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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
A Couple More Photographs
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Long Overdue Blog
Hey guys
I'm sooooooo sorry about not writing even though I keep promising on twitter and facebook that I was going to over the past couple of weeks. I've been so lacking in motivation lately that I just haven't been able to think of anything to write so when I did open my blog page to write a new entry I would just sit there blankly looking at an empty text box. Anyways I'm here now so I suppose thats what counts right?
Just to give you a little image in your head of where I am right now and what the weather is like, I'm sat in my bedroom at my desk waiting to see if my best friend will ome online tonight though I don't see that she will be as she's usually talking to me by now lol. I'm sooo glad I'm inside and not out there it is freezing cold and I don't envy you one bit Russia or any other European countries. From what I've seen on the news a lot of countries have had about 10 times more snow then we have so I could say that we've got off lightly though it is still about -3 to -4 during the night. (Thats just a guess as I haven't tried to go outside to check)
So today I'm going to talk some more about my photography work again, finally. I went out on Sunday, wrapped up nice and warm in my scarf and and bright pink coat, and took a fair few photographs of a few things that were covered in fluffy white fresh snow :). I love snow simply because it seems to bring out my inner child not that it takes much for me to act like that anyway. One of my favourites is this photographs off a squirrel sitting in a tree. Nature photography is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as you can capture some very beautiful and magical moments, and people will always wonder how you took them. Without being big headed I kind of feel like this photo is one of those moments. It was so amazing that the squirrel seemed to sit there and waited for me to take my camera out of my bag, attach the appropriate lens ( I used my canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 lens), which allowed me to zoom up nice and close from the ground, and then stayed in that same position whilst I took 3 or 4 photographs whilst adjusting the manual settings. Once I had got my wanted image, only then did the squirrel move.
Another photo I really like is one I took of our local allotment area. There's something special about this. The way all the sheds rooftops are covered in snow and even the houses in the background makes everything seemed, some what peaceful. Especially as not surprisingly there was no one on the lot that day. I don't blame them it was absolutely freezing. I also like the way the depth of field works in this photo. Alot of the time when you take a photo using an SLR the background blurs to draw attention to the foreground. However this time the foreground was what went out of focus, which resulted in the background being what catches your eye instead.
I did take a few more photographs which I will upload separately on here. For the rest of my photography you can fid it in the usual place of: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615. More news on my photography work is that I have an interview for the University Campus Suffolk, one of three uni's I applied for. So up until the 14th March I shall be focusing on my portfolio work. So my apologies if my next entry isn't as frequent as my previous entries.
I have a fun filled next couple of weeks. I'm going to London on Saturday to see Olly Murs in concert ( some of you might not have heard of him) then on Sunday I'm going on a photoshoot with my friend Josh visiting lot's of abandoned buildings around the county of Suffolk. Then on the 25th February me , Leanne and Abbie are all going down to London to see Tom Law and Andrew Balkwill (I've mentioned them a couple of times in previous blog entries) as they are gigging together. It will be the first time I've seen Tom live and my third time seeing Andrew, he's amazing live and such a nice guy I can't wait. Don't worry I'll make sure I take plenty of photographs of the guys performing.
I'm now off to bed now as it's 10 past midnight and I'm getting fairly tired.
Goodnight everybody
x
I'm sooooooo sorry about not writing even though I keep promising on twitter and facebook that I was going to over the past couple of weeks. I've been so lacking in motivation lately that I just haven't been able to think of anything to write so when I did open my blog page to write a new entry I would just sit there blankly looking at an empty text box. Anyways I'm here now so I suppose thats what counts right?
Just to give you a little image in your head of where I am right now and what the weather is like, I'm sat in my bedroom at my desk waiting to see if my best friend will ome online tonight though I don't see that she will be as she's usually talking to me by now lol. I'm sooo glad I'm inside and not out there it is freezing cold and I don't envy you one bit Russia or any other European countries. From what I've seen on the news a lot of countries have had about 10 times more snow then we have so I could say that we've got off lightly though it is still about -3 to -4 during the night. (Thats just a guess as I haven't tried to go outside to check)
So today I'm going to talk some more about my photography work again, finally. I went out on Sunday, wrapped up nice and warm in my scarf and and bright pink coat, and took a fair few photographs of a few things that were covered in fluffy white fresh snow :). I love snow simply because it seems to bring out my inner child not that it takes much for me to act like that anyway. One of my favourites is this photographs off a squirrel sitting in a tree. Nature photography is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as you can capture some very beautiful and magical moments, and people will always wonder how you took them. Without being big headed I kind of feel like this photo is one of those moments. It was so amazing that the squirrel seemed to sit there and waited for me to take my camera out of my bag, attach the appropriate lens ( I used my canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 lens), which allowed me to zoom up nice and close from the ground, and then stayed in that same position whilst I took 3 or 4 photographs whilst adjusting the manual settings. Once I had got my wanted image, only then did the squirrel move.
