Magic Photography

Since NYC, I have been running slightly behind on the weekly digital imaging tasks that I've been set at uni. There are two outstanding, these are magic or fire photography & food photography.

So yesterday, I tried out my own idea for 'magic' photography. I had seen this idea on Pinterest and loads of blogs for months and couldn't wait to give it a go myself. I made my own 'DIY Glow Stick Jar.'

All you need is a glass mason jar with a sealable lid, variety of glowsticks, glitter, scissors, LOADS OF NEWSPAPER, and some kitchen roll for any spillages. :)

Make sure the jars are clean, then using the scissors cut the end of the glow stick so all the liquid pours out & add the glitter. Close the lid, and shake it about so you make sure all the solution is covering the whole jar.

Then turn off the lights and TAA DAA! You have amazing, light up glow stick jars that look so cool!!! They only last about 1 - 2 hours so make sure you are ready to start shooting pretty much straight away.

I hope you like the images, feel free to comment and let me know what you think :)

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Secret Garden

My Aunty is a budding artist & is currently studying art and design. She asked me to photograph her final piece for her 'Sense of Place' project. The idea is a weaving ball made out of willow, ivy and branches all from the garden. There is a scary doll's head, arm and old tea set that is placed in the middle to represent the eerie side to an enchanted, forbidden garden.

Here are the photos, I hope you like the final piece. :)

NYC

Yesterday I got home from New York & I had the most amazing time :-)
I am feeling very jet lagged and got a terrible chest infection so I've been in bed for the majority of the time, however I managed to sort myself out and here is a selection of my favourite photographs from the trip.

I will be posting some more soon so keep posted :-)

Feeling Dotty

I had been waiting for today's shoot for about 4 weeks & I was so so excited. It was a brilliant day & the photographs are amazing!!!

All were taken for Bunny Pumpkin Boutique, Go & check out the shoes, they are insane!

MUA: Emily Cutts
Model: Vega La Vamp

These are a few of my favourite images & the rest will follow in the next week or so :)
Enjoy & don't forget to like my page! www.facebook.com/danniellehuntphotography

Interim Evaluation

I set up my blog in September 2014 for my Specialist Practice unit in HND photography. I knew absolutely nothing about blogs before I started this unit and the whole idea absolutely petrified me!!

I thought that I was going to be talking to a big, empty room & no one would be reading my blog or looking at my photographs but after a few weeks, I started to gain twitter and blog followers and page views which was mega exciting!!!!

It is really interesting to look at other photographers work on their blogs & twitter, then comment on photographs that I really like & also get comments on my own work from other people too.

I have found lots of inspiration from other bloggers for various photo shoots, whether it be make up & hair, outfit or location ideas.

Bloglovin is a website where everyone can read their favourite blogs all in one place. It has been such a helpful website to find other bloggers like me and other photographer's blogs too, gain followers and find photographs that I like. I also set up a photography Twitter account so that I could reach other creatives through social media, using hashtags and relevant hashtags means that you gain a wider audience because people will be able to see your tweets when they search for a certain thing. This means that the kind of audience I have been reaching are the kind of people who are interested in similar things to myself such as particular tv shows, photography or something that was newsworthy at the time.
Twitter works the same as a blog, the more people that I have been following, the more followers that I have gained. The more times I tweet & blog, and the more active I am, then the response is bigger. I have really enjoyed being active on Twitter and also my Facebook page, it has benefitted me by more people noticing my photographic services & wanting me to photograph events for them, such as weddings, parties or family photos etc.

My main blog posts have been surrounding my own photography work such as shoots I have done in the past, weddings and my most recent fashion shoots. It is really good to network with people such as models, make up artists and designers. By blogging, you can post links to their websites, Twitters or Facebook pages so that any readers can reach them too if they wanted.
I have also blogged about other creatives such as fashion photographers, youtube vloggers and designers and had a handbag designer tweet about me and my photograph that I took for her, which is such a rewarding feeling for all of my hard work.

