Saturday, December 02, 2006

Red!


Luminous red
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
It was all about red on a recent visit to Harcourt Arboretum in Oxfordshire - Japanese Maples were everywhere and literally glowed as the light streamed through them.

One of my "red" photos has been published in Fashion Trendsetter - very exciting! Apparently red will be all the rage in the Spring/Summer collection in 2008!!

See more of my red photos on Flickr

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Big Chill 2006


Big Chill 2006
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
Had a wonderful time at the Big Chill festival this year (Eastnor Castle Deer Park, 4-6 August 2006). Colour everywhere you looked. Lots of dressing up. Lots of great music. Lots of fantastic food. Superb Chai. Lots of beautiful greenery and time to chill with friends. And of course the toilets! Highly recommended: www.bigchill.net/festival.html

See my Big Chill photoset for more photos

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Flowers, flowers, flowers....


Soft waves
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
...are out in bloom everywhere. Each week in the Botanic Gardens in Oxford something new is out. This week it was all about Poppies - red, yellow, white, purple - any kind you can imagine. A couple of weeks before, it was all about Irises. The Botanic Gardens are such a beautiful place - I highly recommend a visit.

See my Flowers set on Flickr for more photos.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Soft pink


Soft pink
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
The latest in my line of Studio photos. Well, I say studio, but I mean it in the loosest sense of the word: a table and a few large pieces of white and coloured paper stuck on to the wall with masking tape to provide a backdrop! Great fun though :o)

May Day in Oxford


Oxford punts lined up and ready
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
May Day in Oxford was glorious, with the sun lighting up everything beautifully - suddenly it feels like summer! Everyone was out and about enjoying the weather and the river was busy with punters and rowers everywhere.

See more photos from the Botanic Gardens in Oxford - a favourite haunting ground of mine - peace and quiet and large helpings of green in the middle of the city.

Jersey - April 2006


St. Ouen's Bay Reflections
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
A trip to Jersey, Channel Islands to visit my family. This photo is of St. Ouen's beach - my absolute favourite - so much S P A C E - 5 miles of it in fact as the beach runs the entire length of the west coast of the island.

More Jersey photos

Sand patterns


Sand patterns
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
I just love the textures and patterns created by sand. Most of my photos are taken on St. Ouen's beach in Jersey, Channel Islands - one of my favourite beaches in the world.

See my Sand set for more photos.

Wales trip - March 2006


Life buoy
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
A trip to South West Wales ~ Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire ~ in March 2006. Beautiful scenery, although it was very, very cold and rather grey. We visited the National Botanical Gardens of Wales, Aberglasney, Tenby, Saundersfoot, Lllansteffan, Ferryside & Kidwelly Castle.

See my Wales set for more photos.

I got quite addicted to the Poster Edges filter in Photoshop when editing my nautical shots - I really like the way it brought out the details of textures and created a blurry comic book style background.

Mosaics: Feast of Flowers


Feast of flowers
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
Flickr Toys provide a great easy-to-use tool to make lots of different mosaics with your photos. Take a look at my Mosaics set. Great fun, but highly addictive!

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Sparkly, Spangly, Shiny, Glittery, Pretty Things


Sequin purse 3
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
More studio work. Couldn't find a suitable group on Flickr to post to, so created my own: Sparkly, Spangly, Shiny, Glittery, Pretty Things

Description of group:
For beautiful MACRO highkey photos of sparkly, spangly, shiny, glittery, pretty things such as jewellery, accessories, details of clothes and fabrics and anything else that takes your fancy!

Sparkly heart


Sparkly heart
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
One of my current favourites - shooting inside against a large plain piece of paper with natural sunlight causing the crystals to sparkle

Sunday's best effort


*** Seeing Stars ***
Originally uploaded by Zed Bee.
A pot of shiny stars to do creative stuff with - really like the simplicity of this against a white background.