Tag: butterflies
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What a show off!
In my grandmother’s New Forest garden was a huge buddleia bush accompanied by a long lavender bed. In the summer I would sit there hypnotised watching the butterfly coated tree and hearing the somewhat magical sound of peacock and red admiral wings thrum past my ears. My memory tells me there were many many more…
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Embracing Experience
A butterfly loving friend arrived at my door one night with a cocoon. It started vibrating not long after, by the time I settled into my bed a butterfly had been born. Early sunrise woke us both and I took this before opening the window…
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Go wild at the Burlesque Boudoir!
It’s time I shared with you some of the wilder people I have been working with lately! After shooting a burlesque show for new club POP in Southampton I was inspired to put together a Burlesque Boudoir portrait package. To try the idea out for size a group of great friends volunteered to model, I…
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Circles in the corn…
“In this green and pleasant land We have a dream to understand In the mountains of the mind There is a spirit you will find…” © Dreadzone It is 10 years now that I have been visiting crop circles. Late spring begins, the rape fields flower and the circles start to arrive in the fields…
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Secret Garden ~ Blooming people!
It’s not always flowers that I love to photograph but also the human blooms that arrive in the fields of England when the marquees are set up, the sound sytem plugged in and the festival fancy dress adorned. This year I visited Secret Garden Party for my gorgeous friend Kim’s music website neverenoughnotes and had…
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Butterfly Haven
Being the proud owner of a rather lovely new Nikon D5000 I have been getting out and about as much as possible this summer exploring conservation areas for butterflies, wild orchids and as ever, inspiration. A few weeks ago I was introduced to Yew Tree Hill part of the conservation land managed by the charity…
