Photo Every Day #203

Today I had the nicest takeaway with my Mum and Step-Dad. It was Thai food from The Chilli Club in Lymm, one of my favourite restaurants ever! Nom nom! We also decided that we'll be going on a photography mission tomorrow with the Praktica, Mini Diana and the Lomo Fish Eye, possibly the Canon 550D as well, just so the whole family is coming along. I was thinking of going to Beeston Castle if the weather is nice, but I have no back up plan if it's not! So fingers crossed.

Praktical:


Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Dark Paradise
Reason: I just adore her and her retro style! I can really relate to some of the lyrics in this song though.

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing my Pixie!

Photo Every Day #102

Today Facebook has bought Instagram (one of my favourite iPhone apps, ever!) for $1billion. That's a pretty hefty sum of money for a little company with just a phone app, so huge congrats to them. I've ready several articles commenting that apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic (another of my personal faves) are killing 'proper' photography. I have to say I disagree. I love film and photography and am interested in anything visual. Although I think of photography as just a fun hobby of mine, I do want to get better at it and am interested in retro cameras, toy cameras, lomography etc. As you may know, I've recently been given a Praktica BCX and this is really the first proper film camera I've ever had so I'm just adoring it at the moment and having fun experimenting. I can honestly say that if it wasn't for my initial interest in photography followed by the fact that I was able to use apps such as Instagram that I may not be the proud owner of that Praktica at this moment. Instagram allows me, and its millions of other users to, experiment super cheaply and is fun to use to make my photos a little different from the norm. So, good luck to Instagram, here's hoping you only change for the better!


Heart Shaped Basket:


Come Dine With Me:


Song Of The Day: Machine Head - Elegy
Reason: Beautiful song

Photo Every Day #99

So, today was Easter and here is mine and the boy's easter stash! My mum also bought me a nice heart shaped picnic basket, it's very cute! I spent the evening sorting out my vintage cameras, a Praktica BCX and an Olympus Trip 35, and reading manuals so that I can try and get the best out of them. I've also managed to find two rolls of expired film so I'll be using those in the Praktica and my Lomography Fisheye tomorrow when we go to the Chester Food and Drink Festival.

Stash:


Song Of The Day: Nine Inch Nails - Wish
Reason: One of my fave NIN songs