New Ideas for Eleanor Joy Photography

This time last year I was putting together an album for a couple and decided to get it printed with one of those companies that do wedding albums online. 

It cost around £370... And it was a nice album but not quite as nice as a handmade, one of a kind, BESPOKE wedding album... so I got the idea of designing and creating my own.

We were taught about book binding at university and quite a few visiting lecturers discussed it... so I tried it. And failed. And then I tried again. And failed. And then gave up and asked for help from a colleague at the art shop. So we went to her studio and I looked at her work and decided that I am never again going to attempt making another wedding album because her skills are amazing and she has agreed to create a sample one!!! 

I am so excited about this concept and I really really hope it works out... 

These are few books she's already created... 

 

Professional Instagram Feed!

... Went and got myself a profession Instagram feed! Exciting times! 

I shall endeavour to keep this Instagram strictly work related (unlike this blog)

I'm photographing a wedding next Saturday so I'm sure there'll be more to come.

EVEN MORE EXCITING TIMES!!!

If you follow me I shall love you forever because I feel pretty lonely on there right now!

http://instagram.com/eleanorjoyphotography

And my brother got married!

Secret Garden Party

These are photographs from Secret Garden Party! ...

A new little project

My sister and I have decided to send each other one photograph everyday of something that has made us happy. Although this is 100% corny, I'm loving it. I love having some sort of communication with Lucie even though she's living far away. These are my photos since Monday...

14th July -

We did a children's workshop where we  made feather head-dresses. That was fun. 

15th July-

Got a basket!!!

16th July-

Decided that water colouring painting is my new technique to inner peace 

Portraits

Here's Duncan!....

If you're interested in a photography shoot of your face or your families' face(s) or your friends' face(s) or your spouse's face(s)... or anyone's face(s) (as long as you know them) please don't hesitate to get in contact! The details are all here... 

Summer Clothes and other such things

Recently I have had the pleasure of creating a marvellous (if I do say so myself) skirt on my new nifty little dress making model. The pockets took a while because I am in capable of sticking to instructions but I'm pretty chuffed with the outcome! Before using the vegetable died cotton I had to wash it at thirty degrees with salt then wash it again to make sure the colours stayed... I think you have to do this with all vegetable died material. Cotton House in London stock a lot of these fabrics. I used the same pattern which I used for this dress and shirt... It maybe my favourite pattern ever.  

In other news, working full-time is exhausting. I've updated my Flickr stream, I am photographing nursery children again, I discovered the joys of Inktense pencils and the book- 'The 100 year old man' (extremely good read). Currently I am on 'How to be a Woman' by Caitlin Morlan which is equally entertaining.