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
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Groups
fayinspain is a member of All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Yellow Gallery, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 a day, "Real" Life Artwork, "Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, *Berries, Fruits & Seeds* - 3/day, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, >>>Movement: Motion Blur, A Fascinating Purple , All About Flowers, All About Water, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers NEED CO-HOST, 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 ~ E), Amateur Photographers' Association, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week, Arachnids, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, As Is, Beach Art, 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, Castle Magic, Childhood, Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: RED), Colors of Water, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Country Bumpkin, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dilapidated Buildings, European Everyday Life, Everyday Life, Extreme Close-Ups, Fabulous Flowers, Farms and Countryside, 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, Historic Landmarks of Europe, History, Horizons, Human and Nature, Iberia , In the Pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Brown, Kairos, Lakes and Inland Waterways- 1 per day, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Macro Untouched. 2 per day only, Mills & Mines, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Natural Textures, Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Night Photography, One For The Album , One Single Flower On Show.. Upload 2 per day, ONLY OWLS, Out of the Blue, People and Portraiture Photography, Public Art, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Scenery, SEA, Seachanges, Shadows & Reflections, 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, The Compact Group 2 per day, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per day!!!!, Timber and Water, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Travel and Adventure, Trees , Untouchables, Unwanted , Abandoned & And Saved Through Preservation, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waves, Weekly Theme Challenges, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Windows and Doors and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).
Journal Entries
The Tackle
Posted 4 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Cheered me up
Posted 4 months ago, 3 comments so far.
A popular choice!
Posted 5 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Spanish Dresses featured
Posted 6 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Clear Blue Sea featured again
Posted 6 months ago, 3 comments so far.
Yay, another feature
Posted 7 months ago, 7 comments so far.
Street lamp featured
Posted 7 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Driftwood
Posted 7 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Red featured
Posted 7 months ago, 2 comments so far.
WooHoo, another feature
Posted 8 months ago, 3 comments 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.
