Take a trip to the sugar palace, Via the candy land! (New shoot pics)

Photo throwbacks.

I was sorting through some old things the other day and I came across all my old AS and A level photography work. Its crazy to see how much my work has changed and how I've created my own style which looks nothing like my old photography coursework! 

All of these photos were taken using a 35mm film SLR camera and had to be printed by me in the college darkroom. I'm not sure if they still do this or have made the whole course digital.

Below is a series I did for my AS level photography course. I think the theme had something to do with a process or sequence.  My idea was an umbrella slowing opening up as rain started to fall. Making this happen consisted of my poor mum standing on a ladder with a watering can! 

When shooting on a 35mm film camera, the teachers love you to make a contact sheet, so you can easily view each photo and choose which ones you want to enlarge. I usually did always end up printing most of them large anyway though!

I think this one was taken as part of a 'patterns' project. Not sure if my foot in there was intentional!

This photo I tired a photography technique called solarisation. It gives the photo a silvery/grey effect. I dont think it worked very well on this photo though! 

[May's monthly post] 10 photos that...get up close. (Macro shots)

Macro photography, usually means photographing objects or living creatures extremely close up. For this months '10 photos that...' I will taking a look at things that are so close up that you'll either be amazed or slightly creeped out!

While searching for macro shots, I wanted to pick ones that were slightly different, not your usual up close flower shots.

1. Amazing cat shot by Kristina Buceatchi

2. I can't decide whether I find this cute, or really creepy. Photo by Jose Deluna

3. Macro shots look great when photography new born babies, letting you get all the little details like toes, nails and little hands. (Unknown source)

4.I never thought I would think a snail was cute, but Vadim Trunov has proved me wrong! Check out more of these magical photos here.

5. This is a beautiful photo of inside an Ocean Jasper rock. Photo by MicROCKScopia 

6. NOPE, this is too much! (photo by John Hallman)

7. This up close look at a fingerprint is part of a series called 'Skin story' by Jarket Kozjar.

8. This cute froggie was photographed by Wil Mijer,

9. Check out these sweet mushrooms photographed by Steve Axford. For more magical mushrooms click here.

10. Photo by Japanese photographer Shihya Kowatar. I love the colours and patterns made by leaf in this!



Hope these photos have inspired you to experiment using Macro, most DSLR cameras have the setting. I'll do a future blog post on how to best use macro. 

Next months (June) '10 photos that...will make your heart melt.'

A weekend in Paris!

I've seen so many photos of Paris that made me want to go there and take some myself. So when my boyfriend asked where I wanted to go on holiday, i jumped at the chance of Paris. Unfortunately, with it being quite an expensive city, we could only afford a long weekend.

I took my digital SLR and my instax mini, with 20 shots ready. It was time for me to practice my travel photography! I usually just shoot portraits so this was a chance for me to try landscapes. 

Here is what we did:

Friday - Once we had arrived in Paris and found our apartment (which we got using airbnb! highly recommended!) we decided on taking a look around Montmartres, which was the area we were staying in. We had a noisy look around the Montmartres famous cemetery, which was home to some beautiful tombs.  

After the cemetery we headed down to check out the moulin Rouge which wasn't that far away. Being a huge fan of the film, I was excited to see the club in person!

Chris took a snap of me outside!

Saturday -  We planned to go see the Sacre coeur, Dali museum and an outside art exhibition.
We weren't staying too far from the Sacre Coeur or Dali museum so it didn't take us too long to get there, we also didn't have to walk up that epic flight of stairs to the Sacre coeur!

Sculpture from the Dali exhibition.

The view from Sacre coeur 

The famous Eiffel tower. 

We took a boat trip down the seine, where we were able to see some iconic sites. 

Sunday - It was a rainy sunday so we decided to do some museums. We went to the Arts et crafts museum and the Picasso Museum.

Statue of Liberty outside the museum of arts and craft, taken with my polaroid camera.

A collection of vintage camera at the arts and craft museum.

One of Picasso's photographs taken in his studio where he painted. 

A collection of Picasso's studies.

I couldn't visit paris without buying some of Macaroons. Now my favorite sweet treat!

Monday - Our plane was leaving at 9pm so we had some of the day to look around, although we didn't want to travel too far from our apartment. We decided to go see the Opera national de Paris and explore around that area.

Inside the department store, Galeries Lafayette

View from the top of Galeries Lafayette

View of Sacre Coeur. 

Whilst exploring the area, me and Chris came across this beautiful church just by chance. We sat and ate lunch nearby with a lovely view of it.  

I had such an amazing time over those 4 days, and would highly recommend to anyone who is artistic to go to Paris as there is so much to see and do. I'm planning on doing a blog post about free and cheap things do to as I'm a super scrimper! 

Update soon! 

Becky x