MCP Project 52 Week 47/52 - Water

I have a love/hate relationship with water - I love relaxing in the bath, watching the sea and gazing at lakes, but I hate swimming baths, being in water deeper than waist high and having water run over my face. So, I wanted to portray the best bits of water in my photo. A nice bubble bath with a cuppa and a great view - perfect. If I could've made it to the coast it would have been rolling waves in the background, but sadly that wasn't possible (so no seaside excuse to scoff fish and chips either!).

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MCP Project 52 Weeks 44-46

Week 44 - Muted Tones

After looking around my house for possible muted colour items I could photograph for this theme, I settled on Walter the bear. He's a bit scruffy but he is getting on a bit. I sat him on my windowsill and I thought the way the light hit his face made him look thoughtful and kind of sad. Maybe that's just my imagination.

Week 45 - Book Title

I love the old copy of Black Beauty I thrifted a few weeks ago, and thought it would make a great shot alongside my little black horse.

Week 46 - Over the Top

There are so many different meanings of 'over the top' but the one that came to my mind first was from World War I, used to describe the process whereby infantrymen emerged from their trenches and scrambled into No Man's Land to attack the opposing enemy trenches. This also seemed appropriate because of Remembrance Day. So this is my interpretation.

MCP Project 52 Weeks 39-41

Week 39 had the intriguing theme of Man vs Nature. I decided it would make a good shot to take my ridiculously high heels (which I cannot even stand up in!) to the woods for a photoshoot but I just didn't have the time so I made do in the garden. Still, my interpretation of Man vs Nature is high heels!

A Taste for Vintage was the theme for week 40. I love vintage style and old kitsch items so I knew I'd have loads of ideas for this one. I have a stck of vintage suitcases in my bedroom that I store things in, so I thought they'd make a great shot. Add a pair of my mum's platform shoes from the 60's/70's (which I then wore a lot in my late teens/early 20's) and a vintage scarf, and the photo is complete. Ideally it would have been great to get the shot on an open roadside or on a station platform but this wasn't practical for me this week. I used the selective colour feature on my camera (which is so much fun!) and then played about with some effects on Picnik to get the contrast I wanted.

I went back to my childhood for week 41 and its theme of architecture. My old box of Lego came out of retirement and I had fun building a little house for my mini Lego 'me'! In fact there was a half built house already in the box from way back when, so I used those foundations for my new build!