Photography

A late comer to photography I initially started taking pictures of my fancy dress parties and putting them on flickr. Things have come a long way since then, branching out into using a digital SLR camera and falling in love with Photoshop. Here I will share with you some of my favourites.

An A303 Sunset

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Ruth Weal

An on the move post, I just took this photo on the way home from work today, just as I passed Stonehenge. Don’t worry, Ben was driving! Just goes to show that even the rubbish camera on the iPhone 3GS … Continue reading →

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Dusk’s Women

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Ruth Weal

I may have mentioned before that I’m more likely to witness dusk than dawn. I feel a strange affinity with that time of the day, maybe it’s because I love the night so much and the dusk is always the … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a writer

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Ruth Weal

I love writing, not just the artistic nature of creating poetry and prose, or combining words, phrases and sentences to make communications that hit the mark in my work – no I love the very act of writing, the visceral … Continue reading →

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The Golden Hour

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Ruth Weal

The golden hour is the hour just prior to sunset and the hour just after sunrise when if you’re lucky, the landscape is bathed in a beautiful golden light which adds an extra dimension and beauty to the quality of … Continue reading →

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Witness to the storm

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Pregnant with power - Copyright R.Weal 2010

I love storms – I was born during a great thunder and lightning storm and they’ve always fascinated me since I was a young child. There is something so magnificent in the transitory nature and the absolute power of the sky that they … Continue reading →

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Itsy Bitsy Spider

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Right now it seems that everywhere I turn outside there’s a garden spider just like those in my pictures below. I’ve never quite understood why people find them scary, I’ve always found them to be interesting and as a child … Continue reading →