show us what you're made of

for the past 2 weeks I have been incredibly busy. last tuesday I went to my sister's house and I only came back last night, so I haven't been able to blog. but I did take some photos which I am very excited to put up. on saturday I went to my niece's first horse show, which she did fantastic in and I couldn't be any prouder of her. her friend also did the show so I took a few of her. here are a few of my favourites :-)

the course

my niece bethany with her horse copper

bethany's friend ella, with her horse ozzy

it was really lovely being able to see my niece in her first show, and like I said before I am extremely proud of her.

esther xo

a moment shared

I have decided I'd like to do a little personal project, that I can look back on in 10 years and remember what life used to be like, and who was in my life at that time. I am going to record a day in the life of loved ones and myself, so family and friends will be what this is all about. I'd like to finish it by next christmas, so I have a year to document every close and not so close family member, and my current and future friends. I feel this is such a huge part of my life and I'd like to make more memories.

the idea is that i'd spend 24 hours with one person, and document how they spend their day. I don't intend for this to be a project about how the one person spends their day with me, but how they spend their daily life as if I were not there. I will just be part of the background, but recording the little and big events as the day passes. I am extremely excited to start this project, and I hope for myself that I continue to progress and grow as a photographer.

I have started this off as doing a mini 'a day in the life of esther', but this was literally a few minutes before writing this so bare with me. I will most likely do a full day of taking photos of my daily life, before christmas 2013. but as I said this was only done a few minutes ago and will hopefully give you and myself an idea of what I will be doing.

I will keep this as updated as possible. life seems to be more hectic and crazy recently, so I'm struggling to have the time to take new photos.

esther xo

familia

I apologise for not posting anything for a while. i've been organising my dad's surprise 70th birthday party which was on saturday. I am still exhausted as I haven't stopped since last wednesday, but I thought I'd post something about what I did yesterday.

I've been teaching my little brother how to use a DLSR as he takes art for GCSE. he's very creative and has a good eye when it comes to composition. he took some great photos for his art homework and I also took some with him. it was something I really enjoyed and it made me miss what I love doing - photography. the topic for his art project is the human form, here are some photos I took

I only took a few as examples for my brother. but I'm still pleased with the outcome of these three.

I also recently did a little photoshoot with my best friend's neighbours as they wanted photos done for their parents for christmas. here a few :-)

it was strange taking photos of someone because they have asked to me, not just because I decided I wanted to. It was the perfect time of day to take their photo and they're happy with the final result!

esther xo