While some artists have to search long and hard for inspiration of what to paint or photograph, Gillian Outerbridge looked no further than right outside her backyard in St George’s.

Over the past nine months, the local photographer has started each morning with a walk around the Old Towne, along with her dog Dixie, and captured countless images of the Island’s natural beauty.

A collection of her works, entitled ‘Morning Walks, St George’s’, is currently on display in Homer’s Cafe in Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.

Many of her pictures have already sold, however, she is planning to add another eight or nine shots to the collection before the exhibit wraps up around Christmas.

Ms Outerbridge said: “I knew if I was going to have a show I would prefer to focus on something that interests me, or else where do you start?

“So I decided to focus on my hometown in St George’s and have a more intimate look at the area.

“I would walk around most mornings with my dog Dixie and she has learned to keep still for a minute while I take a picture and not jerk a lot.

“We would go out early in the summers when its cool and its quiet and the light is very pretty, which is why I call the show ‘Morning Walks, St George’s’.”

The pictures show almost a full year of seasons, starting with spring and ending with fall.

Ms Outerbridge said it was interesting to see some of the more unconventional pieces sell well.

“One was half black and white and half colour and while it was interesting to me I wasn’t sure if anyone would buy that.

“Then someone came in and bought all four of my more unusual pieces and took them away with them. So you can never tell.

“What I have had to learn is you can’t assume all people want the prettiest picture. They sometimes want something different and out of the ordinary.”

Ms Outerbridge has been taking pictures since she was eight years old.

Her grandfather had won some money betting on horses in the Grand National Horse Race and bought her a camera, known as a box brownie, with part of his winnings.

“Not long after that I was given a box with a developing kit in it and would spend hours up in our loft over our family home doing film processing out of a little kit,” she said.

“So I have been interested in photography for more years than I care to count up.

“I remember some of my early photographs were when my mother was hanging nappies on the line for my little brother, who was born when I was about six years old. I think it has always been with me.”

Ms Outerbridge spent her working years writing and taking pictures for local newspapers and magazines, including The Royal Gazette and RG Magazine.

She also spent some time working in the tourism industry as a destination manager.

The photographer said she hopes her pieces capture her love for St George’s and how unique the community is.

“In St George’s you get up in the morning and walk through town and say hello to a handful of people before you have even reached the grocery store,” she explained.

“You know the guys on the trash truck, sweeping the streets and the people at the post office. Everyone knows each other and is smiling and friendly. It’s a magical place to live.

“I hope people who buy my work will take in a little memory of St George’s and want it to be a reminder of the town and a little bit of Bermuda.”

Ms Outerbridge’s work will be on display in Homer’s Cafe at Masterworks, located in the Botanical Gardens, until December 24.

The cafe is open from 10am until 4pm from Monday to Saturday; and 11.30am until 4pm on Sunday.