SEVENTY TREE

A Bit More Swedish Sunshine

19/06/2013

I still can't believe how lucky we were with the weather. The sun shone almost the whole time! Here are a few randoms to emphasise that fact... Beautiful, luscious meadows, fishing nets and heading straight outside in your pajamas each morning to soak it all up (with a Bertie frown!).

Cabin

18/06/2013

We stayed in the most gorgeous Swedish summerhouse. It couldn't have been more perfect with its mix of old and new furnishings, natural wood and linens. Surrounded by luscious greenery, Maisie and Bertie were able to explore and roam about freely. We spent every evening out on the deck, eating dinner, absorbing the views and watching the late sunsets. Such a relaxing place. The most rested and contented I have felt in a very long time!

If you're interested, I found the cabin through Airbnb and would recommend it to anyone! It is very reasonably priced too. Find out more here.

Sweden

17/06/2013

Hello, I hope you are all well - I do wonder if there is anyone still out there reading my neglected blog! Anyway, our little family of four recently had the most wonderful holiday on the island of Tjorn in Sweden, so I wanted to share a few pictures. Quite possibly the most beautiful part of the world I have visited so far.... We were so lucky to have blue skies and warm sunshine all week, plus being out of season, there were hardly any humans around (my kind of place!).

Here's a little taster anyway - many more to follow!

In other news, we have now moved house and are no longer Londoners. We're back in Exeter, setting up our new home a studio for Seventy Tree and preparing for our fifth family member in September!

See you soon!

The Nursery - Tim Coulson's Workshop

21/05/2013

Hello, I'm just popping in quickly to tell you about a very special workshop that's taking place in London on June 19th. Many of you, I am sure, will be familiar with Tim Coulson's wonderful photography, so if you are fairly local to London, or even in the UK (it's definitely worth traveling to) do consider taking part as I believe there are a few places left. I know a couple of you bloggy people have already enrolled, and I am hoping to get there myself.....

Anyway, so what's it all about? Here's what Tim has to say - - -

"Teaching has become a big part of what I do. Last year I ran twelve workshops and I'm pretty sure that I learnt more than the beautiful people who came to learn from me. I love these workshops. I have faith in them and their ability to help you become a better photographer."

Click here to book and see below for all the details.

The Nursery is a single day photography workshop that finds and fosters the creative photographer within all of us. The workshop is tailored for amateur and beginner photographers and focuses on:
1. Emotional shooting: learning how to connect with your subject.
2. Technical shooting: understanding the principles of creating your own exposure through shooting on manual.
3. Live shoot: using your new skill set and a chance to shoot one on one with me.
4. Workflow: learning what to do with your images once you get home (culling, editing, exporting for web/print, archiving).
You'll need a DSLR to attend. The workshop runs for one day, from 10am - 4:30pm and is being offered on either a Friday or Saturday. The London workshop will be run on a Wednesday. Workshops are limited to twelve attendees.

Sounds amazing I think!

So that's all for now - I am in the process of moving house again. We're going back to Devon, where we have a new studio for Seventy Tree and my husband will be coming on board to work with me too - hoorah! But first, we're spending a much needed week in Sweden (Yay!).

Hope you're all well and I'll see you soon (more often I hope too as I'll have more time for blogging now Seventy Tree is expanding!)

:)