it's the simple things in life that make me happy ...

sleeping in ... showering at lunch time ... & putting my pjs back on after ...

being on the front page of Indie Spotter (knowing other people out there like my work makes me all kinds of giddy) ...

proper english cheddar cheese ...

the discovery of a wonderful online shop which i am going to be a part of ...

coming home from a long day at work & relaxing with a cat curled up either side!

it's the simple things in life that make me happy ...

i've finally found a camera bag i could love ...

3 of my favourite things in one ... a book about photographing horses by a wonderful photographer: White Horses - From the Literal to the Sublime ...

a waffle sandwich with ice cream in the middle & syrup ...

the sun light streaming in the window in the morning ...

a wonderful start to a new year!

1/100

I have never been good at "still life's" ... i photograph things as i find them instead of creating an image. So when i came across the "100 project" it sounded like a wonderful idea. 100 still life's in a year & for me personally much more feasible than the 365 project. It's forcing me to think a little, use what's available & create an image from nothing.

So here's number 1!

capturing everything else in 2009 ...

a little camera obsessed christmas list ...

So in an attempt to help the hubby in the purchase of my christmas present ... i have created a list of items discovered whilst wandering through Etsy. & yes i can't lie i am a little camera obsessed!

SLR Film Camera Pinback Button - Barrel of Monkeys

Vintage Camera Wool Satchel - Wooly Bison

Photos for the Fridge - Penelope & Pip

Blue Vintage Camera Tote - xflyonthewallx

Capture Life ... Hand stamped sterling silver camera photography necklace - Cinnamon Sticks

60s Vintage Mini Toy Camera Metal Hong Kong - cOveTableCuriOsitIEs

Twin Vintage Kodak 35 Camera - Pop Art Graphic T-shirt (Available in Women's S,M,L,XL) - Baostudio

Snappy Holga camera diagram hand towels - pick an ink color, set of 2 - Girls Cantell

more macro lens ... i really can't get enough of it!

Ok so here's a few more macro shots ... this is way too much fun!!

This cricket(?) was chillin by my front door ... check out those eyes!

A few images of the various cameras in my collection.

Finally a photo of "Damn-it" my other cat, she hates the camera!

... but we all know how much cujo loves the camera!

Mmmmmmmmm golden oreo!

Some images of a vintage toy airplane we bought in Bayeux.

is august too early for a christmas list ...?

So i know it's august but it's never to early to think about what you want for christmas right ...? Here are a few of the items on my etsy wish list.

Vintage Wood Coca Cola Beverage Crate - Roberta Grove

Welded Address File with Laser Cut Tabs - Smeurer8

3 Leaf Print ECO Table Runner in Natural - Joanne Patterson

Vintage Official Girl Scout Camera - Uncommon Vintage

Green 1st Cushion/Pillow - Karen Hilton Designs

ps. if someone wanted to buy these for me before christmas i really wouldn't complain!

cameras & cats

So i thought I'd share with you a couple of my favorite things!!

Firstly my cats, of which i had two but the second (damn-it) wasn't feeling particularly photogenic, as opposed to Cujo who loves anything shiny thus way easy to get her attention. Anyway these (along with my friends) are my sanity, keeping me company when the husband is at work, tdy or deployed, & scarily i can watch them play for hours on end. They're my family!!

& my cameras which are slowly starting to take over the house, i told my husband i wouldn't stop collecting until i had as many cameras as he has beer glasses. I love everything about them, from the small plastic ones, to the novelty & of course there's the classic box Bownie.  My plan is to start taking photos with some of them, experimenting & seeing what the results will be. It's amazing to look at where technology has come from the most basic to the digital ones of today. 

working on photos for etsy

so you'd think it would be easy to pick the photos i want to sell but there are so many things i have to take into account & so often i worry as to whether "everyone" is going to like something when really i already know that everyone is different & i don't want to aim my photo at "everyone". I mean obviously i want something commercial but i don't want it to be something you can buy at ikea, mass produced world wide. I want my images to stand out, have that little something that makes people want to hang it on their wall. So in this vain i'm not just picking out the images i like, i'm picking out those i think others would like too but don't all fall under that umbrella of mass produced pretty pretty same same (that's my term for it). So here's a few of the one's i'm currently working on. I hope they're all a bit different, like the variety bucket at kfc!

business cards

so i've started looking at business card designs ... here's the first. 

in the beginning ...

So i guess this is day one (so to speak) of my blog. I'm slowly starting to get my photography world together. My etsy shop is set up ...

http://levansphotography.com

I'm looking at setting up on 1000 markets & hopefully someone out there will by one of my prints. Well a girl can dream!!

Anyways here's something new i took the other week, something different. hope you like it & i will check back here on a regular basis.