Restless.

Not going to lie, staying in international student housing is probably worse than trying to sleep in a hospital with constant hustle and bustle! I decided to give up on sleep and capture a couple of self portraits which conveyed my feelings about this experience! The chatter of loud voices fills the hallway and the noises fill my room, every so often a pattern loud knocks on every door in the corridor makes it impossible for anybody in their rooms to sleep, and the running of feet is something which is a common occurance. 

Although, I am glad to have a nice warm and comfortable room to stay in, and I do not want to seem ungrateful.. as my straw is rather long when you compare it to the thousands of homeless on London surrounded by strangers and stranger noises. 

My rant is now over and I look forward to a long night of interruptions!

Wind turbines on the riverside. 28th March.

I have been taking photos today, but sadly I do not have anything to show you as I've been shooting on film... so I've uploaded an iPhone snapshot of a river which I drive past all the time (I didn't photograph this whilst driving though). I have been in the studio with a few other photographers and we were shooting a number of portraits with a few different cameras; we first shot with the Holga, a camera which I have a love hate relationship with depending on the quality of the Negatives, I then used the Bronica, a camera which I love using (although I prefer a Mamyia and it's 6x7 negative format), and then I did a shot on the 5x4 pinhole camera. Developing these tomorrow and hopefully scanning them too, so keep tuned to see the results!

The Natural Ice Rink. 12th February.

Most winters, for a few days, natural ice rinks appear throughout the fens. Today I decided to photograph one of these Ice Rinks in the fenland town of Whittlesey. People turn up, speed skate, play ice hockey, skate for fun, drag sledges on the ice... the whole community of the town meets together on the ice of this flooded field.