Dubai here I come!

I have received what I think is the best Christmas present ever! Yes, I know it is a few days early... but I just could not wait with the great news I had to tell you now. We are after 3 and a bit years in Egypt moving back to Dubai. I am so super excited about the move, there will be so many new great opportunities and many photography ideas that needs to be realized.

If you are short on Christmas ideas for your loved ones and you cannot give them a move to another country then here are a few ideas that I have come up with.

For the music lover maybe this cool guitar USB Flash drive? It is a 4GB USB Flash drive so it can come in very handy. Maybe something for my dad? He plays the guitar.. hum not a bad idea. 

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Guitar-4GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B004F1MU6W/ref=sr_1_134?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1292767261&sr=1-134

 or for your fashionable lady friends maybe a handbag USB Flash drive?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F1V28E/ref=s9_simh_se_p23_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-no-results-center-1&pf_rd_r=0W9CVC06CHYGC2WM5C3F&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1263465782&pf_rd_i=USB-minne%20i%20form%20av%20en%20systemkamera%20i%20miniatyr

or this very multi useful Swiss Flash drive? 

http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Army-SwissFlash-USB-Drive/dp/B001E6T636/ref=sr_1_180?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1292767335&sr=1-180

My personal favorites and for all you photography crazy friends there are a few different options to choose from.

A Nikon 70-200 large thermos.

 A Canon 24-105 Coffee mug.

 or this very cool 4GB USB Flash drive that looks like a miniature DSLR camera.

The photography gifts I found on a swedish website called: http://kaffebrus.com
http://kaffebrus.com/nikon-70-200-stor-termos-objektivmugg-1439.html

Good luck everyone with your Christmas shopping!
Oh yes maybe I should also mention if you are interested in getting someone you know some Wall Art and 2011 Calendars for Christmas please take a look at my collection at Red Bubble. I unfortunately don't think they will arrive on time for Christmas though.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey

Greeting card

2011 Calendar 

Framed image

Or if you have a golf fanatic friend this golf book is a great gift it has wonderful golf images taken of the Taba Heights Golf Resort by yours truly and on top of that Golf Pro tips on how to play each hole! Take a peek here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1503591

Sending you lots of Christmas Cheer from a warm Egypt!

Selling images through Red Bubble.

As a photographer one of the greatest thrills are of course taking the images but after that to me anyway comes when you see how your clients appreciate the images that you have created. When you see the light on their faces of approval that you were able to capture what they wanted. This week I have been working on a few different projects and one of them was for my personal benefit which is Photography Art I love taking a photograph and then turning it into photo art in Photoshop. I have uploaded a lot of the images to my Red Bubble account and this morning when I checked my emails I had made a few sales during the night someone that obviously feels the same way as I do regarding Photo art had bought 8 different images of my photo art. It was indeed a great start to my day. As a photographer you never really know what others are going to like or not and abstract photo art are very subjective you either like it or you don't care for it at all. So it is nice to know that someone else out there appreciates my photo art. 

The image below for instance I took in Dubai, it is of one of Dubai's famous Golf Clubhouse's. That you of course can not see now. You might understand now once I have told you that, that it is grass at the bottom of the image.

This image is taken in Egypt.

This image is taken in Sweden of a lily.

I have also made a 2011 calendar at Red Bubble I have made one so far but will be making more so stay tuned if you are in the market for a 2011 calendar.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey/calendars/6352373-1-photography-art-2011

Black Friday sale at Red Bubble 15% off all Framed Prints and Canvas purchases offer lasts till Monday (tomorrow).
Framed Prints:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey/shop/framed-prints
Canvases:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey/shop/canvas-prints
All images.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey

Gearing up for a busy week ahead

Hi there,
I am at the minute multitasking with both trying to figure out how to get my photo gallery incorporated into my new website design, I think I have managed to figure out how, now I just need time to get it all done. As well as I have a busy week of photo shooting coming up, in the meantime I also need to clean my censor I saw on the last interior shoot I did that I had some dust specs visible and they are very irritating to have when you know you don't have to. So better get them out of the way before I start shooting. 
I will let you know once my new website is up and running my web address will of course be the same www.shippeyphotography.com
Today when I was walking for lunch I saw the eagle sitting on the driving range just 5 meters away from me. I so wished I had my camera with me to get some nice close ups of it. It looked absolutely magnificent. I saw it at the same spot yesterday as well so maybe tomorrow I will bring my camera with me and try to capture a few frames of it. I think tomorrow might be my last chance to capture it because as of tuesday there will be a lot more people around on the driving range trying to get ready for this years International Taba Heights Pro-Am golf tournament and I am guessing the eagle will then choose to sit someplace else while he is waiting for everyone to leave again. 
If you are interested in purchasing any of my images for Christmas or any other occasion you can take advantage of this promotion that lasts till the 14th of November 2010, 15% Discount when using this:
Discount Code: hshippey_is_on_sale_2887
You can buy my art work as postcards, on canvas or framed or as large posters.
Take a look at this website to choose your image that you like. http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey/portfolio/art
Below are images that I took while visiting a nearby bedouin camp here in the Taba region. Let me know if you would like to join me on my next Photography Excursion here in Egypt.

I won!

Before I went on my holiday I entered my Tanoura Dancer image into a photo contest that Longwood Holidays held. I just had word that I am one of the winners in their Pro- Photographer section of their contest. Yey!! I won a small but very cute soft cuddly camel.

The image that I won with, see image below, you can own yourself if you would like. I have uploaded it to http://www.redbubble.com/people/hshippey
Where you can buy it as anything from a greeting card, framed print to a nice canvas print. I have also uploaded other images there that you can purchase so please take a look when you have some extra time over.
All the best.
Helen