I did take a few more photographs which I will upload separately on here. For the rest of my photography you can fid it in the usual place of: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615. More news on my photography work is that I have an interview for the University Campus Suffolk, one of three uni's I applied for. So up until the 14th March I shall be focusing on my portfolio work. So my apologies if my next entry isn't as frequent as my previous entries.
I have a fun filled next couple of weeks. I'm going to London on Saturday to see Olly Murs in concert ( some of you might not have heard of him) then on Sunday I'm going on a photoshoot with my friend Josh visiting lot's of abandoned buildings around the county of Suffolk. Then on the 25th February me , Leanne and Abbie are all going down to London to see Tom Law and Andrew Balkwill (I've mentioned them a couple of times in previous blog entries) as they are gigging together. It will be the first time I've seen Tom live and my third time seeing Andrew, he's amazing live and such a nice guy I can't wait. Don't worry I'll make sure I take plenty of photographs of the guys performing.
I'm now off to bed now as it's 10 past midnight and I'm getting fairly tired.
Goodnight everybody
x
Monday, 16 January 2012
Gigs and Things
Hey guys and welcome to my new readers,
I know I've kind of put this post off seeing as, well most of you may have noticed that I had said that I would post something on wednesday or thursday and clearly I didnt. So I'm super sorry about that, but there is a reason behind it. Firstly I've been soooooo busy this week, what with babysitting my foster sister on all day whilst my mum went shopping (kind of gutted she didn't take me with her) However, she did buy me an amazing Animal t-shirt from the Disney store. As some of you may know Animal is my all time favourite muppet, though Kermit is closely following behind. I'm not really sure why he's my favourite he just is, maybe its to do with his crazy personality and his wild nature who knows. Anyway I'm drifting away from what I was talking about so back to the babysitting thing. I had to babysit my nephews on thursday afternoon which was hilarious and I loved it as always. I even got to start my personal project.
My personal project is about childhood, which will involve me taking photographs of toys, games and books. so far the only photo's I've got are of a teddy bear and a wooden train set. I promise I will post some of the pictures on here and write about them once the project is complete.
Hopefully, by then I'll have some university interviews. This is my second time applying for uni as I was unsuccessful last year. I'm convinced I'm the only person off my college course that applied for uni and didn't get in. It sucked so much as all my friends are usually now always busy everyday during the week so I hardly ever get to see them. As a matter of fact I can't actually remember the last time I saw them all together. The only friends I really get to see is soph (whose my best friend) and the guys from work, and that's only when I'm working. If I go out clubbing then I see a few more of my friends or the 'clubbing gang' as we used to call ourselves, sad I know but we were young then lool.
Another reason I'm only just writing this blog is because I was busy Friday finishing off my ucas form and sending that off and then ended up going to a gig in the evening down at a localish pub. Two of my friends are in bands that played at the gig. You should go check them out, both bands are amazing live and both have E.P's. Sadly I'm not sure how you are able to get hold of either e.p's unless face to face but I'm sure they'll arrange something at some point. Callum is in a band called Turning Days and Jamie is in a band called Rogues Cradle. The facebook page for Turning Days is -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turning-Days/171711936204475 they have some of their music on there. I can't actually remember the name of the song I like the most but I know that if Callum was to read this he would only say that I like it because its about alcohol and something about me being an alcoholic. Which I must add I am not lol. It's kind of a little joke the 2 of us have with each other. Rogues Cradle also have a facebook page- http://www.facebook.com/roguescradle?ref=ts&sk=app_178091127385 . Make sure you check them out.
Lastly I had to do a double shift at work yesterday which seemed to be the longest day ever. Thankfully it was the last christmas function of 2011/2012 so there are officially no more parties until the end of the year (you can let out a cheer if you like haha) All the customers were very drunk and one or two of the male customers said that I had a gorgeous smile and could get away with murder with it. Now I wouldn't have minded this if both men hadn't been old enough to be my dad. Another worrying thing was that they started talking about kidnapping me because I knew where they were. It was all abit weird and I was so glad when they all went home.
