Category Archives: General

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Up and down

For the month of September I’m taking part in another 30 Day Challenge!  You might remember my challenge photos from June & July.  I love the urban landscape surrounding my home, a mix of old […]

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10 milk bottles

Not quite hanging on the wall!  Vintage milk bottles have become my husband’s new obsession.  And I must admit, they do have some charm.  If only I could figure out where to put them as […]

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He and I

The third installment in my self-portrait series for the workshop I’m a part of (following my post here) is this photo with my husband.  A little reluctant but eventually willing, and always smiling, here he […]

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Blown away

And I almost was, trying to take this photo.  Following on from my previous post sharing my unsmiling self with you, below is my self-portrait for week 2, the topic being to follow a design […]

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The opposite of smiling

I’m currently participating in a workshop alongside some of the wonderful photographers I met during the previous workshop I took part in earlier this year.  It’s lovely to have them with me again.  I’m so […]

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Challenge love

I’m well overdue for another update on my July Challenge photos!  I took a walk around the block for two of these shots.  The other two were captured at home.  I think the last photo […]

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Brand new

Welcome to the brand new, shiny, improved, hopefully fabulous blog ~ and website for Mel Riddell!  Please have a look around and make yourselves at home.  This has been an extremely steep learning curve for […]

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Black & white

Following my last post about the July Challenge, here is Day 9 – Opposites.  What more appropriate theme for a photographer?  M x

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Challenging July

Last month I took part in a 30 Day Photography Challenge (you can read about it here).  Some of my photography friends and I enjoyed it so much, we decided we would try a new […]

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Imperfect beautiful

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.  ~ Havelock Ellis M x

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