Have been enjoying experimenting with the Holga + Polaroid back – commonly referred to as a Holgaroid. It lends itself to a very dreamy style of image and has given me an idea for a series that I plan to execute very quickly over the next couple of weeks. Maybe I was influenced a little [...]
Posts Tagged ‘edinburgh’
Holgaroid Experiments
Posted in Create, Personal, Photography, tagged art, edinburgh, film, polaroid on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Five on a Friday – Autumn and Winter Joys
Posted in Five on a Friday, Live, Personal, Photography, Travel, tagged beach, city, edinburgh, photograph, portobello, scotland, starrybluesky, Travel on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am not keen on winter. Or rather , I used to not be keen on winter. I don’t want to throw a whole chunk of the year into the bin anymore though. So I am determined to really like winter ! For the last few years I have deliberately peppered the winter months with [...]
Dovecot Studios – Textile Inspiration and a Dip into the Past….
Posted in Create, Inspire, colour, tagged art, dovecot studios, edinburgh, exhibition, infirmary street baths, scotland, tapestry on September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
( * You can sign up for my “soon-to-launch” Ezine from the link on the right or from here – and receive two downloadable postcards* )
This weekend was “Doors Open Day” for Edinburgh. An annual event throughout Scotland and conveniently staggered so that with a bit of planning you could visit a few cities. As soon as [...]
Edinburgh – Victoria Street
Posted in Live, Photography, Travel, shopping, tagged cities, city, edinburgh, Europe, photograph, Photography, scotland, Travel on August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Busy getting ready for the next exhibition which will open on the 28th of August at The Gallery Cafe , Ullapool. ( If you’d like an invitation to the opening , drop me a line) And if you are going to Ullapool any other time, do drop in for a bite to eat at this [...]
Five on a Friday – Places to escape the crowds during the Edinburgh Festival.
Posted in Etsy, Five on a Friday, Travel, tagged art, cities, edinburgh, Etsy, Europe, festival, fringe, Photography, scotland, starrybluesky, sx70, Travel on August 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dunbar’s Close Gardens – Edinburgh © Rhiannon Connelly 2009
Although, obviously not if you all go at once !
Edinburgh seemed to get busy and buzzy even earlier this year, with the Homecoming events at the end of July. And apparently even the Fringe is kicking off earlier this year. Lovely as it is, sometimes you just [...]
Five on a Friday
Posted in Inspire, Live, Personal, Travel, tagged art, Cafe, city, edinburgh, hungary, music, Travel on July 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of my absolute favourite places is the Gellert Baths. Show me a bit of faded grandeur, preferably Art Nouveau style , combine it with a swimming pool and hot springs and you’ll have no bother from me for a while. For a couple of blissful seasons I led tours to Romania which flew in [...]
Five on a Friday
Posted in Etsy, Inspire, Live, Personal, shopping, tagged art, biscuit, book, Cafe, city, edinburgh, film, music on June 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I’m enjoying compiling these “Five on a Friday” blog posts – and glad to see your contributions too. It just seems a nice way to make unexpected discoveries.
Being in Istanbul has reminded me of one of my favourite books – Ali and Nino by Kurban Said. This is a beautifully written tale, set in Baku [...]
7 Thoughts about having an Exhibition.
Posted in Create, Personal, Photography, tagged art, city, creative, edinburgh, exhibition, Photography, polaroid, scotland, starrybluesky on April 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
1. Sometimes you just need to decide to do something rather than wait for someone else to give you permission.
2. Once I’d decided to do the exhibition I had to break everything down into small steps.
I used a method inspired by Ariane Goodwin of the Smartist Telesummit. She advises mapping a time line in reverse , [...]
One more day…and where to go for sustenance..
Posted in Personal, Photography, Travel, tagged art, Cafe, cities, city, edinburgh, Europe, film, photograph, Photography, polaroid, scotland, starrybluesky, sx70, Travel on April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One more day to go, for the exhibition at the Gladstone Gallery. Today went really well – quite a few prints sold, including a series of three that, although available singly, does look best when displayed together. So many interesting conversations with people from all over the world and locals too – it takes a [...]
Gladstone’s Land and Old Town Favourites.
Posted in Live, Personal, Travel, tagged art, cities, city, edinburgh, Europe, exhibition, Photography, starrybluesky, sx70, Travel on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gladstone’s Land is actually pretty well at the heart of the Old Town, situated on the section of the Royal Mile that is also called “Lawnmarket” and only a few minutes down the hill from the castle. The name of the house comes from a 17th century merchant Thomas Gledstane who had a shop on the street level. [...]
