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The wise woods

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Feeling the loss of someone great, who I never really got to know and wish I had. These woods feel like a wise place to contemplate the quiet cycle of life, growth and eventual death. Spring will arrive with its delicate hope after the mourning.

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The Pink Cherry Blossoms

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These pink blossoms were insanely huge and colour popping against the bright blue sky and green hedge. Completely overwhelming and fabulous lacking any subtlety.
I have obviously pumped these up a little more to how I saw them in my head. Not the direction I want to head with my photography but really fun. 


pink cherry blossom alexandra king photography

pink cherry blossom alexandra king photography

pink cherry blossom alexandra king photography



pink cherry blossom alexandra king photography

I love these and how they look cut out from the background and vintage pop.


pink cherry blossom alexandra king photography


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White Apple Blossom


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There was so much blossom this April and May everywhere. This is the white apple blossom. Looking at white for inspiration. right now fresh, new crisp and clean seems particularly appealing. 


white apple blossom alexandra king photography

white apple blossom alexandra king photography


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A Walk in the Country

photo of an island copse in somerset

Fitting for the time, it is rumored that this island copse of trees with a moat all around was where the village buried their dead during the plague. I'm not sure its true but an interesting grim concept.

Under lockdown I have discovered what's around me in every direction. Its been so beautiful in the Somerset countryside, I don't want to get back to normal. These were taken over a few different walks in April where we were very glad to have moved back home with my parents earlier in the year. 


stream in field


somerset levels field

photograph of an old trailer

black and white photograph of old trailer

trailer tire photograph

rustic trailer photograph in colour

old tire photograph

somerset stream photograph

somerset landscape photograph

somerset tree in field



hole in tree



pond glistening water photograph


somerset tree photograph

tree roots

tree roots

butterfly on concrete photograph




trees

somerset levels

somerset coombe

tree

fallen tree

fallen tree

fallen tree

fallen tree


footpath sign

steps

somerset levels

somerset landscape

somerset river

somerset cows




somerset river

somerset river



somerset river and bridge somerset levels




somerset



grass bank

grass bank in colour

crows nests somerset

old digger

old digger


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Blossom


blossom

Blossom in colour and black and white. Pleased with these soft blush colours but again am more into the black and white. 

black and white photo of blossom by Alexandra King
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Wood Seat


Everyone is talking about isolation creation. We are at the end of week 2 of lockdown in the UK due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The idea of isolation - a quiet time to feel creative again, to slow down and get inspired, was a dream.
Being self employed means I couldn't just stop the way others have. I can't put myself on furlough and I'm in a limbo between half working and half taking a very much needed break. I've been running on empty for a while.

Taking just a few moments to photograph things I find beautiful, makes me feel motivated to create new work again. Maybe once I've done my jobs I'll treat myself to more photographs.

Above is an old wooden seat made from a tree trunk. The grain is beautiful.
Photographed on Canon 5D 50mm f/22 - edited in Lightroom





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Autumn Park Wells


Autumn Shadows in the park. Like how the sun hits the bench on the second image.










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Wells Foggy Morning Landscapes - October 2019



Another of my favourite foggy misty mornings. The first bright and cold morning of the year.
Bishops palace fields in Wells have beautiful specimen trees, these were good practice for landscape especially as they are well laid out.

 Canon 50mm lens f/22 low key, cool colour edited in lightroom

 Canon 50mm lens f/22 please with the detail on the grass and soft silhouette of the central trees.

 Canon 50mm lens f/22 high key soft silhouettes

 Canon 50mm lens f/22 low key - love this old dark horror look.




Happy with the softness of this shot. 50mm


 Canon 50mm lens f/22 the mist creates a back light for the silhouettes to stand out.

 Canon 50mm lens f/22 - liked this shot enough to try three ways
 Canon 50mm lens warm colour filter in lightroom
 Canon 50mm lens f/18
 Canon 50mm lens f/22

Canon 24 - 100 lens f/22 - taken the following week with a different lens with higher f stop.
Canon 24 - 100 lens f/22 - I liked the landscape shots of the first set but wish I'd had a wider lens with me. Preferred the 50 mm lens but with the lack of mist there weren't the silhouettes created in the trees.
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December 2018 Journey to Work Somerset


It was a sunny foggy morning on my drive to work and the pastel colours against the black of the trees were so beautiful.
On the most in Wells the mist was rising from the water, I wish every morning could be cold and crisp and this lovely.

I should be excited about all types of weather and try to capture it with my camera learning new techniques along the way.








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Spiderwebs






Spider webs, really need a macro lens for these close ups.
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