I'm going to go to bed now seeing as it's nearly half 1 in the morning and I'm getting tired, plus the roulette casino is on the t.v and the guy is doing my head in. Sorry about my blog not being up to much this week guys I feel like all I did was explain why my post was late. I hope you enjoyed reading it anyway. Remember to let me know what you think and don't forget to check out my photography page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615 :)
Speak to you soon everybody. Goodnight
I know I've kind of put this post off seeing as, well most of you may have noticed that I had said that I would post something on wednesday or thursday and clearly I didnt. So I'm super sorry about that, but there is a reason behind it. Firstly I've been soooooo busy this week, what with babysitting my foster sister on all day whilst my mum went shopping (kind of gutted she didn't take me with her) However, she did buy me an amazing Animal t-shirt from the Disney store. As some of you may know Animal is my all time favourite muppet, though Kermit is closely following behind. I'm not really sure why he's my favourite he just is, maybe its to do with his crazy personality and his wild nature who knows. Anyway I'm drifting away from what I was talking about so back to the babysitting thing. I had to babysit my nephews on thursday afternoon which was hilarious and I loved it as always. I even got to start my personal project.
My personal project is about childhood, which will involve me taking photographs of toys, games and books. so far the only photo's I've got are of a teddy bear and a wooden train set. I promise I will post some of the pictures on here and write about them once the project is complete.
Hopefully, by then I'll have some university interviews. This is my second time applying for uni as I was unsuccessful last year. I'm convinced I'm the only person off my college course that applied for uni and didn't get in. It sucked so much as all my friends are usually now always busy everyday during the week so I hardly ever get to see them. As a matter of fact I can't actually remember the last time I saw them all together. The only friends I really get to see is soph (whose my best friend) and the guys from work, and that's only when I'm working. If I go out clubbing then I see a few more of my friends or the 'clubbing gang' as we used to call ourselves, sad I know but we were young then lool.
Another reason I'm only just writing this blog is because I was busy Friday finishing off my ucas form and sending that off and then ended up going to a gig in the evening down at a localish pub. Two of my friends are in bands that played at the gig. You should go check them out, both bands are amazing live and both have E.P's. Sadly I'm not sure how you are able to get hold of either e.p's unless face to face but I'm sure they'll arrange something at some point. Callum is in a band called Turning Days and Jamie is in a band called Rogues Cradle. The facebook page for Turning Days is -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turning-Days/171711936204475 they have some of their music on there. I can't actually remember the name of the song I like the most but I know that if Callum was to read this he would only say that I like it because its about alcohol and something about me being an alcoholic. Which I must add I am not lol. It's kind of a little joke the 2 of us have with each other. Rogues Cradle also have a facebook page- http://www.facebook.com/roguescradle?ref=ts&sk=app_178091127385 . Make sure you check them out.
Lastly I had to do a double shift at work yesterday which seemed to be the longest day ever. Thankfully it was the last christmas function of 2011/2012 so there are officially no more parties until the end of the year (you can let out a cheer if you like haha) All the customers were very drunk and one or two of the male customers said that I had a gorgeous smile and could get away with murder with it. Now I wouldn't have minded this if both men hadn't been old enough to be my dad. Another worrying thing was that they started talking about kidnapping me because I knew where they were. It was all abit weird and I was so glad when they all went home.
I'm going to go to bed now seeing as it's nearly half 1 in the morning and I'm getting tired, plus the roulette casino is on the t.v and the guy is doing my head in. Sorry about my blog not being up to much this week guys I feel like all I did was explain why my post was late. I hope you enjoyed reading it anyway. Remember to let me know what you think and don't forget to check out my photography page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615 :)
Speak to you soon everybody. Goodnight
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
New Year, New Start.
Hey guys.
I hope all of you are having a fantastic start to 2012 and a fabulous Christmas. It's scary to think how fast 2011 went. I promise this weeks post won't be as long as my last one but don't hold your hopes up haha. Also I won't be writing about my photography work this week just to give you a little rest :). However I shall include a couple of photos that I took over the Christmas period.
As always I'm watching the television whilst I write this though I'm not really sure what I'm watching and seeing as my sky remote is near my pillow and I simply can't be bothered to get up and get it, it looks like I won't be finding out anytime soon (lazy I know but hey what do you expect from me.) So far all I can tell is that it's a programme about a bunch of large woman trying to lose weight and become beyonce lookalikes, it's a bit weird :/.
