The Falling Kings and Queens. 24th November.

Converse as a muse. 12th November.

Converse are cool, they're the shoe brand I always end up investing in. They can also be my muse, I always end up photographing them when I lack inspiration.

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All-Stars. 12th June.

A product shot of Converse All-Stars shoes. 

Cheap Perfume. 13th March.

This bottle of cheap faded perfume was sitting on one of my shelves; it reminded me of when I was a young teenager getting "glammed up" for a party and putting on the crazy make-up, the garish clothes, the cheap perfume.... It was all taken so seriously, maybe a little bit too seriously.

Ring in a Ribbon Rose. 1st February.

Enchanted. 16th December.

I haven't yet finished my Christmas shopping which is quite bad as the shops are going to be packed over the next few days! But I will make it and it'll be ok! I got this perfume a little while ago as a Christmas present, I lost it for a while, but I just found it again and it is actually really lovely. I am not an avid perfume wearer, but I will wear this perfume!

Anyway, I have a Mamiya RZ-67 on loan over the next couple of weeks, I also have a few rolls of colour film so some landscape shooting is inevitable! Quite excited about both shooting with the camera and then seeing the results of it! 

The Guitarist Elf. 6th November.

I found this little guy at my boyfriend's house, it reminded me of the fact that it's almost Christmas! And the fact that I have only bought 1 Christmas present.... eek, I shall be writing a list soon! 

I have been shooting with a Canon this weekend, for those who don't know, I'm a Nikon owner.. and I love being a Nikon owner. Even though the Canon I am using is a more superior camera to my Nikon, I just do not like the feel and functionality of it, if anything it has made me want to upgrade my Nikon to a better Nikon Body! 

Anyway, technical stuff aside, I am shooting a couple more architectural pieces tomorrow! I have two interior shoots and possibly another exterior shoot, hoping to get some good shots... and if I do they may be my photo of the day! I have also finished shooting my toy soldier project, so that will be on facebook/flickr (and eventually my website, which I am working on) quite soon! 

The Bronze Man. 31st October.

Today has been full of essay writing! I do the silly thing where I intend to get everything written at the start of a week, but I leave it right until the end to do it! Anyway... back to today's photograph! I was asked to photograph this Bronze Statue, so I photographed it today, experimented with using a white backdrop whilst keeping a lot of contrast within the photograph, quite a lot harder than I thought it was... but it was a good learning curve! I am starting to really appreciate product/still life photography and I am considering buying some studio equipment (the equipment I am currently using is on loan). 

In other news I'm off to London tomorrow (again!) I will be working on an architecture brief, but I may be able to get some more photography on the Occupy London Stock Exchange Protest... depending on time etc... I have also started to become interested in the Critical Mass movement, basically once a month a group of people meet together in cities around the world and travel around the city on self-propelled transport. 

Toys at War #2. 29th October.

Today I did some more work on my Toy Soldier project, one of the shoots I did was to impersonate a photograph by Matthew Naythons, I worked for a while over this shot trying to get the lighting and angle right. I only have a few more scenes to shoot and then I just need to start sorting out the photographs and deciding which shall be final for the series!

Incan Treasures. 24th October.

I have been photographing a collection of Inca Treasures today. They are really amazing items all crafted from clay and so intricately designed, and for items which are thousands of years old they are so well preserved. Photographing items like these is a lot harder than it looks, you have to light them so that the details are highlighted and still well defined, you have to find an angle which represents the item fairly and you also have to learn how to work with the materials which the items are made from. I do enjoy working spending time thinking about how to photograph a subject though, and this was a great project.

More photographs from the shoot can be found here: Antique Product Photography.

The Ring. 23rd October.

I am not an avid jewellery wearer, it takes a really unique and beautiful piece of jewellery for me to wear it more than once! This ring is something that I found second hand, it isn't an average looking ring... it is interesting to look at and quite unique. I wear this ring quite a lot, and I thought it was worth photographing and sharing with other people! 

In other news, I am currently in the process of shooting my toy soldier project, this is great fun and also quite hard work! Bringing toys to life is not as easy as it looks! I will post a blog about the project when I have finished shooting it. I am also going to London this week to shoot for my Street Portrait project, such fun! I really enjoy street photography, so I hope that will come through in the photographs.