Holga Norfolk & Home (Photography)

My latest batch of Holga photos back from the very friendly lab. 

[IMAGE] Sunset from my landing window - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Drizzly Drive Home from Norfolk - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] View from bedroom window November 2007 - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Back garden from window double exposure - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Concrete Beauty - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Tarmac Lake near Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, UK - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

Some more Holga and digital comparisions:

[IMAGE] Holkham Bay - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Holkham Bay - Digital Canon Ixus I Zoom

[IMAGE] Holkham Bay Sweep - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Holkham Bay - Digital Canon Ixus I Zoom

[IMAGE] Norfolk field - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Norfolk field with contrast increased using PC - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Norfolk field with contrast increased using PC - Digital Canon Ixus I Zoom

[IMAGE] Windsweapt Norfolk field - Holga FN 120 Fuji Superior 400asa

[IMAGE] Windsweapt Norfolk field - Digital Canon Ixus I Zoom

Invitation to My (Non) Office Xmas Party

You are cordially invited to my (non) office Christmas party on Monday 10 December 2007.

This will be my virtual works party for all my online friends, regular readers and people I don’t get to see much anymore - even people who’ve just discovered me or tend to lurk (read but not comment).  Join in the party!

The festive fun will run all day - all around the world.  Please check in on the day and join the celebration! 

There will be plenty of virtual party nibbles (all diets, cravings and whims catered for) and you can enjoy a virtual hot toddy, mulled wine or a cuppa (in fact there will be ALL your favourite drinks on offer)!  What’s more you can have as much as you like and you’ll feel fantastic

To get you in the party mood there will be party games.  Oh yes there will!

I’ll be asking you to leave a comment or email on the day telling me what you’re up at the party (grooving, chilling, flirting with strangers, sneaking off to the photocopier room, etc) and I’ll relay that to the room.

You could even do your own part blog post and invite your friends too.  Link to my party post on the day and I’ll link back to yours.

If you can provide a festive themed picture representing you I’ll share that with the party too.  It could be a photo of you (with festive accessories if you have them), a drawing of you, a picture of what the season means to you or just a festive picture you love.  I will be wearing my girly antlers - it being a special Christmas celebration.

I will be around online throughout the day and because this is a virtual party you can come and go as you please.  Even if you turn up three days late you’ll still be welcome

So … please come back to the blog on Monday 10 December and look for the party post.  Whether you’re an old friend, a regular here or you just found me for the first time - all welcome!

26% Discount on T-Shirts - Today Only

26% discount today only (Monday 26 November 2007)

Enter coupon code CYBERSALE7 at the checkout

http://rachelcreative.spreadshirt.com

or for UK/EU customers http://rachelcreative.spreadshirt.net

ALSO - now available exclusively in my US/Worldwide T-Shirt Store:

• Ladies Organic Tees - 100% organic cotton
• Ladies Longsleeve Shirts - 100% cotton for those colder days
• PLUS some designs also now in ladies organic and longsleeves in red, black and pink.

Mens coloured tees coming soon in US store. Ladies organic tees and longsleeves to follow in UK/EU store.

    
   
   

New T-Shirts Designs Available

Announcing new designs for my online art t-shirt shops - from drawings originally featured on this blog.
 

See the original blog post for Staple Mouth drawing

  

See the original blog post for Counting drawing

Also Staple Mouth is available as a 56mm badge.  (More badges using this larger size to follow soon all being well)

 

Also I’ve added the Spinal Bubble of Doom design to the UK/EU shop.

 

See the original blog post for Spinal Bubble of Doom drawing

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HOW TO BUY:

USA, Canada, Australia and Worldwide http://rachelcreative.spreadshirt.com

Comfort t-shirts $28, organic tees $32, polo shirts $33, badges (5 pack) $9

Prices in US Dollars.

UK and Europe http://rachelcreative.spreadshirt.net 

(You can also order from the US shop but you may be subject to import taxes and therefore find it cheaper in the UK/EU shop).

Comfort tees £17, organic t-shirts £25, polo shirts £24, badges (5 pack) £7 or £8

UK and EU customers can enjoy a £3 discount by using the coupon code GIFTDISCOUNT07 (valid until 31st January 2008 for purchases over £13)

Festive Survival (Drawing)

[IMAGE] A6 double page. Ink (PITT) and watercolour.

Click on the image and then ‘All Sizes’ to see a bigger version.

For a cheery meme started by Ama

“Surviving Thanksgiving. here’s the challenge: describe ten (10) successful techniques with which you have survived thanksgiving in the past. they have to be true. they have to be things you have done. don’t lie. to make it easier for you, i allow you, quite generously, to include techniques you deployed on christmas or new year’s eve.”

Being British Thanksgiving is not on my radar - so I’ve responded with my Festive Survival top ten.

A bit different to Ama’s survival tips 

Wrapped Up (Drawing)

[IMAGE]  A6. Ink (PITT) and watercolour. 

Last weeks get up for November wheelie walk.  

Radiator Leak Lounge (Drawing)

[IMAGE] A6. Ink (PITT) and watercolour.

Radiator leak in the lounge the day before we went away. Brrrr. 

Day 200 - Self Portrait Photography Project

Today is day number 200 of my self portrait photography project. This last week I’ve gone black and white - partly in the hope of learning more about light and dark and balance in a photography just like an underpainting and partly because it just seems to suit at the moment. 

Also for the first time I’ve started taking self portraits with parts of my body but necessarily my face.  I’ll pick up where I left off last time in my Half Way post …

  

  

   

 

  

 

   

North Northfolk Picture Highlights (Photography)

A quiet, restful week was on the North Norfolk coast was had.  Some cold November days but a stunning part of the world even on the greyest of days.

I took digital, Holga and Split Cam pictures.  Here’s the instant gratification digital highlights of a week away.

My marvelling joy as we drove through Northamptonshire into Norfolk as twilight came and the lack of street lights and light pollution.

A wheelie-walk by Wells-Next-The-Sea beautifully timed to end just as the sun set.

Holkham Bay having a wooden boardwalk to a wheelchair and pedestrian viewing platform with a view to make me suck my breath in.

Dusk and whilst the bird watchers marvelled at the hundreds of geese landing on the fields behind Holkham Bay to graze … I was pre-occupied by the huge sunset sky and the cold beginning to numb my body as Mr Creative propelled my wheelchair back to the car.

Mile after mile of land still used for agriculture.  Even sparse fields feeling rich in texture and earthy colours.

Sunset never being very far away from view - a total contrast to finding the sky at home.

The pink light and hazy sky of mid morning as we left North Norfolk … I suspect a sign of snow of the way.

The delight I still get from clicking the whizzing scenery from my car window - come rain or shine.

Offline for a Week

 

Will be offline for just over a week.  So if you’ve made a comment for the first time it might not show until I’m back to press the moderate button.

But I should will be back will new drawings and photos to share. 

Oh, and relaxed and recharged of course (fingers crossed).