I've decided that 2012 is going to be one of my best years yet, I don't care what gets in my way. So this year I have a couple of resolutions. My first one is to lose weight and get in shape. I started slimming world in 2011 but so far it hasn't gone to plan so this year I'm going to really buckle down and work super hard to get to the shape and size I want to be. I've already written a food plan which I will try to follow as of Friday, which is the day after I weigh-in. It's my first weigh-in of the year and after feasting out over the past couple of weeks on Christmas pudding, sweeties and booze, I'm ready to jump straight on the horse as they say and make a fresh start. My second resolution is to completely stop biting my nails. I try this every year but I always seem to fail face first haha, but this year I will do it even if it means having to wear nail varnish everyday, which for me isn't a problem unless I have work but I usually end up applying a new colour when I get home or the day after depending if it's a night shift or not.
I really feel like 2012 will be great. You may remember last weeks post where I mentioned that I had been asked to do the photography work for a local gymnastics centre. Well you will be happy to know that I received some amazing news that I will be doing it every year. I am so excited, I know I said that I wasn't going to talk about my photography work but I'm just so happy that I got this gig :D. I'll get to use my brand new flash gun which I bought only the other day :). I may even try and take it with me when I go to see Charlie Simpson in March.
Talking of gig's or concerts I can't wait to also see Olly Murs in February (wow thats alot of capital letters) even if we haven't quite worked out how we're getting there yet. I'm also hoping to see a few of my friends bands play at local gigs and the such. I'm a big supporter of local talent and I'm always willing to give people a helping hand in getting their music out there. That is why I go on about Tom Law and Andrew Balkwill a fair bit. I haven't been able to stop listening to their music, it's on constant replay on my iPod. I even got Tom's E.P Dropping In for Christmas from my younger sister for Christmas with a little message from Tom written on the inside cover :)
I have a new singer for you guys to check out now though. His name is Calvin Roche. I saw him at a gig at the Relentless Garage about a month and a half ago when me and my sister went to support Andrew. His voice is beautifully soothing and I'm looking forward to him releasing an E.P at the begining of this year :) Check him out he's on facebook:-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calvin-Roche-Music/104116106353241 where you can find some of his songs. So far my favourite has to be 'Lie About The Truth' (I'll post the video below) I'm not sure why but it's one of those songs that I can easily find myself listening to without even realising it. He's also on twitter so head over and follow him - https://twitter.com/#!/Calvinrocheband. You'll regret it if you don't trust me. Here's a little video for you to all check out :).
I've realised I'm starting to drag on abit now, which isn't surprising. So i'll love you and leave you now with a couple of shots I took over christmas. Please don't forget to check out my photography page on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615 and don't forget to let me know what you think :). I love you guys, I don't know how to say that in all your languages but I do appreciate your support :).
I hope all of you are having a fantastic start to 2012 and a fabulous Christmas. It's scary to think how fast 2011 went. I promise this weeks post won't be as long as my last one but don't hold your hopes up haha. Also I won't be writing about my photography work this week just to give you a little rest :). However I shall include a couple of photos that I took over the Christmas period.
As always I'm watching the television whilst I write this though I'm not really sure what I'm watching and seeing as my sky remote is near my pillow and I simply can't be bothered to get up and get it, it looks like I won't be finding out anytime soon (lazy I know but hey what do you expect from me.) So far all I can tell is that it's a programme about a bunch of large woman trying to lose weight and become beyonce lookalikes, it's a bit weird :/.
I've decided that 2012 is going to be one of my best years yet, I don't care what gets in my way. So this year I have a couple of resolutions. My first one is to lose weight and get in shape. I started slimming world in 2011 but so far it hasn't gone to plan so this year I'm going to really buckle down and work super hard to get to the shape and size I want to be. I've already written a food plan which I will try to follow as of Friday, which is the day after I weigh-in. It's my first weigh-in of the year and after feasting out over the past couple of weeks on Christmas pudding, sweeties and booze, I'm ready to jump straight on the horse as they say and make a fresh start. My second resolution is to completely stop biting my nails. I try this every year but I always seem to fail face first haha, but this year I will do it even if it means having to wear nail varnish everyday, which for me isn't a problem unless I have work but I usually end up applying a new colour when I get home or the day after depending if it's a night shift or not.
