‘The Ocean Is Calling’
Introducing 'To The Shores' for today's #LavenderSharingSunday gift. A print to give a sense of mindfulness during these unusual lockdown times. Like last week, I have decided to share both the colour and black & white versions so that you can decide on the one that suits your home decor best.
‘To the shores of freedom where nowhere lives’ - Joesph Arthur
‘She wasn’t bored, just restless between adventures’ - Atticus
Goodbye April, Hello May! What a strange and very surreal April it has been, a month of glorious sunshine and absolutely nowhere to go to take full advantage of it. Instead of ticking off the road trips that I have had planned on my Northern Ireland/Ireland bucket list I have been using this lockdown time to go back through my older travel photographs to create a series of wanderlust prints.
It’s an unusual feeling knowing that as of right now there are no plans for future trips, but I have found comfort in going through my travel photos and taking the time to appreciate each and every detail. It has been a fun process to go back in time and work on the photographs that I feel might appeal to people right now to add a touch of that much needed wanderlust to their home decor.
Below are just some of my new wanderlust prints available for purchase, you might recognise them as some of your favourite holiday locations or a place that is on your bucket list….
Love From Australia
Love From Rome
Love From London
Love From Northern Ireland
From the tranquil scenes of Australia to the historic sights of Rome. The colourful streets of London to the calming tones of Northern Ireland. There is a little something for everyone to help with this unusual lockdown life in which we find ourselves.
Find your sense of wanderlust here.
‘The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams’ - Eleanor Roosevelt
For this week’s #LavenderSharingSunday I wanted to gift a typography print entitled ‘To Dream’ as a way in which to help encourage us to follow our dreams in these difficult and uncertain times. Some days it might feel somewhat impossible to do so, but I believe that it is important to keep chasing, to write out a list of future hopes and dreams as a way to remind ourselves of what it is that we want from this life, even during this unexpected pause. It might seem impossible now, but there is no limit or set time when it comes to chasing our dreams and this print is a way in which to help visualise that.
I couldn’t decide whether I preferred the colour of black and white version, so I thought I would share both and leave the hard decision up to you!
Keep dreaming, my dreamers!
‘And I am finally colouring, inside the lines that I live between’ - Ben Howard
‘We dream in colours borrowed from the sea’
It was this line from Ben Howard’s song ‘Time Is Dancing’ that gave me the idea to put my own little spin on a Lavender Line Photography colouring print. A little something to help pass an hour or two each day during lockdown as well as adding a touch of vitamin sea to the day, something that a lot of us are missing right now.
I am excited to introduce the first in this fun colouring print series : ‘Whitepark Bay Blues’. Just save the print below to your device (or from my Facebook post), print off and colour in a medium of your choice! I would love to see your interpretation of this print, the more creative the better as there are no colour rules in place and there might even be a ‘Whitepark Bay Blues’ print prize to win for the best one! If you would like to take part in #LavenderLineColour then simply hashtag your finished colouring print on Instagram or post a picture in the comment section of my Facebook post.
Why not add a touch of your colour interpretation to ‘Whitepark Bay Blues’ today! #LavenderLineColour
It’s time to colour!
‘And I pause for a while’ - Pink Floyd
Goodbye March, hello April! Well, what can I say about March other than it is a month we will always remember and not in a good way! The month that most of our day to day lives came to a sudden stop and the world in which we knew changed before us. A month that has brought forward a lot of stress and uncertainty as a small business owner and a month that I can safely say I don’t want to repeat!
I’m still finding it hard to wrap my head around everything that is happening to us on a global scale, how one virus has been able to put a stop to the world, but I do take comfort in knowing that we are all in this together and that when we get to the other side of this we will learn to appreciate the finer things in life again.
Lavender Line Photography Home Edition HQ #StayHome
I know that I for one cant wait for the day that I can return to my beautiful studio, to create new and exciting photography series in the creative space that I have worked hard to make happen, and to finally launch my studio photo shoot sessions, something that was just about to takeoff before lockdown happened. I also cant wait for the first day to step back into my car and drive to my favourite coastal hotspots. I’ve always been a beach girl at heart and am really missing those weekly hits of vitamin sea. I long for that fresh sea air, the sound of the waves rolling in and feeling the sand between my toes. It's little things like this that I will appreciate even more when life gets back to normal, sooner rather than later I hope!
The calming waves of Ballycastle Beach and one of my first North Coast locations to visit after lockdown!
My Portview studio view, a view that I can’t wait to get back to with cup of tea in hand!
Until that time comes I am currently working on two new photography series: my digital download series ‘Home From Home’ which will allow customers to purchase limited edition digital photography prints that can be printed off in the comfort of their home and help adapt to our new rules by adding favourite locations or wish-list destinations to brighten up that home decor. These digital downloads can also be added to all device home-screens as another way to display your digital purchases as new wallpapers.
Introducing my new digital download series ‘Home From Home’, an easy way to change your home decor wall art during lockdown.
The second is a print set series called ‘Take Two’ a series of print sets that will have an exciting compare and contrast theme. I am looking forward to the challenge this series will bring me as a photographer as it means stepping outside of my comfort zone and working with the limited lockdown spaces I have to photograph each day. Who knows where it will take my work!
