Photo Every Day #221

Today we went to Southport. It was a last minute decision, but has been a really good day out. Firstly, we walked around the Pleasure Land fairground, we didn't go on any rides as we're trying to not spend a bomb!

We did go to see a palm reader who had a booth at the fair. I was skeptical and a bit scared of hearing anything bad or that I didn't want to know, but in the end it was quite good really! She told me that I was in a good relationship with the boy, we'd get engaged when we were ready, possibly get married overseas and we'd have 3 kids! Not sure about that last bit yet, maybe just have one and see how we get on from there! She also said there would be no serious illnesses for me in the future, I'd be lucky in my career and it would start to take off and I'd be much more settled in my career in the next year, which sounds great to me! She said I was straight forward, I say my opinion and am a very up and down person, which I think it dead on really. She also said travel would be a big part of my life, my lucky colour is pink and my lucky number is 9. I'm not sure I believe it 100%, I can definately see why it sucks people in though, it really is nice to hear someone who doesn't know you say nice things are going to happen to you.

After the fair, we went for a walk on the beach and walked about a mile to get to the sea. It was a super warm day so half way down we decided to go barefoot! When we actually got to the sea, it was surprisingly warm, so we had a good paddle whilst taking tons of photos with the Oktomat, Spinner and Diana F+. It's still my first time using the Oktomat and second roll of film for the Spinner so I'm praying they turn out well!

We went for dinner at Frankie & Bennys, then drove the scenic way home looking for photography locations. So all in all a good day. however, I am, once again sunburnt! Good bye beautiful pale skin, sad face!

Under The Pier:


Barefooted Boy:


Song Of The Day: Katy Perry - Electric Feel
Reason: Really good live lounge cover

Highligh Of The Day: Paddling in the sea.

Photo Every Day #220

Today has been a chill out day really. I did drop off a roll of film at the photo place though, ordered envelopes to pick up my other films to send to the lomo lab and ordered a new film subscription pack and the Canon adapter pack with all the Diana F+ lenses! So excited to get them! I managed to wear my Butler & Wilson lizard necklace finally. It's been quite hard to match it with things at it sits just on the collar bone so can look a little too high with most outfits.

Jewelled Lizard:



Song Of The Day: Boom In Shot Theme Song
Reason: You can download it from here for free: Boom In Shot Movie Theme Song and don't forget to check out the trailer too!


Highlight Of The Day: Ordering things from the Lomography online store!

Photo Every Day #219

Today was my birthday!! I've had a really good day and definately one of the best birthdays I've had. I started the day by going to Blackpool with my two super good friends and my boyfriend. We went to the pleasure beach for most of the day and I managed to get the boy (who doesn't like heights) to go on a couple of rollercoasters! Very impressed! We had a nice Burger King for lunch and donuts later on. Once we'd finished at the fair, we walked down to the piers and took loads more photos on my beautiful new Sahara Diana F+ and my Spinner 360! We've gotten through 3 rolls of 120 film plus 2 35mm rolls. Cannot wait to get them developed! We finished the day with a ride in a horse and carriage back to the fair. Once we got back home, the boy took me to the Chilli Club, a Thai restaurant in Lym, for a nice meal. So, a big thank you to everyone who got me a present, money, card or left me a message on a social networking site! I'm off to spend my 10% birthday discount in the Lomography webstore!

Happy Lomographer:

Photo Every Day #218

Today is the day before my birthday! We had a party at ours with family and a few close friends. It was really good but so stressful making sure we had all the food ready and that there was enough! Definately won't be doing that often! Everyone dropped off my presents and I can't wait to open them!

Presents!:


Song Of The Day: Flo Rida - Good Feeling
Reason: Been listening to dance/club type stuff all day to get me in the party mood, this is just a highlight

Highlight Of The Day: My party!

Photo Every Day #217

Today was the Hog Roast at the Walled Garden. I've never been to one before and it was very tasty! The meat was a bit tougher than I expected but I washed it down with a nice piece of fudge cake so it's all good! Tomorrow is the day that my family and a couple of friends are all coming over for a bit of a party for my birthday. I've been super stressed out about making sure there's enough food and there's things that people will enjoy so fingers crossed it all goes well!

Hog Roast:


Song Of The Day: Diplo vs Tiesto (Featuring Busta Rhymes) - C'mon
Reason: Tune! Puts me in such a good mood!

Highlight Of The Day: Seeing my little Pixie after the hog roast!

Photo Every Day #216

Today I finally got round to watching Secrets Of The Shoplifters on Channel 4. This is obviously of interest to me as I work in a department store and we obviously do get thieves! It was interesting for me to see it from the security/loss prevention side of things as usually I only see things from the shopfloor. I've personally been involved with the process of trying to catch or at least deter shoplifters, and it is of great importance to my job. After all, they said secretly taking a few sweets from the Woolworths pick and mix section wasn't really that bad, but now we have no Woolworths! (Although I'm sure it wasn't purely for that reason that they stopped trading!). I think the documentary has made me appreciate our staff members who work in this role more and has also brought out my fierce loyalty to the company. Whereas it isn't the best job I've ever had, it's sort of like having a younger sibling. You can be horrible to the sibling, as it's your relation, but there's no way you'll stand there and let anyone else be bad towards them! So, even though I'd rather be doing something film related, I'll be damned if I let people get away with stealing from our store!!

In lighter news, I recieved my first pack of films from the Lomography film subscription service. I ended up with 7 rolls of film for £30, around £4 a film!! Which is great considering I've ended up with 3 rolls of 120 colour neg 100iso film, 1 roll of 35mm Kodak black and white film, 1 roll of 35mm Fuji colour neg 160iso film, 1 roll of 120 Fuji colour 160iso film and 1 roll of 120 Fuji chrome film! Not a bad selection really and I'm particularly looking forward to using the chrome roll!

Film Supply:



Song Of The Day: Lana Del Rey - Dark Paradise
Reason: Seriously hope she makes a video for this one!

Highlight Of The Day: A really nice customer in work who was very appreciative of my customer service and gave me a nice compliment!

Photo Every Day #215

Today has been a strange day. Firstly, all my random days off have thrown me off my usual track and then going into work at 11am and staying until 8pm has also messed with my concept of time and I've gotten quite used to Mon-Fri 9-5. Anyway, nearly my week off and my birthday!

Snuggle Bunnies:


Song Of The Day: Nachtmahr - Tanzdiktator (Modulate Remix)
Reason: My favourite remix of one of my favourite Nachtmahr songs. Uniforms are super sexy!

Highlight Of The Day: Learning that shooting is an Olympic sport! You learn something new everyday!

Photo Every Day #214

Today my new skirt from Mary Jane Fashion arrived! It's a long wiggle style skirt with an aztec type print. I bought a short top from American Apparel which goes with it perfectly! I wore it with my necklace from Sillycut on Etsy, I did post a blog about it waaaay back if you're interested!

Aztec Skirt:


Song Of The Day: City & Colour - Day Old Hate
Reason: Beautiful album, so full of emotions

Highlight Of The Day: Drinks with friends