I really feel like 2012 will be great. You may remember last weeks post where I mentioned that I had been asked to do the photography work for a local gymnastics centre. Well you will be happy to know that I received some amazing news that I will be doing it every year. I am so excited, I know I said that I wasn't going to talk about my photography work but I'm just so happy that I got this gig :D. I'll get to use my brand new flash gun which I bought only the other day :). I may even try and take it with me when I go to see Charlie Simpson in March.
Talking of gig's or concerts I can't wait to also see Olly Murs in February (wow thats alot of capital letters) even if we haven't quite worked out how we're getting there yet. I'm also hoping to see a few of my friends bands play at local gigs and the such. I'm a big supporter of local talent and I'm always willing to give people a helping hand in getting their music out there. That is why I go on about Tom Law and Andrew Balkwill a fair bit. I haven't been able to stop listening to their music, it's on constant replay on my iPod. I even got Tom's E.P Dropping In for Christmas from my younger sister for Christmas with a little message from Tom written on the inside cover :)
I have a new singer for you guys to check out now though. His name is Calvin Roche. I saw him at a gig at the Relentless Garage about a month and a half ago when me and my sister went to support Andrew. His voice is beautifully soothing and I'm looking forward to him releasing an E.P at the begining of this year :) Check him out he's on facebook:-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calvin-Roche-Music/104116106353241 where you can find some of his songs. So far my favourite has to be 'Lie About The Truth' (I'll post the video below) I'm not sure why but it's one of those songs that I can easily find myself listening to without even realising it. He's also on twitter so head over and follow him - https://twitter.com/#!/Calvinrocheband. You'll regret it if you don't trust me. Here's a little video for you to all check out :).
I've realised I'm starting to drag on abit now, which isn't surprising. So i'll love you and leave you now with a couple of shots I took over christmas. Please don't forget to check out my photography page on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615 and don't forget to let me know what you think :). I love you guys, I don't know how to say that in all your languages but I do appreciate your support :).
Happy New Year Everybody!
x
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Christmas Greetings
MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYYYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Or happy holidays for those of you who don't celebrate christmas!!)
I hope you've all finished your present buying and are having a wonderful holiday season.
I'm slowly looking forward to it, which is about time as christmas is only less then 2 days away (scary stuff.) It just doesn't seem to feel christmasy at all. Maybe it's coz it's still quite warm outside and there's no snow yet. :(
It's hard to think that this time last year we were knee deep in snow that was slowly turning to ice. This country is rubbish when it snows because everything seems to come to a complete stand still, anyone would think we weren't prepared for it.
Anyway's, I've finally finished my christmas shopping, minus getting my little sisters present, which I will be buying tomorrow. (thank god for payday.) There are soooo many things I'm looking forward to about the holidays is seeing my family. I have my older sister, brother-in-law and their 2 boys are all coming over tomorrow (christmas eve) and boxing day. My auntie, uncle, cousin, her husband, and possibly my other cousin are all coming down from london for the day tomorrow to exchange presents ect. Then my older brother and his fiance are spending christmas morning and lunchtime with us before heading else where. There's something special about spending christmas day with family. I also get to see my bestfriend tomorrow so we can do present swap, I honestly hope she likes the stuff I got her because it was a nightmare to wrap (even if it was a box.) I can't wait to see what goodies both her and her mum got me :D.
What are everyone's plans for the holidays?
A majority of the christmas functions at work are over now I think, thank god I don't think I would be able to cope doing yet another double shift and now that i'm older my wages have gone up too so more money for me yaaay.
So last weekend I did some photography work for a local gymnastics group. I didn't get as much work done as I would have liked but I'm going back in the new year to redo everything and make lot's of money from people buying my photo's of their younger relatives doing their best. Some of the performers were so cute dressed up as little elves and fairies. The older gymnasts were amazing and so talented too. If i'm honest it made me a little jealous lol.
We spent two days down there, neither of which went to plan. We spent the first day trying to put the studio, or what we had of it, together. Trying to put studio lights together with no instructions and after never having done it before was quite a challenge to say the least. It took us a whole day to work out the layout for the lights and also the settings we were going to need on one of our camera's. I had my Canon ISO 500D and the guy I was with had his Nikon with him, I'm not sure which series number it was I'm not great with Nikon's they're too confusing haha.
After finally working that all out I did get round to taking a few photo's of the performances during the second half. It was alot more tricky then I had anticipated. Out of the 300 or so photographs that I took, only 70 or so photo's were actually suitable enough to be able to upload onto my Facebook webpage.
