Author: lucy and the lens
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Photo Challenge Friday: Week 4,5 and 6
So I know it’s a day late and I apologise for that but today i’m doing a special triple post because I’ve been on holiday so I’ve combined my posts for week 4, 5 and 6. So each week I set my self two challenges because I was on holiday so this meant I had…
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Photo Challenge Friday: Week Three: Balance
So its week three of photo challenge Friday and my challenge for this week was balance. I was planning on taking this shot on a photo walk yesterday but the weather changed my plans so instead I had an idea to incorporate my love of reading into my image. I decided I could create a…
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Petzval 85mm Lomography Lens
Last Thursday I went on a photo walk to Crosby and as I had already been before and I knew I was going to get exactly the same shots I took a gamble. Rather than my telephoto zoom lens I took the Petzval 85mm Lens which is a Lomography / art lens. This lens is…
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Photo Challenge Friday :Week 2: Coming and Going /Don't Belong Together
So It’s Friday and if you read last weeks post you know what that means. It’s week two of Photo Challenge Friday and last week I set myself a double challenge using the photo challenge cards that my best friend gave me. Last week after shuffling the deck I made the choice of 1. Coming…
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Photo Challenge Friday – Excluded and Alone
So a little while ago I decided that I was going to start a new regular segment on my blog called Photo Challenge Friday. Photo Challenge Friday is an idea where every Friday I will be setting myself a new photography challenge which I have a week to complete. The idea was born a few…
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Skippool Creek Photowalk
On Thursday I went on a photo walk with Preston Photographic Society to Skippool Creek, which was a little bit different than usual because it was a members choice rather than our photo walk organiser, Nancy’s and we were photographing rusty old boats. This time I took one of my cousins who is also interested…
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Owls At Waterstones Preston
On the 31/07/2016 I went to Waterstones to pick up my pre-order of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Now I like to go to Waterstones quite often for a browse and usually never leave the store without three books and I also order books on Amazon. For Harry Potter and the Cursed Child I…
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Terns at Preston Docks
So the most recent photo walk I went on with Preston Photographic Society was at Preston Docks shooting Terns and for me it was completely out of my comfort zone. Don’t get my wrong I’m a photographer but bird photography doesn’t really appeal to me, it’s unplanned as there is no control as to when…
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Graves At Heysham Photowalk
So last Thursday I went on a photo walk with Preston Photographic Society to Graves at Heysham near Morecambe. Photography is not just about taking pictures it is about capturing the essence and history of a place. For those of you who don’t know what graves at Heysham is, I didn’t but after reading the…
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Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll
I was given Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs as a Christmas present by my uncle and auntie who clearly know me very well as anyone that I’m related to or good friends with knows that one of my greatest passions is my photography. Although I read this book and made notes…