28. Something NEW

So this is a bit obscure and not really like my other posts this month... but I was so excited and the prompt fit so well, so today's something new is a new site layout for For the easily distracted... woohoo!

I recently took part in Michelle's blog critique on her blog My Creative Photography (check out this blog, its a great blog!) and I realised that I wasn't very happy with my blog layout. I feel like I've changed a lot in the past year or so but my blog hasn't really changed at all to reflect that.

The home page fortheeasilydistracted.com now take you to photos, where you can see my portfolio in galleries determined by camera and film (which I absolutely love!) and the main blog is still on the /blog page which means any RSS feeds and bloglovin shouldn't be affected, phew!

I'm also thinking of adding a few more galleries of portraits, weddings (I've taken photos at three now)... Though is that too much? I dunno.

Anyway, let me know what you think! Do you love it? Hate it? Hopefully you love it as much as I do :)

It's that time of year again...

It's nearly August, can you believe it? I'm still amazed that we're over half way through the year, but I'm also excited because August means The August Break with Susannah Conway.

I've been taking part in the August Break for a number of years now and every year I enjoy it, so I don't expect this year to be any different. As well as having prompts for each day this year Susannah is also offering daily emails to help with these prompts. Isn't that awesome? I always love Susannah's newsletters so I can't wait to see what she will be sending out for the month.

I will be taking part on both my blog (with scheduled posts of film photos) and on my instagram with photos taken on the day. If you want more information on the August Break, you can find it here on Susannah's website.

Will you be taking part?

Feeling creative and accidentally starting a new shop...

Although I am a film photographer - I'm also a digital designer - I studied Interior Design at University and during that time I developed a love for computer design programs. I've used that to my advantage in creating this blog, but I've never thought of it being something I could 'do' on the internet... I've always thought - well I can do that, I should push my boundaries - which is why I started using film cameras - to challenge myself.

But looking through some Society6 pages today I thought - I could do things like this - and it was a good thought, an exciting(!) thought rather than a bad one. I have Photoshop Elements and I know how to use it, I have inspiration - my own photos... and ta da! A  new shop is born.

So today I am introducing Distracted Graphics (it was the best I could come with in a short amount of time haha). If you can't beat them... join them*. And I'm already mildly obsessed and feeling creative again which is such a good feeling, hurray!

To create these graphics I've been taking the colours from my photos - so far this one and this one - to create new exciting prints. I have had so much fun doing it too. The only question now is - which photo should I take colours from next?!

You can also get free shipping on Society6 at the moment - at Distracted Graphics and For the easily distracted...

*I'm going to be chuckling at this tag line forever I think.

Tiles, tiles tiles... on Society6!

If you follow me on Twitter you might have noticed that I've spent today uploading posts on Society6 and again, I have to admit that I wish I had an iphone just so I could buy ALL of these cases with my Porto tile photos on them.

I am so smitten with how these tile photos look on there, I loved seeing them in person and seeing them available for other people to have too has just totally made my day!

Luckily, they don't just look amazing as phone cases, they also look great as mugs, tote bags (seriously, I want them all!) and if you fancy them - wall clocks!