Introducing the first of my ‘Take Two’ print set series: Honey and The Star
Although I do have these two new photography series to keep busy with (as well as catching up on a lot of editing), I will admit that it is a scary and uncertain time as a self-employed photographer, a time where there is no financial guarantees or big future plans. I just hope that during these next few months I can keep my photography dream alive and encourage people to #StandWithSmall more than ever. If you can help your favourite small businesses in any way right now then please do as each and every sale really does mean the world and is the difference between staying open or having to close down.
#StandWithSmall from Etsy
Image found on Google ‘small business’ search
Please stay home and stay safe xx
‘If it excites and scares you at the same time, it probably means you should do it’ - Gurubogsa
Yesterday marked two months since picking up the keys to my dream studio and what an exciting two months it has been! Although it was a little intimating at first to step completely out of my comfort zone, I have loved every second of this new chapter and putting together my dream space, as well as the opportunities it has brought me and my little business so far! There is no better feeling than waking up each morning to do what you love and in an environment that completely inspires and motivates!
Here’s to pushing ourselves outside of those comfort zones and chasing those dreams!
(Studio tour post coming very soon!)
Where the Lavender Line Photography magic happens
‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’
Tuesday 25th February marked a very special day for Lavender Line Photography…. the first official photoshoot day in my brand new studio! As if that wasn’t exciting enough, it was made even more special as it was capturing my best friend’s (22 years and still going strong) beautiful baby girl who was on her first time visit to the Emerald Isle at just 9 months old! I honestly cant think of a better way to have kicked off the first official shoot and what I hope will be the first of many to come in my own space!
Introducing #TeepeeTuesday
Seeing Stars at Lavender Line Photography HQ
An important aspect for me in this photography journey is to capture those all important and special moments in a completely natural and candid way, to create a safe and engaging environment that feels homely to the client. That’s when #TeepeeTuesday came to mind! I’ve always enjoyed capturing those playful small children moments but struggled somewhat with what props to use as I am a firm believer in the less is more approach and also think that it is important to use props that wont date over time. It was a tent Instagram post from @SostreneGrene that inspired me and brought forward this exciting new theme for my small children shoots….. Teepee Tuesday : a fun and vibrant play area that can be easily personalised to suit each baby.
Introducing the very beautiful Miss Ela, just 9 months old and 10,000 miles travelled already!
A very special Tuesday afternoon with a very special little girl
My Brown Eyed Girl!
Tiny toes : It’s all about those little details!
I feel that my first #TeepeeTuesday was a total success. Miss Ela was right at home in her new afternoon play area with a mix of her own toys as well as some bright and shiny new props which captured her attention almost straight away. This Teepee set-up also allows for mummy and daddy to get in on the fun which makes for an afternoon and shoot to remember, an aspect that I really love!
Those special Mother/Daughter moments
BTS moments captured by my very talented best friend
‘The colour of springtime is in the flowers; the colour of winter is in the imagination’ - Terri Guillemts
Tuesday saw the return of the white stuff and that magical winter wonderland that I had been so badly craving this winter finally hit the Emerald Isle! It’s the first time in a long time that I felt the snow might skip us completely this year and left me feeling a little disappointed as winter is my all-time favourite season! There is no better feeling than waking up to a winter wonderland and setting out into a winter wander to capture the beauty of the transformed landscape!
Naturally the Cavehill was calling out to me, the snow day tradition that I started back in December 2017! For years I had always wondered what it would be like to walk to the top and look out to a frozen world below and in 2017 I decided to just go for it… one of the best decisions I have ever made! There is something magical up there, the change in atmosphere, the quietness its remoteness brings and the way in which you become one with its surroundings! It’s a walk I love in general as no two days are the same weather wise, but there is something really special about it in snow which gives it an advantage to any other season!
‘Climbed a mountain and I turned around, and I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills, until the landslide brought me down’ - Fleetwood Mac
Although the walking conditions can be a little hazard depending on the weather conditions, it is a winter wonderland adventure that I definitely recommend, just make sure to take care and wrap up warm as temperatures really plummet up there with those winter winds.
Winter Wanders : My reliable Converse pull through after a forgetful change in footwear!
Into The Blue : A winter wonderland wander to the top of the Cavehill
Winter Wishes : There is something about this view and tree that make me stop each Cavehill walk to appreciate the view
Cavehill Winter Wonderland 2020, done!
Another World : A Cavehill winter wonderland visit is a must when the white stuff comes to play!
I am excited to announce that not only can you book me privately to capture your special moments, but you can now also book me through Taylor Content!
A few months back the lovely ladies from Taylor Content contacted me to join their all female photography team becoming their first Northern Irish based photographer. Taylor Content is a platform that connects you to your dream photographer to capture those all important moments in a photography style that suits you!
An exciting new collaboration to capture and create beautiful content taylored for you!
It seemed only right that I document the first important milestone in this new and exciting small business venture of mine! So, here is to one month on from picking up the keys to my dream studio and making this beautiful space my home from home!
