I tried a spot of stargazing photography.... and I am in LOVE

So this is something I've wanted to try my hands at for a long time now, and I finally got round to getting out in my field and braving it! And I am SO glad I did!!

It was very trial and error, but I managed to secure a lovely photo! 

I shot this on my 550d DSLR with a 50mm 1.4 Canon lens, a cheap tripod, and a shutter speed of 25 secs

I also shot in RAW, and brought up the highlights and colours in Photoshop.

Expect to see a lot more of these appearing here, because I think I am now OBSESSED.

If you would like to give night time photography a go there are plenty of tutorials out there, I used this one:

http://petapixel.com/2014/03/28/prep-work-post-processing-depth-star-photography-tutorial/

Have fun :)

Entry #2 of my positive sketchbook!

Don't be a sad pony, be a fabulous unicorn!

My positive sketchbook idea!

You may have noticed that I've been a little quieter on here lately, unfortunately I've been suffering from a patch of depression for the last couple of months. Which means I've completely lost my motive to make anything creative....and I've struggled a lot.

I have good and bad days, but one day last week I came up with the brilliant idea of creating a 'positive sketchbook', which I will use to paint any positive imagery from that day, or any phrases I've thought up that have made me smile!

Not only will this act as something I can keep looking at to cheer me up, but I also hope to share my entries with you lovely lot in the hope I can help others too!

Anyway, i'll shut up now! Here's my first entry :)

FOR THE WATCH!!

Hello!

To celebrate my love of Game of Thrones, and the end of the series, I've created some fan art of the one who knows nothing!

It's also a little hint at the finale, if you haven't already seen it. (WHY THE HELL HAVEN'T YOU?!!)

Cool grey copics and bristol board, took two evenings to draw roughly. Enjoy!