fayinspain
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I’ve been taking photographs since the age of 5 when I could first hold my Dad’s old Kodak. I’m glad to say that the images have improved a bit from those first black and white shots, now that I can hold the camera straight!
I was given an old Russian made SLR years ago and had to go to evening classes to learn how to use it, but that is the extent of my photographic education. I progressed to a great Canon SLR and had fun experimenting with lenses and filters until it got stolen. I now use a Fuji Finepix S602 zoom but it is now past it’s prime and I’m looking to upgrade when I can afford it. I also use a Nikon coolpix 4600 which I carry around with me all the time to capture candid shots, though it is very versatile it is also a few years old now.
For me the art of photography lies in compostion, I’m not a huge fan of digitally altered images and I’m not particularly technically minded. I hope my photos are as pleasing to others as they are to me, if not any hints and tips are greatly appreciated!
You can visit my bubblesite, go to http://fayinspain.redbubble.com/
My featured work:
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Some examples of my work:
Groups
fayinspain is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Yellow Gallery, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, A Fascinating Purple (75% Purple), All About Flowers, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All Castles Around The World, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Alphabet Soup (Letter W), Amateur Photographers' Association, Animal Kingdom, Arachnids, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Artistic Motion Blur, As Is, Beach Art, Berries, Fruits & Seeds - 3/day, Bits and Pieces , Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Blowing In The Wind, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Bubblers' Weekly Challenge, Candid photographs of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE), Candid Photography ( 1/24 ) , Castle Magic, Childhood, Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Church Architecture, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: BROWN [No Flowers]), Colors of Water, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Contemporary Architecture, Country Bumpkin, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dilapidated Buildings, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Everyday Life, Extreme Close-Ups, Fabulous Flowers, Farms and Countryside, Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Flotsam & Jetsam, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Freedom to Shine, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Green!, Heritage in Stone, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Historic Churches, Historic Landmarks of Europe, History, Horizons, Human and Nature, Human. Animal. Nature./Człowiek. Zwierzę. Natura. (2 per day, approval required) , Iberia , In the Pink 50% pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Brown, Kairos, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light up My Life (all about lamps), LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Lovely Lavender, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only (closed for reno), Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Mills & Mines, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Natural Textures, Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Night Photography, On Youth, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, ONLY OWLS, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), People and Portraiture Photography, Photographers of Redbubble (2 per 24hr, Camera info added before it will be accepted!!), Photography Fun, Public Art, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Scenery, SEA, Seachanges, Shadows & Reflections, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Simple by Design, Skyscapes, Sports For All from Our Gym, Sports Photography, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Statues and Such, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street & Shelter Cats, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Sunrise, Sunset, TABLES AND CHAIRS, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Beauty of the European Waters, The Birds, The Compact Group *ONE* per day with *camera details please*, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per 24 hour limit, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, Timber and Water, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Travel and Adventure, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Untouchables, Unwanted , Abandoned & Saved Through Preservation., Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waves, Weekly Theme Challenges, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Windows and Doors, Yachts and Sailing Vessels and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).
Journal Entries
Catch up
Posted 11 days ago.
What a week!
Posted 4 months ago.
The Tackle
Posted 9 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Cheered me up
Posted 9 months ago, 3 comments so far.
A popular choice!
Posted 10 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Spanish Dresses featured
Posted 10 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Clear Blue Sea featured again
Posted 11 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Yay, another feature
Posted 11 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Street lamp featured
Posted 11 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Driftwood
Posted 11 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Art
Writing
Limerick
As a girl I heard it once said / If a man ate nothing but bread / He would end up looking / Like a big fat pudding / With only a bun for a head
A Winter Journey
I must keep moving, though every step is now hindered as snow clings to the bottom of my boot.
Waves
The wind whips up the placid water, forcing it up onto the shore like footsoldiers on a battlefield.
