adore his nose and paws so tried to focus on capturing them.
Tomorrow's
challenge is 'Capture Unique Personal Details'
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