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. :)

Calling all book worms

For Christmas this year, I received a few photography books as presents & I'm so excited to have some time to sit down and read them.
I haven't had chance to read any of them yet so this isn't a review blog post or anything like that, it's just a post to tell you which ones I'm excited about :-)

Tim Walker - Storyteller

The first book I got was Tim Walker's Storyteller. I absolutely love this book!! I went to see the exhibition whilst studying my A levels and it was amazing. I find it so inspiring to flick through and get some ideas for future shoots of my own. It's such a heavy book but worth it for all the amazing imagery inside! The main intentions for the book were to recreate fairytales and children's tales in the fashion world. It is incredible & a must read for every budding photographer out there!!

Lonely Planet's Best Ever Photography Tips 

This is my favourite just because of the amazing front cover that looks like a camera!! This book is all about techniques and tips to help you when photography mainly location & travel pictures. This is something I am really interested in as a hobby and I haven't had as much time as I would like to flick through it yet but it looks really interesting. There are also some fantastic photographs in there too! Anyone who is looking to travel or take some travel images even when just on holiday then I would recommend this. :) 

Unseen Vogue - The Secret History of Fashion Photography

I can't wait to start reading this book! The photographs in there are so amazing & have given me some amazing ideas for my own future shoots. It's really interesting to see some examples of photographs that never made it into Vogue because of the composition or exposure, & it proves just how tough the fashion industry really is. Really interesting and a must read for anyone who loves fashion or portrait photography. 

Thats all for now, I will review these books and write a blog post when I have read them all.

Check them out on Amazon if you are interested in buying a copy :) www.amazon.co.uk

Wishing everyone a happy new year :) 

Christmas Bokeh

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas & got everything they wanted :-)
Sorry that I haven't been blogging or tweeting over the past couple of weeks, I have been really busy & then got a really bad cold and have been stuck in bed for a few days..

However, I am much better now & have some photographs to blog about!

For my Digital Imaging task for Uni over Christmas, we had to capture bokeh. Christmas is a perfect time for this because there are beautiful lights everywhere, outside on houses or on the tree, so I had a little go myself & here are the results.

For the next time I try out this technique, I would like to use shapes, such as hearts or starts to get different effects from the light.

Check out my photographs on my Facebook - www.facebook.com/danniellehuntphotography

Words in Sparklers

I've spent the evening outside in the garden with my brilliant family who were willing to stand in the freezing cold for half an hour with me, making shapes and letters with sparklers for my text and image project.

I tried a few different things, some things worked really well whereas some things didn't work as much.

Here a few of my favourites :)

My Mum got confused on this one and spelt the 'S' the wrong way round!!!

I recently shot a wedding with a professional photographer and we tried out this technique on the day, check out the photographs here - https://www.facebook.com/BarefootPhotog/posts/845165362195113