Saturday, 26 May 2012

Beginings Where There Are Endings

Oh hello blogger,
                          You look different, what have you done? Changed your layout. Well this was confusing, and very different to the old blogger. I am yet to decide if I like things like this. I guess that its kind of cool.
So, my college course is finished. It was such a busy week, running to this shop, running to that one. Spending money here, spending money there. I spent so much money on printing and hanging, I hope that it was worth it, because if I do not pass I will be angry that I spent so much money. So that was my last year of education.
So I was scrolling through facebook, just because there was nothing to do and came across David Talley's 365/365 photograph I read the caption and it was so inspiring and motivating. I have followed his 365 project since I discovered his amazing photographs on fickr a while back, and stalked his whole photostream. Each photograph is completely unique, powerful and visually beautiful. Looking through his work makes me want to push myself, and become the best I can be in my art. I want to start a 365 project. I have tried before and never had the time. I always gave up, and I know from various other photographers how hard this project is, but they have pushed through and I know that I can too if I put my all into it. So I will hopefully be starting the project soon. I can not promise one photography every single day. But there will eventually be 365 photographs.
This is all I have for now.
Goodnight


Sunday, 8 April 2012

Seeing Things And UFO's

Today me, my mumma, dad and Shanice went to Great Yarmouth, a tacky beach town. We have to drive around half hour to get there, and on the way we go through a lot of countryside. We went through a field and it was very picturesque. I was looking at it and suddlenly saw a model and myself in the field doing a photoshoot. There was a whole set and so on. This happens to me a lot, I see something I find interesting and suddenly I see a set and a styled model and a whole photoshoot happening. I wish my life was that program, that cartoon where the girl has a magic pencil and whatever she draws comes to life. That would be amazing. So many beautiful things would step out of my page, that I could photograph.
Did I mention how beautiful the moon was last night? My oh my it was so beautiful. It was a full moon and it was really big. It was beautifully mesmerising. I really want a telescope but they cost a few hundred pounds and I do not have that kind of money. At the moment I have three pounds to my name, until I get paid.
I need to make a UFO, it needs to be at least half the size of a car, but I have no idea how to make it. It doesn't have to work obviously. I would like it to possibly be made in 2-3 weeks, but I don't think that is possible as I haven't even a clue where to start. I want it to be the traditional saucer shape with a glass/plastic roof/window. Thats the difficult part. It doesn't have to open or fit anyone in it just has to be UFO like. Does anyone have a UFO they can lend/loan me? Or any suggestions as to how I can make one, considering the size I need. I would appreciate any suggestions or spaceship you can give me.

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

I Want To Make Things Grow

Hello,
Today I got up early(ish) and went shopping with my mumma, I really like going shopping as I love supermarkets. I don't know what it is about them but they are so big and there's so much to look at. I went into the supermarket and they have these new things to keep their vegetables fresh, they blow out a damp cool mist, which looks great. The whole area was covered in a yellowy lighting and I felt really odd. It was something I'd never felt in a supermarket before. It was as though everyone were not real but I was, and they were just figments from a computer. I don't really know why it felt like that, it was almost like a dream, or like I was stuck in a game.
Today it is raining a lot, which it hasn't done in a while. I don't actually remember when it last rained properly, but it wouldn't of been that long ago. I quite like it to be honest, I mean as long as I'm not going anywhere I need to be dry for then I do like the rain. I made dad come out in it and we went to the alotment. We found out what number it is, so we wanted to go look at it to see how much work needs doing to it. The answer to that is, a lot of work, but I am quite looking forward to the challenge and the work. I am hoping to make it look really nice. At the moment it is over grown with weeds, has piled of rubbish on it, old rotten chicken eggs are in a small shed and the gate is made from an old red door that is rotting to pieces. When the weather is a little better me and dad are going to go and start clearing it out. We need to take out the thousands of nettles and weeds. Clear out the piles of rubbish, make plots/boxes to grow vegetables in and consider buying a greenhouse. Its all going to be a lot of work, and going to take many hours of getting covered in soil and dirt, but I can not wait to get started and finished. I have taken some before photographs on my 35mm camera and I will take an after one when we have made it beautiful. I want to make things grow. All kinds of weird vegetables and flowers.

The Seeds I Own

Wednesday, 28 March 2012


Hello, I have not posted in a while, so as I'm sitting in college, pretending to do some work I have come here to create a post. It has recently gotten very sunny, pretty much every day for the last few days. It is making me excited for summer, what with it staying lighter, later, and being warm it makes me feel happy, and motivates me to actually go out and take photographs. So I will be taking photographs more often hopefully. 
My dad has been offered to share an alotment with a lady that my Nana knows. For those of you who do not know what this is, its a piece of land along side others which you pay for yearly and you can use it to grow things in. Things such as vegetables and fruits, you can also keep chickens there. So yesterday me and my Dada went down to the alotments to have a look. We did not know which one will be the one we are able to use but the sun was beating down on us and I felt like I was either in a different era or another country, because of the heat and the way the plots were arranged. I am now really excited as Dad said that I can grow some flowers on his part of the alotment, and that the lady we will be sharing with is thinking of getting some chickens. I hope that she does. When we are able to use this I will hopefully be going down there to take some photographs. I have a few idea's bouncing around in my head that I hope to work on. I took a couple of pictures when down there yesterday, on my 35mm point and shoot, 99p camera, but I have not finished the film to get it developed yet. 
The sun has also bought out memories of holidays, and being in hot countries. I love going to different countires and seeing how different people live. Every place I've been, weather its Egypt or Paris, or somewhere else, there's a different feeling to that place. That feeling sometimes comes back to me at certain times and it makes me want to go back, or travel to a new place. I loved last years two week trip to Egypt, and I miss it, the people and the beautiful country itself, even the heat, although I am prone to burning, being a redhead. This year we are going to Spain, and I can't wait. I will definately be taking lots of photographs, and possiblt my film camera this time. I will be purchasing some instax film, if I have enough room to take such a large camera with me. I can not wait, I am so excited. 
Well I think after being here two hours I should get some college work done. (I probably won't get any done to be honest.) 
Goodbye.


Photograph I took in Egypt