Looking vaguely into trends I have noticed an increase in bees over the past few years, so I started to think about how other insects could be used to create effective patterns. I know butterflies and bees have always been popular as insects to use on designs, but I thought about why not beetles? Or other insects so much like dragonflies, ladybirds or snails, I feel like they could all be made into attractive designs in their own ways.
I thought this cute bumblebee on a flower was a pretty image, and could make a great placement motif. I think bees are currently overdone so I would like to look for different insects, but they were quite easy to photograph as they tend to stay in the same place for a little longer than some other fliers.
I found butterflies actually surprisingly easy to photograph when they land on fruit, as they do tend to stay still distracted. I liked the black ones as they are a change from the usual colour scheme of them, and the lighter one too which was giving me almost a marbled effect which I thought was also quite interesting.
I think snails are so weird and unusual, from the way they travel to the heavy shell stuck to their backs. I think they could quite easily make a very cute pattern for children and even patterns extracted from the shells could be used as a beautiful pattern in itself.
Tahlia Paige 