I've always taken photos and love nothing better than wandering around capturing views and random things - I could never take portraits, I don't have the patience haha!
Last year I entered my very first photo competition; Newcastle Libraries were looking to re-vamp one of their regular titles and wanted pictures of listed buildings within the city for Newcastle & Gateshead: Architecture and Heritage
As soon as I read the article I knew I wanted to submit my picture of St Nicholas' Cathedral that I'd taken a while back. My friend Julie, her children and I were having a guided walk of the city centre on a lovely Sunday morning and as we stood with our guide talking about Queen Victoria and the position of her statue on St Nicolas Square, I just happened to look behind me and saw the reflection of the beautiful Cathedral spire in the windows of the Cathedral Square office building and immediately snapped this ...
I sent in my entry to the competition and it wasn't long before I was told I was a finalist!
The general public had to vote on which picture they wanted for the book (at this stage I didn't know it was going to be on the cover) I asked everyone to vote for me as you do and I won!
My prize was a gift voucher and a copy of the book.
And here is my picture on the front cover!
AND my name is on there too! Fame at last hurrah!
I really wish I had the time and money to concentrate on my photography a bit more - I need to get out of auto mode and learn the workings of my camera but courses are so expensive. I also want to learn "proper" editing too. I post on Instagram all the time and have editing apps on my phone and tablet but I have no idea on layers and picture stitching etc
Since joining Bloglovin' I've began following a lot of crafty blogs and have stumbled upon reading challenges and photo challenges along the way. So now it's time to bite the bullet - I'm entering my first photo challenge next week :)
Fantastic read H!!! (Now the kids think we're well famous!) ha ha x was a lovely day and I'm sure I have a similar pic but your take on it was just amazing xxx
ReplyDeleteAh thanks Mrs B :) We really MUST have a day at Blyth beach - I've got a desperate need to photograph those beach huts! xxx
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