Day 333

I took today's shot while I was waiting for the estate agent to show some more people round the house. If he does manage to sell it, he'll have earned his commission. He's shown round about two dozen sets of people so far. I'm confident that if there is a buyer out there, he'll find them!

Here's my photo from my SPARK partnership with writer David Ord, taken during my beach photo shoot the other day.

Follow the link below to the SPARK website to read the piece of writing that inspired this image. While you're there, take a look around at all the other work - there's some amazing art and writing. You might even want to take part yourself in the next round in February.

http://www.getsparked.org/spark14/helen-lewis-and-david-ord

Day 329

I visited the beach this evening to get some shots for this round of SPARK, a quarterly event in which artists, writers and musicians are paired up, and create new work in response to an inspiration piece their partner gives them. I've participated lots of times, and this round I'm taking part as both a writer and an 'artist'. If you're a visual artist, musician or writer, SPARK is well worth checking out. Go to www.getsparked.org

The nearest beach is only a half-hour drive away, but it's a ages since I last went. Like all the beaches on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, this beach has black volcanic sand and is strewn with driftwood.

Day 203

I've been playing with my new toys today.

I used my new lens and reflector for this shot:

I took these three with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone:

And here's an old photo I played around with in Lightroom and Photoshop.