¿Ser o no ser? Esa es la cuestión.

I have 363 days to improve my skills in Spanish. Two days gone, 40 known words and 6 permanent... I think I'm getting the hang of this. :) Anyway, today I finally updated my facebook group. (Like please!) I’ve been trying to do it for months, but just not had any motivation at all. I’ve barely taken any photos, part of me has been lost.. but in the last few days, which I have spend in my room editing, listening to great music, and generally cleaning up after myself, (I’ve become a very messy person in my own space) I think I might have got back into the swing of things! Hopefully lots more pictures to come! Saying that, I start back at work tomorrow. :(

As much as I love making cocktails, and there is a certain art to it…. only because we free pour and it looks super cool. Haha. Feeling unappreciated as usual, when I know I deserve more! But hey, its just a job, right?

A job… that I unfortunately need to save up money for my rather adventurous goals. More about that later.

Need inspiration

I've gone too long without taking photos. Probably why I am feeling so horrifically depressed. (first world problem) ....well.... I will hopefully sort this out soon, and get my life back on track. I have a list of New Years Resolutions as long as my arm!!

Hands, face, feet

Oh, I’ve really been neglecting this blog!! Whoops! So I have a lot on my plate right now with college, work and extra curricular website making activities. But I am happy, and I have a smile on my face, that’s all that matters, right?

Anyway, my second project of second year. Body parts donated by my handsome friend, Mr. Rob Heron.

So I used a Mamiya rb67, 120 colour film which I cross processed, and de-saturated. The focus is a little off on the face image, but I like it none the less.

Next post will probably be my Sports Portrait with Lawrence the Kick boxer. Back onto digital, boo.

365

Another flashback post. I’ve recently started adding some photos to facebook in an album titled ‘365 flashback’ – just some random images from my failed attempt at project 365. I lasted until mid June. I attempted a portrait of myself everyday… that would sum how my day had gone.. or something.. and then I also tried to take an image of something random from that day, or a memory… just something to look back on. As you can imagine, some of these images are terrible! But anyway, here’s the one I posted today.

28th April 2009 – These trees had lovely flowers, but I was terrified by them because they used to attract so many bees!! I would freak out every time I was near them, so this was incredibly difficult for me to take! :D

Fashion flashback

I’ve been in contact with a few models on model mayhem who are interested in shooting with me. So once I’m back in college and can come up with a few ideas, I’ll definitely be doing something about that. Anyway, on the topic of model mayhem, I noticed I had hardly any photos on my profile page, so I had a wee look around my pictures, and found a few I forgot about!

I did a bit of editing on this one, but I quite like it with the pink background. I really need to start taking more photos, and getting more experience. John was telling us that 50% of our final portfolio’s has to be self motivated work. Oh dear..

HDR Panorama

I’m having a lot of trouble with this project. I just can’t seem to get my head around the idea of HDR. We were told to do it in Photoshop by hand.. as in… don’t use the ‘merge to HDR’ button. :D

I’ve attempted one today, and I’m not sure if its HDR… I’ve tried, but I think I’ll have to look into it a bit more!!

Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow

I quite like the image, but will probably need to reshoot. I’ll use a tripod next time. My camera’s sensor is absolutely filthy, so I had to do a lot of retouching. :( Won’t be able to sort that out until the 19th of April – SAAS day. :D

In other news, I’m still on flickr strike, and it looks like my Easter Sunday roast is going to be super noodles. :(

Multiple Composite

I had a shoot today in my flat. It was for my Multiple Composite project, and I had my from Kira Slater come model for me. I had a few problems with the college store today, and the equipment that was given to me. Nikon D200 without a battery?! Faulty radio slaves?! Come on guys, get it together! Luckily I have my own DLSR..

Anyway, shoot went well, and I’ve attempted to create a multiple composite… so I thought I would share.

It looks a lot better than I thought it would, but I’m not sure if two is enough. Luckily I took quite a few photos of Kira in different places around the frame, so when I get more time I might make some more and post. :)