photography by esther

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

LDN

I wish I had something interesting and new to post, but unfortunately I am still very unwell and I haven't taken any new photos. I'm incredibly bored and I wish I had the energy and motivation to get out and do something. Although saying that, I have a driving lesson tomorrow so that'll get me out of the house.

I thought I might post some photos I took for a project I did at college last year. it was inspired by Andy Goldsworthy and his wonderful talent to turn nothing into something quite beautiful. If you don't know who he is, Goldsworthy has created some really spectacular pieces that are well known in the art world. I studied art as well as photography, so this helped incredibly when thinking of ideas and creating the final piece that I ended up photographing.

here are just some of his pieces of work that I adore

it is just something he does that I can't get enough of. he really inspired me to try something new and make something simple into something beautiful. here are a few of the photos I took of what I created

and that is the final product. It doesn't look like anything special but it took me about 2 hours to put together and I had a lot of cuts on my hands by the end of it.

esther xo

Saturday, 3 November 2012

diamonds

at the moment I find myself unable to just pick up my camera and take photos. I'm struggling to find inspiration and motivation to do the simple things, the things i'd usually do without hesitation. I'm going to blame this "photographer's block" on being physically unstable, (although I wouldn't class myself as a photographer just yet haha). I've been unwell for just over a week, but my immune system has failed me for quite some time now. I always find myself feeling exhausted and 'under the weather', but like most things, it really could be much worse and I'll definitely live.

I've had a few ideas floating around my head lately, and I thought i'd share those few with you. I'd like to start a new project, but i'm undecided as to what it'd be based around. I think it'd most likely be portraiture but I'm lost as to what the topic would be. anyone have any ideas?

here are some random photos I've just used for making a christmas present for my parents :-)

my big brother and I

my wonderful dad and beautiful sister on her wedding day

my big brother and I packing

I was a pretty awesome kid

my gorgeous boy freddie

my niece mona

rydan after his haircut haha

mum and dad at my sister's wedding

my beautiful niece phoebe

my nephew toby on holiday in turkey this year

lara beach, turkey 2012

my incredibly short parents ha

I really do adore my family.

any ideas about what topic I should do next?
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esther xo

Thursday, 1 November 2012

not november already?

on the 29th of october my family and I celebrated my dad's 70th birthday. we surprised him by going to brighton for the day. we organised a private "party" in the choccywoccydoodah bar du chocolat, which was literally chocolate drink/food and nothing else, which suited us all perfectly. we spent 2 hours in the cafe and then we had a 5 minute tour of the upstairs of the choccywoccy shop, which is shown on tele in the programme. it probably doesn't sound like anything special, but my dad getting to spend time with his wife and 7 children made it even better. I also got to meet the newest addition to the family, who is my 3 month old niece Drew. It was a fantastic day and I hope my dad enjoyed it as much as the rest of us did. we're also having a surprise birthday party for him the weekend after next, which should be great as he'll get to see the family and his dearest friends.

I honestly cannot believe it is november already! my little brother will be 15 on the 5th and my big brother will be 19 on the 19th! it's crazy how time has flown by the older i've got. so much is happening in these last weeks of the year which'll no doubt make it all go a 100x faster.

here are a few photos from my dad's birthday :-)