community 'word' project - COMMUNICATE

The sun is shining so we're hoping that Summer has arrived!! (fingers and toes crossed!)... and we have also launched our next community 'word' project on our flickr page so if you haven't already had a go then this weekend could be the perfect time to get out there and shoot your little hearts out... :)

This months word is COMMUNICATE.

a little gift...

Hello!
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the arrival of Spring!!  Can't believe how lovely it is to feel sunshine on your face... it really does make you happy... :)
Another thing that makes me happy are gifts so today we have a little gift for you! It's a little 'From our hearts' badge that you are free to stick on your blog/website... wherever you like!  Sorry it's not chocolate but it is pretty and we like to make sure everyone that follows the blog and takes part in the projects, feel a real part of this community so.... feel free to copy and paste the image below!

We've also got a little competition coming up with April's project so keep your eyes peeled!

from our hearts project...

What started out as a simple thought that maybe, just maybe there will be a few other people out there who feel the same as us has grown into a group of amazing photographers all coming together. To meet new people, learn from each other, inspire creativity and above all shoot for the sake of it again.

Our first From Our Hearts first project was announced in January and the theme was simply, From the Heart. Shooting and sharing images that came from within or were felt to represent what the group stood for. And so far the response has been astounding! We have seen over 200 images submitted to the group pool and have had photographers sharing, encouraging and meeting new friends. We have seen photographers go back to the root of why they shoot and share that with the group, sparking conversation and encouragement. Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to this and got stuck in, we really hope you keep doing it!

We wanted to share with you all a small, randomly selected taster of the amazing images that have been shared within the group and we really, really encourage you to head over to the Flickr page and check out every one of the amazing images posted to the set. In doing so you will hopefully also make some new Flickr friends, find inspiration and find out more from those around you who enjoy shooting from the heart.

Sacco and Sacco

Lucy Jane

Live it out photo

Garlicky Mum

Ant Lockyer

Amy Radcliffe

lauraglitter

FoPhotography

Theresa Furey

Pennie Crayon

Cut The Cake



Rubygirl22

Shansemp

Cath Regan

teacup_dreams

Summer Love Photography

Kirsten Mavric

As for the next project... well we are just finalising a theme and we will let you know what it is to be very soon!

from our hearts project

You have just one more week to submit your images to our first project!  So far we have been blown away by how many people have joined the Flickr group and are taking part.. the photos are really beautiful and your descriptions are so touching.  It's also nice to see everyone introducing themselves and starting discussions... that's EXACTLY what we want!!

Here's one that caught my eye that I wanted to share.... thanks Jenn! :)

Jenn Stark - I really wanted to use this 'from our hearts' group as a way to take the idea/theme and shoot something new around what those words mean to me at the time....
'from our hearts' to me brings about a feeling of sharing and freely giving out slices of ourselves and what's most important to us.... and there really is no better feeling than cutting into a large stack of pancakes :)


Looking forward to sharing more of your submissions very soon!
DEADLINE FOR PROJECT - Monday 14th February 2011

Also keep your eyes peeled for our first competition!! Woop woop!!

get involved...

...in our first project...

Our aim is to create an inspiring, creative, supportive, encouraging, exploring community of artists who come together to share ideas, thoughts, feelings, hopes, fears in a way that makes us all smile and feel proud of our wonderful art.  We will be regularly setting projects where you will be free to join in, submit images, comment, talk, meet and learn from each other in a positive and exciting community.

We want you to be completely free with your creativity too!  We found that one of the main reasons why we wanted to come together in the first place was because we weren't shooting for the hell of it anymore... we were shooting beautiful people, beautiful weddings etc and we were absolutely loving it but at the same time we felt we had even more to give...

So... for our first project we are going to call it From our hearts (I promise very soon we will stop saying it as much.. it's just because it's all new and exciting!)

We have created a 'From our hearts' Flickr group which everyone is free to join and we want you to get involved by submitting an image that represents what the words 'From our hearts' mean to you....

We want you to be as free and creative, or as literal as you like...

We will then choose up to ten images from the project and on Monday 14th February we will add them to the 'From our hearts' blog.  This will be a regular thing with a different word/emotion/thought each time as we want this community to be something where everyone is involved... :)

There will also be other projects popping up regularly which we will keep you posted!  It's all very exciting!!!

debs - inspiration in Kernow

Knowing that you have close friends who understand exactly what you are thinking, feeling and wanting to achieve without always having the words to express is amazing. And that's exactly what Jo, Emma and Anna are to me. Meeting these lovely ladies at any point in my career would be nothing short of a incredible but meeting them and forming a close bond just as we are all starting to make our way and carve our own paths within a busy market place has been phenomenal. Jo and Emma have already expressed so much in their own posts about our first little adventure in Dorset, but it has to be said -along with many others who have given us all incredible support in the last year Jo, Emma and Anna have taught me something really valuable. Be true to yourself.
Wanting to get together again after a fun, inspiring yet very drizzly camping trip to Dorset we decided to head down to the far South West of the country to Cornwall. A place very close to my heart! With my parent living here and me coming to stay at every possible moment I was really looking forward to having the girls here with me to appreciate, relax, chat. discuss, brainstorm and recover from a crazy season.

Anyone who knows Cornwall will know the sea fog that can set in at any point of the year.... and set in it did for most of the four days that we had together giving us a great excuse to chill around the cottage plenty, chatting, eating and laughing. Thankfully a couple of the days sent us some breaks in the fog and on one of these we took ourselves off to the sweet towns of Lostwithial and Fowey. We had a fab time womdering an antiques market and the many antiques shops in Lostwithial before heading into Fowey and jumped on a water taxi over to Polruan for an ale.

welcome!

Welcome to our little blog! We are four photographers who have come together to shoot and talk in equal measures! We have big plans for this little group and we hope to build a fantastic network of creative, inspiring photographers who love to shoot from the heart too!

We have some exciting projects in the pipeline so keep an eye on the blog and we hope you will join us for the ride!