going old school ...

So i admit i haven't been great at this whole blogging thing ... life just kind of you know happened! But here i am today with some pretties to share (& i have a whole lot more waiting to blog about so i should probably get on that). Anyways these are all film ... something i am playing around with right now. I have a huge collection of cameras I want to shoot with & i was lucky enough to be blessed with some free film to test out. So enough talk here are some of my recent favourites ...

These were shot in cambridge one morning in March (i think) ... it's my first time shooting b&w in probably about 10 years. But i love these. They were shot on a Zenit ET that i have discovered comes with a few light leaks but then again i did only pay £20 for it & it has a beautiful lens! & they are shot on Kodak Tri-x ISO 100. 

& here's a few from deepest darkest north west England ... The Wirral & Merseyside to be exact. Shot in the past few weeks whilst i was up there "working" (I have so very many pretties to share with you from that trip) on a Lubitel 166B on Kodak Portra 120 at ISO 160. 

I do have to admit i am loving the "individuality" that comes with shooting with my film cameras, i never know just what i will get. & with the exception of maybe touching up some "dust" these are all straight out of the camera. I can't wait to print some up for my home (maybe one day i will get to do it by hand again) & possible offer them for sale!

cambridge in the fog ...

Ok where were we ... oh yes ... fog ... England ... nature ... & a road trip to Cambridge. Yesterday i attempted to share a whole host of pretty pictures ... but well i failed with my ability to babble & go off on tangents. So today I am taking you on a trip down to Cambridge, one foggy morning in March ... (& way less talking this time i promise) ... 

I grew up in Cambridge & whilst i knew it was a beautiful city I believe i took it for granted. Now having returned to England I have 3 or 4 years to explore my homeland, camera in hand & I am working incredible hard at it. Not everyone gets the chance to see the world, travel & walk away with beautiful reminders so i feel as if this is something I have to do. & so often we want the blue skies & the pretty clouds, we forget that beauty isn't necessarily found in those things. So keeping this in mind, a morning spent wandering through a fog filled Cambridge sounded wonderful. & well it was ...

Literally just off the bus I decided to dart onto Christ Piece & saw this beautiful moment ... like something out of Narnia ... oh by the way i should mention now all these images were captured using my Lensbaby Composer Pro & Edge 80 optic. 

pretty rain drops seen out the corner of my eye ... 

Christ College ... 

senate house passage ...

one of those moments you come across that leaves you in awe ...

& just as stunning in colour ... 

& the epitome of all things Cambridge. 

Cambridge is one of those cities that has a timeless feel ... so much history, it could almost be 1913 instead of 2013. 

Ok enough photos for one day (though honestly can you ever get enough) ... I must get back to doing something my husband considers "productive". Have a wonderful day ... & remember that whilst we all get the winter blues you may be surprised some days, so don't think about it before grabbing your camera & heading out because beautiful can be found everywhere!

xx

one foggy morning ...

There are certain things i have grown to love since we made the move back to "blighty" in October ... sticky toffee pudding has become a rather unfortunate stable in our house {but it tastes so good ... we'll just ignore the calorie intake for a moment} ... John Lewis {it's a shoppers paradise but oh so dangerous on the bank account} ... & the morning fog. 

I was introduced to the fog by a friend of mine & incredible talented photographer Sasha Holloway of Bleulips ... she takes these incredible portraits in the fog & whilst i am currently not shooting portraits i knew the fog was something I needed to photograph {not want but needed}. So through the winter i spent many a morning capturing the fog. 

Well a couple of weeks back I woke up to this beautiful fog ... the kind that sees your eyes light up in the morning. A fog that makes you want to jump in your car & just explore the countryside Camera in hand. Well I made the decision to head to Cambridge that day to try & get the fog in the city on camera.  So bundling Jacob up in the car I first had to make a trip to base ... a trip that {as usual} took 20 minutes longer because i got distracted along the way (but well if you know me that isn't exactly hard). 

This tree sits in a field by the side of the road ... un assuming ... i first noticed it in December because of the way the morning light hits the field & have since returned to it time & again. This time i had my "trusty" Lensbaby Composer Pro & Edge 80 to keep me company.

I then made it a whole 100m further down the road before stopping by a local river, the same moody feel capturing my attention. There is something special about England in the fog, I can't explain it but it feels like they go hand in hand, it reminds me of a Jane Austen or Charles Dickens book. Don't get me wrong I adore a beautiful blue sky but this has so much emotion to it, a story waiting to be told. & Well personally the Lensbaby just add that little extra something. 

Well having managed to success babble on longer than i intended I will leave you for today ... & post the rest of my photos from Cambridge on the blog later today or maybe tomorrow. I haven't decided. 

But before i go let me ask you this ... what is it about where you live that always "gets you" ... turns something ordinary into that something special? Something that goes perfectly with the place you {currently} call home?