It's spring time..

I can't believe my last post was in Feb! I've been truly rubbish at keeping this blog. Note to self - be better!!

Lots of things have happened since Feb. Spring arrived (woo!), my birthday came and went and with it lots of partaying with favourite people, I had a visit from my friend in Belgium and have adopted a little kitten (I don't get him for a few weeks yet as he's still very small aw)

Here are some shots..

One fine day..

It was a beautiful day and at some point since we were both in town, my housemate and I decided to pop down to the sea front for some photo taking frolics.. here are some of the results from our efforts :)

This is the West Pier in Brighton, it burnt down in 2003 and it's become almost an icon for the city. It's quite beautiful when you see it in real life.

An outtake from the photo which I uploaded on Flickr :)

My fabulous housemate :D

All in all a good day!

thoughts

I find it very difficult to focus my full attention to one thing.. I'm so easily distracted and fluttering from one thing to another. It's taken me 3 days to complete a drawing that really ought to have been done in half that time! Instead I'm still drawing (nearly finished!) and have discovered several new blogs and beautiful words on this wonder that is the internet. How was life before all these people and their words, music, art, photos, videos, thoughts came into our lives? There is literally so much creativity and beauty and it makes me feel so small. These people that I will possible never meet have touched me and made me feel so much..

Life without the internet would be interesting but life with the internet makes me feel like I'm not alone. There is someone on the other side and we are all the same.

I miss summer.

From across the pond..

So I haven't been updating as much as I've wanted to! There's just the small issue regarding lack of time..

Earlier this year I flew across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. I went to visit my Aunt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and from there I later made my way to Chicago and New York. Here are a few photos I took along the way :)

Lake Michigan

Santiago Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum.. I'm a big fan of Calatrava!

Cloud maker...

The secret world of squirrels and sparrows...

Whenever I see this image I can't help but think of the cages we humans make for ourselves.

I'll be posting more uploads like this from my random trips abroad :)

Malley and his keeper

This is my best friend's cat. He's so friendly and joined in on the spontaneous photo shoot I had with Kirsten. So much fun :D

These photos were taken in the last days of summer. It was a lovely balmy afternoon and we were just hanging out in her garden. I always try to have my camera close to me as you never know what you can capture. In these photos I think I was just trying to capture the sheer beauty of K.. something she will completely disagree with :)

I want her boots!

Long way from home series..

These were taken just nearly a month ago now. Autumn was just beginning to tease the green leaves into submission and I had the opportunity to work with not one but two gorgeous girls!

It was an interesting shoot, not least because it really was a case of 3 girls trudging through fields with a lovely black (and incredibly docile) horse but because I really had no idea how allergic I was to horse hair! It was a painful lesson to learn but once I went through the photos I had to admit that it was totally worth it. I'm still learning about the art of a good photo. I guess it really is a matter of try and try again. One day I will get there :)

Sorry, it's a bit of a photo spurge.. (which is precisely why I got a blog!)

Cam and her horse :)

An outtake :)

Today was an interesting day. For the last few days I've been pressed to get 6 hours sleep and last night took the biscuit. I was up until 4.30am getting some work done and after finally drifting off to sleep was rudely awakened at 8.30am by my alarm and let me tell you.. it was painful. For some reason creativity and work drive shifts into gear after 12am. What on earth is WRONG with me?!

This shot was taken against a beautiful autumnal evident wall in my university car park. I got some very strange looks whilst I was taking this.. I think I'm getting used to making a public spectacle of myself. Is that a good thing?

This made me laugh so much!