Sunday, 18 December 2011

scanned in photographs...







as said in the previous blog, i wanted to post some film photography that i have scanned in. the top three were taken with my holga at lowestoft beach and the other three were taken in germany and amsterdam with my 4 lens camera. would be amazing to take it further and explore a little more with my camera and an excuse to go to some new lovely places...

Samantha xx

eleni mettyear...





i found these images today at feaverish photography and they are by eleni mettyear and well i am in love-especially with the second one! i don't know about anyone else but i think there is something extra nice about scanning in film photographs. think i will make a separate post showing some of my scanned in "photography skills". i think one of my new years resolutions is to definitely get more into photography, all i need is some models, some cool locations, my holga and lots of film...


Samantha xx

Sunday, 11 December 2011

the xx...



rihanna's drunk on love made me fall in love with the xx, i have liked them in the past but today was the first time i've really listened to the album, love when that happens! it's like finding a new favourite band!! here is the video for you to coo over too :) 


Samantha xx


Friday, 2 December 2011

moustache mug...



someone is getting a mug like this for christmas. amazing. 

23 days till christmas <3


Samantha xx

Saturday, 19 November 2011

foxy...


i'm having so much fun making these...



Samantha xx

supakitch and koralie...

wow. no other words! just came across this video on stumbleupon and was just amazed. made me feel so creative, made me realise i need to really get off my butt and work on my portfolio. 


close ups...




Samantha xx


Thursday, 17 November 2011

how to: make a deer collage silhouette for free using photoshop...

well the title is a bit of a mouthful but it does what it says on the tin! i was browsing urban outfitters and oogling the wonderful things they have for sale as christmas present ideas.. for myself, but what i came across was this beautiful deer collage canvas and fell in love!!


it's only a mere £28 which i think is reasonable and the minute i get a house i want to display all kinds of weird and wonderful pictures in it (you should check out the website under home and gifts and check out the camera prints-another one to add to the wishlist)

so anyway i am rabbling, it gave me an idea about a minute later to try make my own and that i did! i simply googled deers head silhouette and made my choice, googled decoupage flowers in large size because the rest were so tiny and got creating on photoshop and this is the outcome, now the silhouette turned out to be really pixelated when i made it bigger but being the perfect angle i used it and to much joy, when i sharpened it and played around with it, it actually gave a jaggered edge which didn't look far off the urban outfitters one, obviously that is made using the flowers as the collage but hey it took me about 30 minutes if that (including time to blog about it) and now i want to get it printed out on some nice paper and pop it in a frame! 



but yeah, so i hope you like it as much as i do and i am hoping to make a series of them and who knows, they might make some lovely card ideas or even gift ideas! i'd like to try it with different backgrounds and animals and see what they turn out like!

hope you're all enjoying the autumn as much i am and i hope to post a lot more in the run up to christmas with everything festive!


Samantha xx