Tag: photography

Finding Colour in Darkness: Lost in Nature

Posted on by Emily

It’s amazing how an unplanned photograph can turn into something pretty spectacular. Yesterday morning I decided to go for a run. Nothing unusual for me, but I’d decided to try out a new route. A route I wasn’t very familiar with, but I just kind of told myself I’d wing it and go with the flow. As I turned down a lane into the forest, I had no clue where I was, what direction I was heading in or where I would emerge from, but what I did know, was that the path ahead of me would be a new… [Read More]

Tips for better photography

Posted on by Emily

One of my new year’s resolutions is to improve my photography skills. Before I bought my camera I always used my phone to take photos. Nothing wrong with doing that as it did the job for capturing holidays, days out and anything else that caught my eye, but now that I have children I’d like to be able to take better pictures of them. The other reason that I’d like to improve my photography is so that I can take better pictures of products I’m sent to review. With this in mind I think it’s about time I took my… [Read More]

Tips for new bloggers by bloggers

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People start blogging for a wide range of reasons. For me, it was because I wanted a place to share my husband and I’s IVF journey. When we were going through IVF I found a lot of factual information online, but I didn’t want to read about the facts. I wanted to read peoples personal accounts. This is why I started blogging. I had no idea when I started that two years later I’d still be blogging and if you’d told me that I would be making money from my blog I wouldn’t have believed you. Whatever your reasons are… [Read More]

Blurb Photo Book Review Part 2

Posted on by Emily

To read the first part of this review, please click here. I am excited to say that today my Blurb photo book arrived! Pretty quick, if you ask me!  To recap, I ordered a large landscape book and I am very happy with the size.  The book is really good quality and it looks exactly like the one shown to me whilst I was using the software to create my book. The pictures are clear and printed on high quality paper. I can’t think of a bad thing to say about this book!  Overall, a very happy customer!  If you would… [Read More]

Blurb Photo Book Review Part 1

Posted on by Emily

I have always been one of those people that likes to capture everything in life. Twin daddy will agree with me on this. From taking pictures of our holidays together, to family events and generally anything that catches my eye. Our home is filled with photo books, photo frames and albums. So, when I was given the opportunity to review www.blurb.co.uk, I jumped at the chance! Blurb is a website, that allows members to create, share and sell books. My review of Blurb will be in two parts. Part 1, will be about creating my book and Part 2, will be… [Read More]