Photo Phobia Throwback

On Friday, I checked my Timehop App as I do everyday and was so surprised to see it was exactly a year ago from when I photographed my brother and my little cousin, Ella, for my Halloween/Phobia/Horror photo themed shoot. The theme for the project was 'Photo Phobia' and my idea for it was 'child nightmares.' I decided to create a dream-like photograph with my smoke machine and make a nightmare come to life in the studio.

I used the storyline of Little Red Riding Hood and had both models dress up so it looked realistic. We had such good fun in the studio while creating this look and I'd really like to try something like this again very soon but perhaps on location. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do! :)

Website Building

This week at uni, we had a group discussion in one of our lectures on website building for our own business. I found it really useful and have started to build my own - however it is an on going process and I'm taking my time to make sure that I do it properly.

Here are a few pointers and tips that I learnt from the session..

Pages on a website:

• Home page with the business name, logo, a collage/strong image, a mini bio.
• Gallery - Slideshow/Square images with some information. (Caption/Location & Credits.)
• Blog page - Direct link to blog so clients can read a bit about what you do from week to week.
• About page - Bio on who you are and what you do. 
• Contact - Email/Business phone number/Social media.
• Price List & Shop page.

Other important tips..

• All photographs should be watermarked with a logo. 
• A resolution of 100 dpi is perfect for MAC and PC viewers (also good because it means no one can print them from your website because the quality is rubbish for printing!)
• Mobile compatibility - so that clients can view the website on their smart phones.
• Large font, plain background and consistent colour theme/style.

A website is almost your personal spot on the internet to show off your work and what you do! You want people to remember your website & photographs so that they book you!

Most importantly it needs to be easy to navigate and not take too long to load up - otherwise unfortunately people will go somewhere else. 

As I said, I am currently working on my own website. I am using www.one.com and I am getting there :)

I will keep my blog up to date with how I am getting on with it & hopefully it will be up soon so watch this space xxxxx

London Town

Here is a photo diary of my trip in London from the weekend .. :)

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

What's in my camera bag ...

I haven't done a shoot this week so far, I have one organised for tomorrow afternoon so new photographs will go up tomorrow evening :)

So instead, I thought I'd write about my kit today, it's something a little interesting, I always like to know about other photographer's camera kit ( or maybe thats just me being nosey. )

Before we start, the quality of the images are 100% perfect because they have been taking on my iPhone 5. I just wanted some visuals to make this post a bit more fun.

I am a Canon girl and my camera is a 5D MK II and I adore it being a full frame sensor. The results are insane!

I have a polka dot blue and white striped camera strap from www.etsy.com

My camera bag is also from Etsy and is navy blue and brown, there are three compartments to it which I really like, makes it easy for each piece of my kit to have a specific place in the bag.

The lens that I use most often at the moment is my EF 50mm prime lens, f 1.4. This is an amazing lens for depth of field and for making each image look soft and slightly dreamy looking. - Something I love for candid shots and also for my fashion images.

The other lens I have is an Sigma Lens, Canon Fit, 24-105mm. This is great because you have a complete range to work with when shooting. You can be zoomed in on somebody but also take a wide angle shot too. ( unfortunately I haven't got a photo of it because my Grandparents have bought it for me for Christmas, bless their hearts <3 )

My flash gun is the Yongnuo speedlite. I bought it from Amazon and it has never let me down. I also bought the diffuser box that goes on top from Amazon.

I bought a camera cleaning kit from Amazon too. This came with a lens spray, a cloth, a brush and a few other things to make sure your camera always stays clean and dust free. - This was really cheap and I would recommend everyone to have it.

That is mostly all of my kit that I use from shoot to shoot, I do have a spare Canon camera and a Sony for a back up. I also have an old film camera that my Grandad gave to me, but I tend to only shoot on digital unless for special projects.

Come back and visit tomorrow evening where my new spooky graveyard photo shoot pics will be up :) Fingers crossed the rain doesn't make us have to cancel!!

Social Networking

It always good to keep in contact with other photographers and also people who like to read and see new work so here is a quick update on my social media sites:

Please like and share my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/danniellehuntphotography
I post regularly with new work and things that I have been doing.
This weekend I managed to get up to 200 likes which I am extremely happy about :)


I have set up a twitter account in the past week so please check that out too:
https://twitter.com/danniellehphoto


Here are some other really creative individuals to check out too:

https://www.facebook.com/emmierosemakesbowties
https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCuttsMuArtist?ref=br_tf
http://laurajaynewardphotos.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.bunnypumpkinboutique.com
http://meganrazeyphotography.blogspot.co.uk


I hope to set up an instagram account too in the next week or so and a website so watch this space :)
Hope you have all had a lovely weekend!