Flowers, portraits, portraits, flowers???

It is often a dilemma 

What to photograph?

The advice so often is to specialize...that way you will be more skilled at what you do.

I have decided the best thing to do is photograph what you love to look at. The diversity, intricacy and magic of flowers and the details of nature always touch my heart. So I will photograph these things.

And people, faces, emotion, fabric, movement, light, and the purity of a portrait image. I love these things. And so I will photograph them.

But really my true love in all this is bokeh and shallow depth of field. As shallow as I can get it. I love the variety of colours that turn up within the blur. Although I must admit catching that perfect point of focus can be quite elusive. I love this image but I can't help thinking if that focus had just touched the next petal as well I would be happy.

'Create the Incredible' workshop competition

The 'Create the Incredible" competition run by Sue Bryce Photographer.

This is my entry. The image on the left is by Sue Bryce. The others are my composite images.The one in the middle was my actual entry in the competition but after viewing all the other entries today I decided mine was too bright and neat so I have reworked it adding texture darkness and light and just made it a bit more about the figure in flight rather than the environment. Thank you to Sue Bryce and Lara Jade for the workshop and the inspiration.

See this workshop at http://www.creativelive.com

and also all the entries at  'Create the Incredible'.