After the first day didn't working out we had to try and complete a whole two days shoot in one day. Sadly we didn't complete, but as I said earlier we're going back in the New Year to redo all the posed portrait and group shots.
If you want to check out the rest of my photographs from the Extravaganza just check out my Facebook page at this link:- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Thompson-Photography/145795518848615
I also have a twitter account which is connected to my page so if you want to follow me on there just click on one of my tweets. Don't forget to comment which photo's you like or if you have any questions just post them in the comments below and I shall answer as soon as I can.
I'm off to bed now to try and get some sleep before seeing all my family tomorrow and also to help get over this annoying and stupid infection.
I'll leave you with a little something to help you get into the Christmas spirit. Some of you may remember a singer called Tom Law. Well he supported the feeling in Brighton and Bath this past week which is sooooooo cool seeing as I love the feeling, I haven't listened to them in ages, and also Tom, he's pretty damn amazing too if you haven't checked him out already. He did a little Christmas song medley. And here it is....................
It amazes me how he managed to fit the songs together so well.
Goodnight guys and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
P.S
I can't help but notice my posts get longer and longer each week. Oopsies. I'll try not to make the next one so long.
(Or happy holidays for those of you who don't celebrate christmas!!)
I hope you've all finished your present buying and are having a wonderful holiday season.
I'm slowly looking forward to it, which is about time as christmas is only less then 2 days away (scary stuff.) It just doesn't seem to feel christmasy at all. Maybe it's coz it's still quite warm outside and there's no snow yet. :(
It's hard to think that this time last year we were knee deep in snow that was slowly turning to ice. This country is rubbish when it snows because everything seems to come to a complete stand still, anyone would think we weren't prepared for it.
Anyway's, I've finally finished my christmas shopping, minus getting my little sisters present, which I will be buying tomorrow. (thank god for payday.) There are soooo many things I'm looking forward to about the holidays is seeing my family. I have my older sister, brother-in-law and their 2 boys are all coming over tomorrow (christmas eve) and boxing day. My auntie, uncle, cousin, her husband, and possibly my other cousin are all coming down from london for the day tomorrow to exchange presents ect. Then my older brother and his fiance are spending christmas morning and lunchtime with us before heading else where. There's something special about spending christmas day with family. I also get to see my bestfriend tomorrow so we can do present swap, I honestly hope she likes the stuff I got her because it was a nightmare to wrap (even if it was a box.) I can't wait to see what goodies both her and her mum got me :D.
What are everyone's plans for the holidays?
A majority of the christmas functions at work are over now I think, thank god I don't think I would be able to cope doing yet another double shift and now that i'm older my wages have gone up too so more money for me yaaay.
We spent two days down there, neither of which went to plan. We spent the first day trying to put the studio, or what we had of it, together. Trying to put studio lights together with no instructions and after never having done it before was quite a challenge to say the least. It took us a whole day to work out the layout for the lights and also the settings we were going to need on one of our camera's. I had my Canon ISO 500D and the guy I was with had his Nikon with him, I'm not sure which series number it was I'm not great with Nikon's they're too confusing haha.
After finally working that all out I did get round to taking a few photo's of the performances during the second half. It was alot more tricky then I had anticipated. Out of the 300 or so photographs that I took, only 70 or so photo's were actually suitable enough to be able to upload onto my Facebook webpage.After the first day didn't working out we had to try and complete a whole two days shoot in one day. Sadly we didn't complete, but as I said earlier we're going back in the New Year to redo all the posed portrait and group shots.
I also have a twitter account which is connected to my page so if you want to follow me on there just click on one of my tweets. Don't forget to comment which photo's you like or if you have any questions just post them in the comments below and I shall answer as soon as I can.
I'm off to bed now to try and get some sleep before seeing all my family tomorrow and also to help get over this annoying and stupid infection.
I'll leave you with a little something to help you get into the Christmas spirit. Some of you may remember a singer called Tom Law. Well he supported the feeling in Brighton and Bath this past week which is sooooooo cool seeing as I love the feeling, I haven't listened to them in ages, and also Tom, he's pretty damn amazing too if you haven't checked him out already. He did a little Christmas song medley. And here it is....................
It amazes me how he managed to fit the songs together so well.
Goodnight guys and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
P.S
I can't help but notice my posts get longer and longer each week. Oopsies. I'll try not to make the next one so long.
