tradition

I wish it would snow at Christmas here in London… this painted snowman in a pub window, is the closest I'll get to seeing one this year…

Snow at Christmas is tradition, right? Not really for so much of world, yet it's part of the tradition just like stockings, Santa, holly, presents etc…

Christmas is steeped in traditions, even when it comes to the photos we take.

Do you have a traditional photo you take each year?… sat by the tree, the table laid out, christmas lights, wrapping gifts, stockings hung… there are so many possibilities.

These photos are the memories that we take onto the next year, that's what makes tradition… I believe in holding onto memories and I love to use photos and videos to make mini movies into Time Capsules… and this festive period gives plenty of opportunity to make some magic…

If you'd like to learn how to make your own Time Capsules, you could win a spot on my Creating Time Capsules course… please leave a comment below and you could turn your christmas fun into a Time Capsule of your own…

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cliché

There are so many clichés in photography… so many ideas overused and done again and again.

Sometimes I don't care… like this image above.

We've all seen the hands in silhouette, formed into a heart many times. But this is my image, of my moment. This is my memory of a good friend standing on a Welsh hill at sunset, it's portrays how we were in the moment, playing, having fun and loving it all.

To cliché or not cliché… what do you say?

12.12.12

For the past two years I've been involved in One Day On Earth, gathering footage from all across the world to make one feature film. I've had some of my footage included, but that wasn't my main goal… the main goal was to be part of a community… and be motivated to go shoot something. As much as I recommend being part of this global project... Lately, I've been drawn to create my own community, just a little smaller & more imitate… so I've been gathering people who took part in my Creating Time Capsules Course and inviting them to use the skills they learnt in my course, to create some magic on 12.12.12…

Now I'd love to invite anyone else out there who'd like to jump on board…

For me, making a "Time Capsule" is taking photos or video, or both and packaging it up into a film that can looked back on years to come. I make films, like these... but you could get involved on 12.12.12 in any way... take a few images, blog about it, make a GIF or make a slideshow. Record some audio. You could video a segment of your day (unedited) and share it, you could shoot something on your phone or camera, edit it with your heart and put it out for others to see… or the big one…video and photograph your whole (or part of your) day and make a time capsule film. What do you think??? Shall we hang out on 12.12.12 and record our day in the life?

I'm inviting you to make your own Time Capsule. Make it your way. That's the beauty of it. We all have our own tale to tell... Through video, photos, writing. Whatever! Let's use this historic day of 12.12.12 to focus on being present. Really be present in the moment, recognising and acknowledging our everyday lives and deciding what we want to remember. The beauty is, you'll then have this day in your life to look back on... I did it last year on 11.11.11 and so much has changed in a year!

Who knows what you'll be doing next year... where you'll be... what's the same and what will be different. What's interesting is choosing what you'll shoot and then what you'll share... If you've been looking to do "a day in the life" project, this might be just the time to do!

If you'd like to join my 12.12.12 community - "we are all in this together"... come on over and find us on Facebook.

Mark your calendars - 12.12.12 - it's not long now...

you are here

It's so lovely you come and visit us here at Shutter sisters... we're grateful you share your thoughts and images with us. This community means the world to us.

As you are here now...

What have you been shooting lately? please share with us below in the comments.

going underwater

One of my highlights of Shuttersisters Oasis was playing with the Lifeproof cases… Playing with submerging my iphone in the water… (yikes)… playing with a new medium of photography… playing with light and texture… playing with a new way of seeing... and playing with chance.

It totally made me let go of chasing a "perfect" shot and made me surrender to those happy accidents you sometimes find among your camera roll.

I loved capturing people swimming and others taking photos with Lifeproof cases - you really can't see clearly what you're shooting under the water, so you just point the lens in the general direction and click away.

I also loved being in front of the camera and working with Kristin and others to make pretty shapes and textures in the water… we used scarves and ribbons while gliding in the water.

I can't wait to dive in a pool and play again… that's not going to happen for quite a while over here in the UK!... so I'm going to have to take my Lifeproof case out in the rain splashing in puddles instead.

Please share today any of your Lifeproof photos... Tell us how have you found it? What happy accidents have you created?