Poppy…growing up so fast!

What an amazing collection of photos and a real sense of hope for all women who feel sad. I cannot believe that lack of confidence, feeling of “unworthy” and ugly are associated with motherhood. We should not feel this way! I supported this one and so should you!

I think this is the most accurate image of me – silent but present. Thank you, Wojtek Korsak!

RegentTweet – Saturday event dedicated to shopping, food and drink, celebrating blogging, love towards local businesses and much more. I really enjoyed it and I am taking home kind memories of few kind people who made my day! Thank you to the organisers for this great opportunity to learn more about London!

I have just read “Anne Leibovitz at Work”. I think I can relate to her relationship to photography:

“Yeas before it ever occurred to me that one could have life as a photographer, I had become accustomed to looking at the world through a frame.” (then she talks about travelling int he car with her family which resembled my childhood a lot!).

Anne’s book is personal, very honest and inspiring more by examples then empty words, but there is another note made me stop and re-think my own work:

“[when you are on the road] Things happen in front of you. That’s perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography. It seemed like you just had to decide when and where to aim your camera. The process was linear and it never stopped.”

I really wish I could get to the point when my technique allows me to feel this way, freely.

The book finishes with a great summary, something I am taking with me as a keepsake but I would like to share with you too:

“When I’m asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the cloud roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.”

As I am archiving my Artweeks exhibition I would like to share few notes left in my silver notebook (my guestbook):

“Really Interesting views, from a different perspective of Wantage. Keep going!”

“Thank you for your secret garden to little treasures”

“We enjoyed exploring the art int he garden”

“You’ve made magic out of sleepy Wantage and made me look at familiar things quite differently. Thank you, Sylvia!”

I am glad that the underlying message of my Artweeks exhibition in our garden became apparent to my guests. Just for that it was worth it;) Thank you for visiting, for your time and feedback!

I have spent last week on holidays in my own garden. Actually, I was learning basics and tricks of traditional photography from Wojtek Korsak  Polish photographer who had the privilege of working and later exhibiting in amazing locations all around the world. Last week marks an important phase in my work with photography, so I hope that you will see more interesting and exciting works from me shortly.

You can see some of Wojtek’s works here.

…is now on! Come on and enjoy my works in our amazing garden!