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Old stuff and odd stuff
There seems to be a recurring feature of this blog and that is that I only seem to be able write anything late at night or whilst watching/waiting for something on T.V. At the moment I'm waiting for my latest fix of Bones to come on (mmmmmm David Boreanaz :P) He played Angle in Buffy for those of you who don't know.I love this show and seriously need to catch up on everything that's been happening. Even if I am watching series 7 weekly I still watch the rest of the episodes during the week, and would very much like all the series' on dvd. Hint Hint for my family if they are reading this, seeing as Christmas is coming up lol.
Also I want to just say hello to the rest of world that is reading this.
Anyways, you also may know that it was my birthday on Monday, I am officially 21 and legal to drink in any country (mwahahahaha). I actually can't believe it, I don't even feel another year older. It's so strange. Thank you to everybody who sent me birthday messages :). I got lots of lovely presents and had an amazing night out with a couple of friends.
Also I want to just say hello to the rest of world that is reading this.
Anyways, you also may know that it was my birthday on Monday, I am officially 21 and legal to drink in any country (mwahahahaha). I actually can't believe it, I don't even feel another year older. It's so strange. Thank you to everybody who sent me birthday messages :). I got lots of lovely presents and had an amazing night out with a couple of friends.
Back to what you guys came here for. I went out yesterday and took some photographs whilst trying not to get blown away by the wind. I first met up with my friend Cara, who I haven't seen in what seems like forever. I miss all my college friends. They're mostly all at Uni so they don't get to socialise very much.
Whilst she went off to take photographs for her Uni assignment (she's a fellow photographer just like me), Her work is amazing, she takes such beautiful, natural portraits along with other things.
On my way back into town to do a few things, I came across an old bent up bike. I love finding stuff like this. Most people think I'm strange like that, but you guys can make of it what you will.
The idea of objects being dumped and abandoned is something that has amazed me for quite some time. My final major project at college involved me taking photographs of old derelict buildings that were all boarded up or falling apart. Which reminds me I must sort out a photo shoot/ trip with my friend, there's alot more old buildings in my county then I realised.
Later yesterday afternoon I went back out into the cold wind to get some more photo's. Sadly I didn't get to take some of the images I had in my head, it gets dark so early now. This is just one of many reasons why I hate winter. Hopefully, I get to go out earlier in the day to take some shots.
One of the shots I did get was of this old letterbox. I walk past it all the time but finally got round to photographing it, after many occasions of putting it off due to the wrong conditions, or not having my camera with me. It's not as rusted as I would have liked but hey, you can't have it your way all the time. Sometimes nature or the council fight back.( haha )
There is also a little playground near me too and I just couldn't help myself, I had to get a photo of the hopscotch. I'm not really sure why, maybe it has something to do with this being one of my favourite playground games when I was little. Or maybe it's just the fact that there was something intriguing about a playground having moss spread pretty much everywhere. We might never know the true reason.
For those of you wondering, I do edit my digital photo's a little. I like to play with the contrast a little, and try to make the colours a little bit bolder. Sometimes it doesn't work but, it's a way of learning right?
Right I'm going to bed. Bones has finished (this means it's taken me over an hour to write this up,) and it's starting to drag a little. This might just be a record breaking world's longest blog. If your still reading this then CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! you have made it to the end. Sorry if I started to bore you a little.
Until next time goodbye and good night (don't forget to pass the link onto your friends and family.) I would also love it if you commented on things I could improve on, or just subsribe (if you can do that, I don't really know much about this blogger yet)
Sarah x
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Films and Memories
To start off I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that has read my blog so far especially to people from across the pond (America), szia to Hungary, guten tag to Germany and 您好 to Hong Kong,(sorry if I got any of that wrong, I used google translater)
It's so cool that people from across the world are reading this even now as I'm writing this.
Anyway back to the blog. My photography work is mostly film. However, since I lent my camera to someone a couple of months ago, and have yet to get it back, I haven't been able to take any film photo's. It completely sucks, I miss being in the dark room and being able to see the photo appear on a blank piece of paper before my very eyes. It's like magic, which makes me sound like such a big kid but trust me, you won't believe it till you see it.
The last set of photo's I got to take was at my Nan's in August or September I can't remember it was so long ago. My Nan's house is exactly the same as it was when I was growing up, I used to go there every Sunday or Saturday when I was a kid. So the last time we all visited I walked around her bungalow and garden taking photo's of everything I remembered from my childhood of being there.
