Yay for summer! It's this time of year Sheffield becomes it's greenest, so we take every opportunity to soak it all in whilst we can. I also took this opportunity to take up one of my birthday goals and use my camera app - in particular the 'Hipstamatic' app.
Hipstamatic is definitely the app I've invested the most money in - I get pretty excited when they release new lenses and covers, but hardly ever get use out of it... what's that about? Well I'm changing that, starting here. Hello new feature!
I have a small collection of old cameras and recently I've been playing with this Ensign Ful-Vue Model II to capture images through it's fun and charming waist level viewfinder. I have had this camera a number of years now, and I am ashamed to say that until now it has done nothing but look pretty in various spots around my living space. Capturing these images has inspired me to use this camera more often in this way... who knows, maybe I'll try out some actual film one day.
I don't like to start blog posts with an apology, but I have to say sorry for the lack of time spent here recently. Also, I've not managed to capture much of my life in pictures over the last couple of weeks which is why it's been a little quiet. Because of the dark nights (and my office job) I don't get many opportunities to take good photos to share here with you at the moment, so most of my pictures are taken at the weekends.
The last two weekends I have spent travelling to see family (which I loved!) and because of this I have been lazy in the photography department. The above photo is the only picture I took of my travels to Cleethorpes. I promise to do better this weekend.
1. Hello.
2. Condensation.
3. Trying to work through my Birthday list.
4. Experimenting with my light-box and a scarf (makeshift bedside lamp).
5. My ceropegia woodii - great name right?
Just a few snaps from our walk around Sheffield Botanical Gardens the other Sunday. It was a beautiful Autumn day. I feel so lucky to have this amazing landscape right on my doorstep.
I hope your Monday has been fine.
Remember that gorgeous yellow tree I showed you a few weeks ago... well look at it now!! A short spell of extremely windy days has rid loads of the trees in my neighbourhood of their leaves, which makes me a little sad because it feels like Autumn is nearly over. Watching Betty play in the piles of leaves on the floor makes up for it though (I don't have a picture of this unfortunately).
One thing I love about living in England is watching the changing seasons. I find it interesting reading blogs from around the world documenting the changes in their area and how it differs from my part of the planet. There is so much beauty in the everyday, and I love to see how other people document it. If you know of any good links, please leave them in the comments for me.
Thanks, Lois x
I've been spending a bit of time recently practising. Practising with my camera, mirrors, editing, new techniques... just my photography skills generally. I think it is so important to make great images to share here with you guys. There are so many posts about my daily life that I don't bother sharing in the end because I haven't managed to find a decent enough picture to go with the story. Therefore I decided I need practise.
I'm going to spend more time this weekend and next week thinking up ideas for photo shoots, and try my hardest to take more pictures - a lot more!
In other news, I went to my first Nando's tonight with friends - it was pretty tasty! Tomorrow I have my good friend Amanda visiting with her little angel Lily. So hopefully I'll have some pictures to share from that (or I'll just spend all evening chatting and ignoring my camera like I usually do!).
I have a huge crush - on this shop! I love everything about it, from it's pretty and simple accessory designs to it's branding. This series of photographs for their elemental collection was taken by Jacinta Moore who's work I've posted about before when she did a shoot for Primoeza. She truly is a talented lady.
I'm going to go drool over some more of their fab pieces...
Me, Floyd and Betty had such a fun holiday in Filey. We've been there a few times now as Floyd's mum has a place out there, so we feel pretty lucky that we get to enjoy it time after time (and it holds a very special place in our hearts now!). We did plenty of eating, drinking and relaxing which is exactly what I was hoping to achieve in our week off.
Every time we go we have our little traditions. We had fish and chips nearly every day, went sea-fishing one day and caught a load of mackerel (yum), we then had to learn how to gut them (gross), we went charity-shop shopping, went to the arcade and won a monkey keyring on the 2p machines (I love those things), I treated myself to a double-scoop ice-cream, and we took Betty on lots of long walk on the cliffs and on the beach.
I look forward to the next time we visit. I love you Filey!
Industry of One is one of my favourite sites to browse. It documents through interviews and pictures the life and style of different individuals. They're always very interesting, and always unique and stylish. Above is Erin - one of my faves. I'd recommend having a look on the site (unless you've got lots to do, because be warned - you'll be on there for hours!).
I'm being pretty good at procrastinating today... have found a new game on my phone which has got me addicted - oops. Feeling quite shattered after work today though, so sometimes you just need to take a break from productiveness don't you? Yeah, I do.
Looking forward to the weekend!
Every time I go on a photo-taking session there are outtakes. Here are a couple I thought I'd share because they show off something I've been trying to stick to (style-wise) after making it one of my birthday goals to "find my style". I really love simple colours or shapes with a little bit of extra something that makes the outfit interesting. A pattern, accessory, texture or colour is all it takes (I think) to liven an outfit up. So whilst I'm on this journey of discovery, I've been trying to take small steps and start with the basics - neutrals.
White and beige/camel - simple no? However the pattern on this jumper makes it more interesting than your average. I forgot to take more pictures of the details (it's all about the details!) but I'm still learning so next time I'll do a better job.
I'm enjoying documenting this stuff because it's giving me real motivation to improve each time. And thanks so much to all of you who have given me kind words of encouragement. It means a lot.
I'm in love with these photographs from Kasia Bobula's backstage portfolio. It's all a bit magical isn't it?
