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The last weekend in August

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Wow! How did we get get to September (nearly) so quickly? This year has flown by so fast. Maybe because it has been such a lovely Summer with lots of lovely sunshine and (too) hot weather.
This year I have not travelled very much with my camera, hopefully will get out and about in the Autumn months (my favourite season).

Another photograph to water colour style image for this lovely Friday evening. Hope you like this one.
If any of you are interested in creating your own drop me a message on here and I’ll add a link to the tutorial that I use on YouTube.

Red Admiral Butterfly – SJ Butler Photography

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August

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I’m back! Sorry for the silence for the past few weeks which have been so busy and hot, that I’ve neglected a journal post! But, I’m here with some time to write one, I’m also in the process of maybe changing domain name as I’ve gone back to wordpress.com for now.

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As it has been too hot and bright for me to focus on photography I’ve been working on creating some effects using Photoshop. It isn’t just a button that you press to create these, you have to have many layers and change the filters etc. Each one can create up to 30-60 minutes to create.

If any of you are interested in creating your own drop me a message on here and I’ll add a link to the tutorial that I use on YouTube.


On the left is the original raw image & on the right the water colour effect.
SJ Butler Photography

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July

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Busy July

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What a most beautiful start to the start of the UK Summer holidays.

A more enjoyable heat of 20+ instead of searing 35°+

The past few weeks have been so busy and hot, that I’ve neglected a journal post! But, I’m here with some time to write one. Enjoy the sun and have a lovely day!

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July

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Saturday Motivation

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Sorry for the quiet journal. I’ve been busy planning my shop window at No3. And had a commission to photograph a beautiful garden. Images coming soon.


Have a great Saturday.

Bluebells New Edit

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Golden Orange

I managed to get out for a short walk on Sunday. The weather was…

 

Bank Holiday Weekend

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Hope you are all having a great Bank Holiday (UK) weekend? I’m having a lovely one: the weather could be a bit sunnier but at least it’s dry.

I’ve spent most of the weekend in the garden and my garden project is nearly complete, I’ll put a before and after up later on.

May 1st and Breezy Knees Gardens in Warthill are open again for the season. Lots of pretty blossom on the trees and lots of flowers in bloom. I can’t wait to see how the gardens change throughout the year. A quick video of part of my visit. Let me know if you want to see more like this.

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The Golden Hour

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Golden Orange

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Butterflies

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Hope you are having a good weekend so far? I’ve been seeing more and more butterflies round the garden and fields which is something that I have missed over the winter months. Send me your pictures of Butterflies where you are.

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Nearly April 🌸

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Butterflies

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August

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Busy July

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Busy, busy, busy

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Hope you are all had a great weekend? I had a lovely one and the weather was absolutely gorgeous; the added bonus that the clocks went back into British Summer time yay!

I spent most of the weekend in the garden planting plenty of seeds in the greenhouse, looking forward to seeing them grown and flower in the following months (I hope you like the edit of the boots? They were from when I visited Ripley Castle a few years ago).

My grass got it’s first mow of the year and even better still I found my ‘missing’ camera battery so all is good in my little world.

June

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June

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Saturday Motivation

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Thursday Tales

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Good morning

Another busy day today!

A bit of gardening & tidying up after Storm Arwen and the snow/frost that we had a few days ago.

My lovely Cosmos has had to be pulled up, until next year when I’ll plant some more. I’ve also ordered some lovely golden yellow ones for next year as well.

The birds are loving the berries in the garden, I keep seeing them eating all the left over grapes as well!

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Last days of May

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Well May’s nearly over and I can say that it has been one of the wettest. My garden is like a swamp and there is no way that my lawn is going to get cut for a long time. The lawnmower will sink!

I have planted out some sunflowers in the front garden but the slugs & snails have found them and now there is nothing left apart from a stalk sticking up out of the ground. Silver, slimy trails meander from the place my sunflowers were once growing, back into the undergrowth, so I’m rather reluctant to plant any more out at the moment!

Meraki

Putting a part of yourself into what you’re doing

(Noun / Origin: Greek / me·ra·ki)

This is a modern Greek word that’s often used to describe the instance wherein you leave a part of yourself (your soul, creativity, or love) in your work – so it’s like when you intensely love to do something or just about anything that you put something of yourself into it.

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A Touch of Green

It has been a brilliant start to a new week; time is flying pat so fast I can’t believe it’s the 10th…

Red Leaves, Yellow Leaves

Day 6 post-surgery and the pain in my shoulder is a dull ache rather than not stop pain. It has been a…

A Touch of Blue

Hope you all had a great Easter & didn’t eat too much chocolate? The weather in North Yorkshire has been glorious and…