One of which was this birdcage. She's had it for as long as I can remember, she also has one in her conservatory. Sadly though she now seems to believe that they're real and talks to them on a frequent basis. It's so sad because you can tell that she's longing for some company, but replaces this by talking to inanimate objects. I suppose I should say my Nan has dementia, so she doesn't really make a lot of sense most of the time and when she does she'll repeat herself only a couple of minutes later. She developed it when my grandad died about 14 years ago.
He also seems to let a lot of very random people into his taxi (haha).
And on that note I am off to bed I have a 12 hour shift tomorrow and need to be awake and ready for work by half past 10. I'll fill you in on the drunken shinanigans of the costumers in my next post. Its scary to think that the next time I write on this I'll be 21, I have sworn not to use technology on monday night when I'm drunk, seeing as last time I did this was Wednesday when I went out for a friends birthday. I ended up sending a tweet that included very VERY bad spelling. (once again sorry about that Tom) If you wish to send me birthday messages head over to my twitter https://twitter.com/#!/SarahClickk and send me a lovely message (my birthday is on monday by the way)
Anyway good bye and goodnight
Sarah x
P.S Don't be afraid to send me cards and presents mwahahaha :P Love you guys
It's so cool that people from across the world are reading this even now as I'm writing this.
The last set of photo's I got to take was at my Nan's in August or September I can't remember it was so long ago. My Nan's house is exactly the same as it was when I was growing up, I used to go there every Sunday or Saturday when I was a kid. So the last time we all visited I walked around her bungalow and garden taking photo's of everything I remembered from my childhood of being there.
One of which was this birdcage. She's had it for as long as I can remember, she also has one in her conservatory. Sadly though she now seems to believe that they're real and talks to them on a frequent basis. It's so sad because you can tell that she's longing for some company, but replaces this by talking to inanimate objects. I suppose I should say my Nan has dementia, so she doesn't really make a lot of sense most of the time and when she does she'll repeat herself only a couple of minutes later. She developed it when my grandad died about 14 years ago.
My Grandad used to do quite a lot of gardening, so whilst I was at my Nan's I went into his old greenhouse and took photo's of some of the tool's he used to use. If it wasn't for the mould on the glass and the cracked windows, I would say that the greenhouse was exactly the same as when he last went in there. I also found his wheel burrow, which has probably only been used by my dad and my uncle in the last 15 years. I wish that we could visit my Nan more often but since we live over an hour and a half away from her, it isn't always possible. I hate seeing my Nan the way she is now.
Right I'm going to change the subject this blog seems to be getting a little depressing even if I do say so myself.
On an even lighter note my sister's friend got the 3 of us tickets to see Charlie Simpson live on tour in our home town in march next year. I can't wait, last time we saw him was in a different town, called Norwich, and we waited outside for almost 6 hours in the freezing cold. We didn't even get to meet him. However, we did get to meet the guy that plays the keyboard for him, and his backing vocals guy, Andrew and Nick. This time though we have VIP tickets, which means we get to go to his sound check, meet him and the other guys, get a photo with him. We also get signed copy of his set list and a guitar pick. I'm so excited and I can't wait to find out whose going to be his support act or acts.
Charlies friend Andrew is also a solo artist, so check him out. Yes I know I'm doing another promo but seriously these guys are amazing, and they deserve all the recognition they can get. We're trying to persuade both Andrew and Tom (you'll remember him from last weeks blog post) to do a gig in my town. I'm hoping it will be soon, I've yet to see Tom live. Anyways, Andrew has an E.P out, all you have to do is go over to his website http://www.andrewbalkwill.com/ and download his CD, he also has:
And for a taster of his music here's the video of my favourite song (which makes me convinced he lives in black cabs because he always seems to be in one) called Bad Bad Luck:
He also seems to let a lot of very random people into his taxi (haha).
And on that note I am off to bed I have a 12 hour shift tomorrow and need to be awake and ready for work by half past 10. I'll fill you in on the drunken shinanigans of the costumers in my next post. Its scary to think that the next time I write on this I'll be 21, I have sworn not to use technology on monday night when I'm drunk, seeing as last time I did this was Wednesday when I went out for a friends birthday. I ended up sending a tweet that included very VERY bad spelling. (once again sorry about that Tom) If you wish to send me birthday messages head over to my twitter https://twitter.com/#!/SarahClickk and send me a lovely message (my birthday is on monday by the way)
Anyway good bye and goodnight
Sarah x
P.S Don't be afraid to send me cards and presents mwahahaha :P Love you guys
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