About me
Capturing the moment
It’s my passion
Hello and welcome
My name is Michelle Blaken. Having grown up in South Wales as a Welsh speaking English girl, my early passion for photography was kindled when my mother bought me my first camera for my ninth birthday – it was a little plastic pocket Kodak that took tiny cassette roll film and had the most miniature colour negatives.
Seeing and feeling
The excitement and anticipation of seeing those images for the first time when they came back from the lab is still the same today as it was then, albeit that the ‘lab’ is now in digital form on my computer screen! When I am not travelling I reside in ‘Wild’ West Penwith, Cornwall with my husband and two teenage children.
Beauty and inspiration
Living on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty here in Botallack I am inspired by the always breath-taking, occasionally treacherous and often humbling scenery. Photography helps me to express how I see the World around me in a very succinct way – and I like to share this experience with others.
Michelle K D Blaken BA(hons) PGCE
Published in The Guardian newspaper, Cornwall Wildlife trust calendar, local business websites, caravan and motorhome club magazine
Himba woman
Namibia. Published in
The Guardian
MICHELLE BLAKEN PHOTOGRAPHY 