Photo Every Day #258

Today we went to the Sealife Center Manchester. It's only recently opened and it's been a while since I've been to an aquarium. Now that I know a lot more about fish it's far more interesting; I'd love to be an animal keeper there!! The best thing we saw was probably the huge sea turtle that they have in their main tank. I've never seen one before and he was beautiful! The enclosures were all really nice and they had a good range of fish and sea creatures. We had a behind the scenes tour with a member of staff called Phil. He was really great and told us lots of interesting information. We also got to see a snake necked turtle which was in isolation as he was being naughty and trying to breed with another species of turtle whilst upsetting her male partner!

Cowfish:

Photo Every Day #252

Today I went shopping in Manchester with my Mum. I had no intention of buying anything but came back with two matching deer pictures, a green dress, a pink jacket and a cupcake! I'll upload some photos tomorrow! This evening I had my friends round and we had takeaway and watched X Factor. I think the X Factor is really running out of steam with this latest series. The format is so predictable that it's just boring to see so many talented people that they just all seem average. There are barely any auditions shown anymore, definitely no real crazy people auditioning like they used to have, no real advice given to hopefuls, no family interviews, even the sob stories are appearing as though they've been sent via the bland machine. I personally preferred the original format with more intimate auditions and with judges who know more about the industry as oppose to just being performers. However, it now seems to have turned into a huge bland fest where it's all about dramatics with no real climax. It's a shame as I did used to love watching the audition segments of the show. Maybe one day they'll bring back the old style!

Emerald Takeaway:


Song Of The Day: Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat
Reason: Love this song and he's a bit of a guilty pleasure as his style isn't my usual cup of tea!

Highlight Of The Day: A nice day with family and friends.

Photo Every Day #210

Today I went to Manchester shopping! I had a really nice day and the weather wasn't too bad. I didn't take my Mini Diana in the end as I thought it might end up raining. I bought a few things, mostly for the boy. Most importantly, I picked up my Sahara Diana F+ and Oktomat Cameras for my birthday! So excited! We also had a really nice lunch in San Carlo Cicchetti in the House Of Fraser. It was really nice but tiny portions, even for tapas!

Panfried:


Song Of The Day: Boy Meets World Theme Tune
Reason: The later version, it has been stuck in my head since I started watching it when I came home from shopping!

Highlight Of The Day: Getting my cameras!!

Photo Every Day #209

Tomorrow I'm going shopping in Manchester with my Mum for my birthday presents!!! Yay!! I think I will have to severely hold myself back when we go into Thunder Egg and the Lomography Store! I'm going to take my Mini Diana out too, see if I can get any interesting shots whilst the weather's still nice!

Tiger:


Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Lolyta
Reason: Awesome song, reminds me of A Nightmare Before Christmas in a way!

Highlight Of The Day: Nice end of the day in work with two of my good friends

Photo Every Day #189

Today has been a busy day. First off we went to the Science and Industry museum in Manchester. Unfortunately, it was rather dull. The exhibits and the layout were just terrible! After our disappointing time at the museum, we went to the Darling Diana F+ workshop at the Lomography store in the Northern Quarter. It was really good, the guy explained everything really thoroughly and then we spent about an hour taking photos whilst wondering around Manchester. We should be getting the photos back in around 10 days so that's exciting! I definately want a Diana F+ now!! We then went to the cheese and wine evening at the Walled Garden, it's always nice going there and seeing family too. I can't wait for the hog roast next month!! The PED is of a big carp that was swimming right next to the edge of one of the ponds at the gardens.

Magi Carp:


Song Of The Day: Paloma Faith - Picking Up The Pieces
Reason: My favourite song at the moment

Highlight Of The Day: An afternoon spent playing the with Diana F+

Photo Every Day #188

Today was Friday, so that means it's the weekend tomorrow! We're off to Manchester to the Lomography store for their Diana F+ workshop which means we can borrow a camera and get a roll of film to play with! I'm really excited to see what the big version is like compared to my Mini Diana. We're also helping my Grandad out at the cheese and wine evening at the Walled Garden, so hopefully the weather won't be too bad.

Brotherly Love:


Song Of The Day: Paloma Faith - Sexy Chick
Reason: A cover from the radio 1 live lounge and sounds nothing like the original! In a good way.

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing my boys spooning each other whilst asleep!

Photo Every Day #140

Today we went to the Manchester Museum. I've never been before and it was full of taxidermy so I was very pleased! It was a shame they were doing so much building work as half of the museum seemed empty, but they had some really interesting exhibits, including one with live reptiles!

This was my favourite photo, one of a frog that has sort of craters in it's back so that it can carry it's eggs. If you look closely you can see the mini baby frogs' legs and heads sticking out!

Frog & Babies:

Photo Every Day #139

Today was Mum's birthday and my last day in work for the week! It's been a super long week. Tomorrow we're off to Manchester to the museum so that should be good, but think I'm going to have an early(ish) night tonight if I want to stay awake tomorrow.

Birthday Chocolate Cake:


Song Of The Day: Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Reason: Super awesome song, stuck in my head at the moment.

Photo Every Day #119

Today I went for a meeting about working on a short comedy horror film, the script sounds really good and I can't wait to start shooting! Whilst in Manchester, I also went to the Slipknot photo exhibit by Paul Harris at the Manchester Photographic Gallery. It has really enforced how much I adore Slipknot and they are still my ultimate favourite band! I picked up a signed photo book too! We also went into Liverpool to Jamie's Italian. It was actually bad this time, super poor and slow service, uncooked seafood in my dinner and it just generally had an unpleasant after taste. I've really been put off and won't be going again.

Nine:


Song Of The Day: Slipknot - Surfacing
Reason: One of my ultimate favourite songs!

Photo Every Day #77

Today me and the boy went to Manchester to put up some posters for Vintage Kino @ The Three Minute Theatre. We just walked round the shops asking to put them on the walls so it was simple enough. I'm going to try and make the event on Wednesday as it seems right up my street! It was nice walking around so early whilst it was still relatively quiet and a nice day. We also stopped at Pinkie's  for a lovely milkshake!




 Kino:

Photo Every Day #36

Today we went to China town in Manchester to get a new wok. We managed to fine the perfect sized one for a mere £6!! Bargain. We also picked up some sauces and spices, I'll definitely be going there again as its so cheap and will encourage me to cook better meals. I made sweet and soy pork for tea which turned out pretty well really! For lunch we had food at one of the Chinese restaurants which was really nice too.

Sunday Dinner:


Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Reason: She was on the cover of March Vogue UK and looked amazing! The interview was really interesting too.