New blog

Thanks for all the comments on my blogging journey, I've now moved and hope to see you on my new blog

http//:www.belleetoilephotography.com/blog

Perfect for a wet and cold November day.

Sitting here looking out of the window earlier at the very wintery November day I realised that this is a view I would much rather be looking at. I took this shot back in the summer but only edited it this evening. The Limousin cows are well known for their lovely rusty colour, they have large brown eyes with eyelashes to die for and such friendly faces. So as I sit watching the wind blow what little leaves are left on the trees, I look at this image and it reminds me of a summers evening where the sun was just going down and warmth and glow envolopped you like a warm blanket.

Exciting News

After a week of going backwards and forwards I have now decided what new products I am going to offer on my website.

I am excited because there is a much larger range than before, from gift print sizes
6x4 to enlargements to canvas prints and acrylic prints.

You now have a choice of ordering your prints/products off the new A La Carte price list, or, if you struggle to make up your mind on what you would actually like you can go the whole hog and order The Digital Collection where you can print as many images as often as you would like.

I'm still working on some all inclusive collections so keep your eyes open for even more changes, but for now I'm sure there will be something that will suit everyone.

It was the night before Halloween

This is what we did today, that's the royal we by the way, infact it was the girls and the husband (I was the offical photographer) I have more to edit but this one caught my eye right off. Miss T hardly ever lets me take her photo, I mean I really really have to beg, not good as this gives the upper hand to the 3 year old, anyway today she was so interested in doing her pumpkin that she was more than happy to let me snap off a few.

I will add more images as I edit them, don't want her sisters feeling left out.

Blogtastic

Tonight I went to the cinema and saw a great film, Julie and Julia apart from the fact that it made me realise I can't cook it also made me realise how little I use my blog. Never having really blogged before I have been using it as a place to do the sneek peaks of photography sessions I've had and that's pretty much it.

Well the film has inspired me to become an active blogger, or at least try to become an active blogger. I'm not wanting to lose to fact that this is a blog for my photography but my photography is me or at least a large part of me so I should also be using it as record almost like my memoirs of my photographic journey.

With that said I have decided that I am going to become one with my camera, the one I still refer to as new but have had since August and still haven't read the manual cover to cover, I am going to become a snapping fiend, not every photograph I take has to be the perfect portrait and not every post has to have photographs (this one won't it's 20 past midnight and I'm not getting the camera out now!) I miss looking at images of my kids just being themselves because I've got too caught up in having to have the best lighting, the right pose, the perfect outfit and the cutest smile. Of course I'm not giving up on the professional side of Belle Etoile Photography, far from it I want to push on full steam ahead but if I only use the blog to record those 'perfect' moments it's not going to get updated very often and therefore not be a very interesting blog.

So here's the me, here's to Belle Etoile Photography and here's to a new exciting life of blogging..........


All starting TOMORROW :)

Something a little different

I saw an image with a guitar a long time ago that I loved and have been wanting to try it out, well lucky for me I got the chance over the weekend. I had such a great time taking these photos, it was fun to work with an adult for a change, especially one who was more than willing to use his guitar and banjo as props.

Cowgirl

A special one for 'Papy'!

My dad loves pretty much all things cowboy, not in a creepy kind of way, but he has hats, he has boots, he has far to many denim shirts - more than is humanly possible infact, not to mention the dvd's and oh the country music.

Well I was playing around tonight and thought just of him when I took this image of India, his eldest grand-daughter playing dress up.