My main reason for blogging has been to get my name and photographs out there for the world to see. I think that I still have a long way to go as I only have 76 followers on Bloglovin but I think that seeing as it has only been 6 months then there is still time to gain more of an audience in the future. I will still continue to blog even though the deadline for this project is fast approaching because I think it is a good habit that I have gotten into by blogging at least twice a week. It means I am always being active on Twitter, aswell as blogging, interacting with other creative people and going out & taking new photographs.

I have really enjoyed the project, as I have learnt more about the technical side to putting together a blog & also setting up my own website. - www.danniellehuntphotography.com
This is something that I didn't know how to do before and even though it is a learning progress I am getting there slowly. :-)

Thank you to everyone who has followed me and been reading my blog posts over the last 6 months, be sure to keep posted for many more photo shoots & blog posts to come. There should be plenty more next weekend after my exciting photoshoot for Bunny Pumpkin Boutique tomorrow & then after my travels to New York!

I will be posting soon so watch this space!

www.danniellehuntphotography.com
@danniellehphoto
www.facebook.com/danniellehuntphotography

Infinity Dreams Award

Thanks to Megan Razey for nominating me for the Infinity Dreams Award.

The Rules

Thank and follow the blog that nominated you

Tell us 11 facts about you

Answer the questions set up for you.

1. I am travelling to NYC in four days.

2. I am studying photography at Swindon College.

3. I have worked part time at Pizza Hut for over three years.

4. It is my 20th birthday on the 20th February.

5. I travelled to Rome in January & am also going to Florida in October 2015.

6. I don't have a middle name.

7. I hate needles!!!

8. My favourite food is pasta.

9. My dream car is a FIAT 500.

10. I have been with my boyfriend for 5 years.

11. I am a pisces. 

Questions

What's your go to high street shop? River Island!!! <3

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Probably Florida or somewhere in America but only if I could take all of my family with me.

If you could star in a TV show what would it be and why? Probably Breaking Bad because I love it so much & I would like to be partners with Jessie & Walter White!

If you could have a superpower what would it be? To be invisible :-)

Whats your favourite shoe? Depends on the time of year, Converse in the Summertime & cosy boots in Winter.
What is your claim to fame? I literally have no idea!!!

If you could look like any one in the whole world who would it be? Probably Caggie Dunlop from MIC or Rachel McAdams.

If you could take one thing to a desert island what would it be? Lip balm! Can't live without it.

What are your hobbies? Photography, travelling, writing lists (embarrassing), fashion/beauty.

If you could have one special talent what would it be? I would absolutely love to dance!!! Not really a special talent but still a talent!

What company would be your dream company to work for? Vogue!



I nominate

http://photographypaigedyball.blogspot.co.uk

https://twitter.com/wyleyphotos?lang=en-gb
http://diandracilibertophotography.blogspot.co.uk
http://roisinfineartography.blogspot.co.uk

Questions for you guys

1. Favourite place to go on holiday & why?

2. McDonalds or Burger King?

3. What's your pet hate?
4. What would be your dream job?
5. Favourite colour?
6. What is your most embarrassing moment of your life so far?
7. If you were a cocktail, what would your name be?
8. What's your favourite animal?
9. Favourite time of year?
10. What's your favourite quote?
11. If you only had one day left in your entire life, how would you spend it?

Genie In A Bottle

Levitation was our most recent weekly university challenge & this is something I had never attempted before. I looked into lots of research and how it was done and really its quite simple to do in Photoshop once you have the photographs.

I tried out a couple of things but not all of them worked very well & it was quite difficult but eventually I got there & here is my final levitation shot.

I used my brother as a model, he was sat on a stool in the hallway and then I took the stool out in Photoshop so it looks like he is floating like a genie :-)

Please let me know what you think! I'm quite happy as this was my first attempt but I think its a technique that I would like to try out more often on photoshoots.

Spontaneous Temperature

For the past couple of weeks my weekly task from university has been to capture 'temperature.' 

It's harder than it sounds because I didn't want to take an obvious frosty landscape shot but I wanted it to be interesting. I've been putting it off for ages but this morning when I was getting in my car, there were tiny snowflakes on my windscreen and it made such a beautiful pattern that I couldn't help but take some photographs.

These are only from my iPhone 6 so they are no where near good enough quality but I thought I would share them either way. :)