August 2010

With nearly 500 members and over 6,000 photos, the August Break proved to be the best kind of community adventure, filled with amazing and tender views of August from around the world. The month was also filled with studious book-writing for me, so having the group’s Flickr pool to dip in to was such a joy – we’ll definitely be doing it again next year!

In other news, I shared my thoughts on finding inspiration in a guest video post over on Spring, examined the delights of online friendship for Kind Over Matter and discussed online business and dreams at 101 Bird Tales.

Next up: teaching at Squam Art Workshops in September and a NYC Polaroid safari with one of my co-authors!

July 2010

So honoured to be included in the journal, volume one, the first publication from the amazing team at Squam Art Workshops. Filled with essays, stories and photographs, the journal ‘is an exploration of the journeys we take, how we can find friendship in the most unexpected places, and the restorative power of natural beauty– but above all, it is about what happens when you honor your creativity.’ Sounds magical, non?

At the end of July I announced I’d be taking a break from blogging words in August and would be sharing photos each day instead while i focus on my book writing; little did i know that so many people would want to play along too! So the August break was born – I’ve a feeling this will turn into a yearly summer camp :)

June 2010

June was filled with the joys of Unravelling, including the very first session of Unravelling #2: Living in My World – truly a remarkable experience! Elsewhere I contributed a post to the I Am Enough blog, shared inspirational thoughts and images for Bindu Wiles’ 21.5.800 project and treated the readers of sfgirlbybay to a tour of beautiful Bath.

May 2010

This month I announced that I’ve accepted a book deal with Globe Pequot Press (USA) which means my first book will be in stores in autumn 2011! At the end of April I also shared that I’m working with two crazy-talented photographers, Jenifer Altman and Amanda Gilligan, on a how-to book about Polaroid photography for Chronicle Books (USA), available spring 2012.

Elsewhere I was interviewed in Photo Pro Magazine’s ‘Instant Art’ feature (May 2010), shared some thoughts on the writing life over at The Creative Identity and loved being mentioned in a post on the very cool 99% blog.

April 2010

This month saw the birth of my beautiful little nephew, Noah, and the launch of this new website! The aim was to bring my blog under the same virtual roof as my site, in turn creating more space for new projects and upgrading the registration process using the magic of Wordpress.

Marisa Haedike and I announced that we’re working together on a podcast to share our knowledge of creating and running online classes; the podcast and a full transcript will be available for purchase later this year.

In March I shared a few thoughts on photography with Catherine over at Parismages, and I had the honour of being included in Kate’s ‘You Inspire Me’ series on her blog, The Fabric of My Life. Thanks ladies!