Away we go!

I'm really sorry that I haven't been keeping up as much with my photography as much as I would have liked.

Things have been a bit mad with shifts changing at work and going to stay with my other half in Sheffield. He moved last week.

This means I haven't been able to fit in much time for going out to take photos or arrange photo shoots (I am working on it though, I promise)

As I write and read more than I take photos at the moment (because I do it on the move to work and to Sheffield either on my tab or with an actual book) I have created a blog that will run beside this one that is all about what I love to red and write. Reviews of books and snippets of my new writings :D

http://themidnightfantasy.blogspot.com/

I hope you can all forgive me, I will try to take photos again soon, I promise!

x

I remember them

Hello!

I know, I've been missing for a while from my blog. I have no real excuse other than I haven't been taking photographs lately. I have a bit more time off now so hopefully I'll get to take some more soon!

I went on a day trip to York yesterday (already feels like ages ago) to see my much missed friends from uni. I had forgotten just how much I missed them and to be honest I found it very hard not to cry when I was going to leave.

So here is a blog post post with some of my favourite photos from the trip :D

Ryan also had his camera and was playing with lens flares so I had a go too!

I love colours of leaves and these trees had such amazing colours when the sunlight hit. Seriously, me in parks with a camera, I could spend hours there!

I'm really impressed with how this photo came out. The squirrels were very tame and we managed to get quite close.

I hope you enjoy!

Fiona

xx

Avoiding The Rain

Most of my Blog titles seem to have rain in them or related to rain. The joys of living in Manchester I suppose.

So today. Today I was meeting a model I hadn't met before. The past two times I have tried to this, it hasn't worked so I was hoping third time lucky. Lucky indeed. 

After re-arranging the time and me not being very clear about which Starbucks, we met. It is a very different experience to photograph with someone you don't know. There was only so much I could talk about without feeling that I was being intrusive. I wanted it be casual and comfortable. I think I did ok with that. We had a bit of a laugh and I know I enjoyed the experience. 

Even if builders kept getting in the way. Some of the places were over-run with them and we didn't really want to shoot there. In the end though we went to 3 different locations. The first 2 were easy, ones I had planned (part of one being blocked off for building work though) The third one was after a lot of wondering around. Which doesn't make me look all that great. Everything comes down to problem solving.

The second location was the most successful I think. I got a handful of good photos. I had to do a bit of editing on the third locations photos lighting. A massive black cloud was hanging over us and meaning that even correct exposure photos were coming out quite dark.

Luckily though we avoided the rain. Just. I though we would get caught in a downpour but I left Manchester before there was one. I had some splats hit me on the way home from the train station but that was it. Which is kinda ashamed because I had a new umbrella. A Narnia umbrella that I got with my HMV pure points.

Fiona

xx