Charlotte Chapman Photography

Falmouth  Just got back from Falmouth on Friday, i have been to Cornwall many times before when i was younger but i have never been to Falmouth. It is certainly worth a visit! I had a brilliant time with Craig and his family...lots of tea and cake, ice cream, more food, open fires, beaches, boats, sun, cosy sofas, road trips and more! : ) We stayed in the most gorgeous house looking out to the estuary, with a cute beach and lovely views. I took some photos for the first time in a while, i have been spending most my spare time giving lots of love to the rats and also learning the violin, so it was really nice to take some photos whilst on holiday with so much time to spare! (We also took the 3 rat girls on holiday with us and they had a play on the sand too! Photos to come soon...)

I actually took some photos last week! Craig and i went for a walk round Abbey fields and the surrounding area, these are just a couple of shots i took, hopefully i will upload some more soon!

So since my last post i have not taken any photos as intended...well not outside/landscape images like i wanted to do. The weather has been horrible, rainy and no frost like i hoped for! However that is no excuse. The only images i have really taken are some shots at my house just playing around with my Macro lens, see below the photo of one of my many owls that are scattered around my house! One of my many, many, many owls!  I have been pretty busy with Xmas, visiting family and chilling out before i have to go back to work. Craig and I have been pretty geeky this Christmas break, mostly playing games, either Borderlands 2 on the Xbox, or our new LOTRs role playing card game which my brother bought us for Christmas! My Violin i had for Christmas! I have recently had to take one of my rats to the vets and i am keeping a close on eye on her, which is quite difficult with four rats whom are all crazy in their own little ways! The two older ones Hermion...

 Again i have been incredibly lazy with anything creative as of late...to be honest i have no excuse, busy or not busy. I am hoping to get up early either Thursday or Friday next week (as i am off work those two days) and take some snaps of the beautiful, yet bitterly cold mornings. The frost is so amazing and everything just looks magical, so i will hopefully have some new images on here just before Xmas...but for the moment all i have are two mobile camera shots from the park just next to the offices i work at. I thought the sky and light frost was just gorgeous, i need to keep taking shots like these on a weekly basis, but not with my mobile! Next week i aim for more photos like these and better, and for the new year i am also setting myself some goals, photography related as well as general things.

New Look Website. I have a new look website up and running now, made by my other half and you can find his website here... http://www.designdotworks.co.uk/ I like the new look, very simple, clean, no mess, i just need to get to work with more new shoots to add to it now! I do have one or two photo shoots in the coming month though, so new photos coming soon :) http://www.charlottechapmanphotography.co.uk/ Preview below. Go check it out.

Andra. I really need to sort out more photo shoots, i have become too lazy recently. Up until about 3 months ago i worked most weekends so i kind of had an excuse for not doing much photography, but now my weekends just seem to be taken up with random events and housework...and more housework. I do need to break the habit though, and push myself more to organize shoots even it is me on my own walking round the streets with my Macro lens in hand. My last proper shoot was in July! Too long ago now! Model is Andra Colcer, she did her own makeup for this shoot, styling too. This was the third time i have worked with her, she is really great, and very easy to work with. See some photos below :)

CROATIA HOLIDAY.  Wednesday evening i arrived back into cold England after spending 3 nights in Croatia with 6 friends. Had a great time, but wish i could have fit my proper camera into my pathetic Ryan Air hand luggage!! :( It was a lovely place and there were so many interesting views to shoot and explore, i think i would have taken a massive amount of photos if i could!  My favourite photo of the holiday, taken right round the corner from where we were staying. Wish this was taken on my Nikon though instead of my phone! National Park  Photo taken by Liam :)  Some of the waterfalls at Plitvice national park.  I would certainly head back to Croatia at some point, as it was only a short flight, which for someone who hates flying is pretty handy. I would however stay nearer sandy beaches rather than pebbles,though there are few in Croatia, but still a lovely place to visit where food is good and very cheap, most places don't seem...