This is how I spent my September. With a tiny chair and camera in tow.
It was day 15 when I first regretted taking on such a directed project. I was beginning to get fed up of my cute little chair. Still, we muddled through together and completed day 30 with a celebratory sit down.
For October I'm taking my prompts from Capture Your 365. Thankfully this means a lot more diversity, although it looks like there are a few challenging ones too.
It's been a while. Getting on for a year in fact, so I've got quite a few things to fill you in on. I hadn't been keeping up with any photo projects or even posting to Flickr, but a couple of weeks ago (on a quiet day at work) I decided to join Instagram. I know, I'm late to the party. I'm still not that enamoured with it, but it has provided me with that all important nudge back to creativity. For most of 2014 I've only taken photos while I'm been somewhere interesting, so I haven't been creating my own props or setups at all. I've been really busy going to music and things, and told myself I didn't have time for photos. Perhaps I just needed some time off. Well, now I'm back and starting to feel inspired again.
This month I am doing a "30 days, one object" project again. This time the lucky prop is a little chair. 7 days down and 23 to go. It's going to prove to be a tricky one near the end. If you'd like to follow my project and see my other shots on Instagram you can find me as @camerawillfly.
I'll add some updates, lists and, of course, lots of photos, in the coming weeks. I hope to see and interact with many of you on here again very soon!
After finding the single best Twitter account the other day, called Very British Problems, and squawking "this is me!" between uncontrollable laughter on reading nearly every tweet, I decided to start my own little Twitter series.
Every day the human beings of this world surprise me, and this has never been more obvious than on the commute in London. Unfortunately, most of these little surprises are nothing more than unpleasant examples of rudeness. If the British are generally thought to be polite, then I am scared to know what it's like in other big cities. (Of course I know not everyone commuting is British).
And so, #CommuterProblems was born. I have been on Twitter for a few months but more in a skulking/stalking capacity. I've retweeted the odd funny message, usually to do with Karl Pilkington, or tweeted Turin Brakes/Olly Knight about how awesome their music is (and got a reply!), but I'd never actually used this whole hashtag thing. I thought about setting up a separate Twitter account but someone beat me to the name. Grrr. So, if you are as deeply affected by a commute as me, please come follow me, and share your own issues too!
I have now had the absolute pleasure of meeting one third of my own personal heroes. Being an introvert personality (more on that to follow soon), there aren't many famous people that I would actually want to say hello to, but Turin Brakes are definitely on that list. And on Monday I got to do just that. They were performing and signing in a record store called Fopp in Covent Garden to promote their latest album, We Were Here.
I was lucky enough to receive my preordered copy through the post on Saturday and had been listening to it on repeat ever since. I had been feeling a bit down, but as soon as I put the album on I was surrounded by a lovely warm comforting feeling. I'm going to write more of an album review later on so I won't say too much now.
I've never been to a signing in a store before so I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but we all queued up outside and were ushered in to a cleared space downstairs. They came out and sang 3 songs from the new album and 2 old favourites, including my second favourite song of all time (Underdog). They were fantastic as always, and it sounded great being in such close proximity.
I have to admit to being very nervous waiting to get my album sleeve signed - I find talking to people I don't know pretty difficult anyway, especially the dreaded small talk, but actually being face to face with the people who have created such beautiful music that really has meant an awful lot to me, was a bit scary. I decided to just tell them that I thought the new album was like a great big musical hug. And that really is true. If you're in need of some comfort, go order it. Until you do, here is a sneak peak.....
Oh, and in case you were wondering, the other 2 people on my list to meet are Som Wardner from My Vitriol and the legend that is Karl Pilkington!
After another blogging hiatus, I'm back. The reason for my absence has been finally finding a job after 6 months of wading through rejection emails and trips to the Job Centre. I've been there about 3 months now. Unfortunately it involves commuting into London, which takes a minimum of 2 hours each way. I guess that isn't too bad, but I've found it quite tiring and seem to have hardly any time (or more accurately, motivation) for much else. Still, I really want to tiptoe back into the blogging world so there will be some fun and exciting posts coming soon...........
I went to see My Vitriol last week at Koko in Camden and they were so amazing! I haven't stopped playing their music since, and this song has definitely had the most repeats. I've loved My Vitriol since 1999 and have seen them a few times before, but this time was absolutely the best - they covered Daft Punk's song Get Lucky and one of my favourite songs of all time 'Wicked Game' by Chris Isaaks, and....drum roll.....they announced a new album! This is somewhat of a landmark for them since they've only released 1 proper album and that was in 2000. I am so excited! Onto the music before I burst..............
We're always being told that women are really bitchy and jealous towards other females, and to a certain extent that is true. However, we also like to celebrate members of our own sex too. I've chosen a few women celebrities that I either admire or are just drawn to or inspired by (and a little envious of too, but in a positive way).
Zooey Deschanel - cute, beautiful, quirky and incredibly talented. She is a contributor to the HelloGiggles blog which is well worth a read, and New Girl is one of my favourite shows too. Might stick on the DVD tonight to cheer myself up.
Lisa Faulkner - winner of Celebrity Masterchef a few years ago and a presenter and actress. She came across as a very friendly, lovely person and a very endearing winner. I need to buy her cookbook when I can afford it.
Sarah Michelle Gellar (well, Buffy Summers) - I don't know much about Sarah herself, so I guess I'm really listing Buffy Summers herself. A strong, beautiful, independent woman. I totally love her. Shame she's not real. Although Sarah is probably just as great. I am halfway through the first and only season of Ringer - shame it was cancelled, I think it's great.
To celebrate I thought I'd share a very special penguin with you all. Here he is reminiscing about the olden days. You can see him in pride of place in the photo. That little lady looking after him is my mum, which makes penguin nearly 70 years old.
These days he takes life a bit easier. He lives in my dressing table and makes me smile every time I open the doors.
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