Developing.

8 rolls of film.

I ask myself why i have such an expensive hobby, and then i answer myself. "Because I love it"

I am not a particularly talented photographer. Hence why I would never introduce myself as one. I would say that I do not practise photography, I practise Snapature. Snaps of moments, snaps of things, snaps of people that I find interesting, beautiful or just because I don't want to forget what I am taking a picture of. My photography is not art.

Snapature is purely a hobby for me, but it is one that I love, one that I am proud of and one that I am willing to spend ridiculous amounts of money on.

It sounds cliche, but there is some kind of magic that I find in photographs. The magic of it would be; being able to capture a split second of a moment, and having it there in your hands to look at and remember all over again. Capturing a Memory, a Place, a Time. Sometimes you can remember whole days or weeks from one picture. You can remember sounds, and smells. People and emotions.

If I can, I would like to capture amazing moments through photos for the rest of my life. Without forgetting to live these moments as they arise, of course. This way i can be surrounded by the beauty of what I see. Have walls of pictures in my house for all to see. Even if my life is ridiculously mundane, I will still be able to see that i at least lived a life.

This all sounds soppy and boring, and I apologise.

(I find it funny how you only take pictures in happy times. Writing seems to be preferred for the capturing of sadness.)

£2

Me by Megha.

I really like it. She's been hiding this picture for a while. Fiend.

Sketchbook-ing.

Easter was fun.

Another List, (of the same things)

• Longboard
• Topshop Clothes
• Film Developing
• H&M dresses
• Sandals
• Tattoos
• CBGB t-shirt

Mini Plan.

• Finish Uni
• Glastonbury
• Move out of Penryn
• Move into Home
• Get a job
• Replenish overdraft then cancel student account
• Use savings for deposit on house/flat near place of work
• Live.

Please.

I like this.

JOY OF DESTRUCTION from Xaver Xylophon on Vimeo.

Black & White

This camera is probably the love of my life. For as long as it keeps working, and even if it breaks i will try and fix it.

Seasons ////

I had an idea.

It's for a magazine. It comes out four times a year. Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter.

Honestly i have been finding it hard to sit down and explain it to this blog.

I have set up a Tumblr blog for it, to get the feel of the aesthetic sorted. Although at the moment it doesn't look anything like i want it.

I am setting up a 'Project' at the moment. But i have a huge To-Do list before i really should get that underway. I need to get a managers head on. I am going to have to delegate and then have people reporting back to me. I will have to trust people to meet the deadlines that i set. I am going to be very serious about this. I really want it to happen.

I am forgetting Chloë! Well this wasn't just my idea. I just seem to be starting it at the moment, until her work is over, and then she can work more towards it as well.

I still want to be in charge of the 'Project' though. I feel like it's my baby.

Main jobs on the To-Do list:

• Make a Mock-up, so i can approach Graphic Designers and see if they would like to be involved, and that they have the right ideas that fit with the aesthetic that i want
• Sort out what features i want.
• Find out the costs of everything - Printing etc.

Once i have done this i can really get everything underway.

Chosen.

These are the chosen images from the professional shoot for the exhibition Catalogue.

Sound in the Gimp room.

Weekend.

This weekend should be lovely. I am really excited.

Tonight i am going to meet Mary, and i'm sure i haven't seen her properly in at least 4 years. It will be interesting to see how much we have changed since we last used to hang out all the time. I'm pretty sure i have changed quite a bit. Since i haven't seen her i have been going out with Joe, been at Uni, naturally changed i guess. I think i have changed slightly more recently as well, just through the people i have met in the last year and the work i have been doing. Realising my ambitions a bit more.

Mary can't stay out too late tonight but i'm hoping that i can meet other people out and about and stay out and have a typically rubbish but great night in Frome.

I am excited about the photos i take now. In everything. Because the ones i do take can be used in the blog for the making of the magazine.

Seasons. Which i will talk about properly on another day.

On saturday at the Frome Cheese and Grain there is also going to be a big camera sale, and i am going to go along. I hope to take some nice photos there, as well as maybe pick up a cheapish film SLR. My Olympus OM-2 is still off for repair, and i really need it back fixed or i just need to get a new one. There is one on ebay that i am watching at the moment but i think it's going to get a bit too expensive, so i will wait until tomorrow and see if i can get anything in the sale.

Sunday is Mothers Day, and i have got my mum the bog standard Card and chocolates. Like every year. But there you go. I don't consider it that great a holiday. Another reason for guilt trips to happen. Oh well.

Well now i have written this i am going to get ready for my outing. And i am positive that i will have no idea what to wear and it will take me the whole three hours until i'm meeting mary to get ready. Vain.

Red///T:Laye

Purchases.

Shorts- H&M
Skirt- Topshop
Skirt- Topshop
M.A.C. - Smoulder Kohl Eye pencil
Dress- Topshop, (i have a belt around the join)

These are the lovely things that i bought yesterday, and i am going to wear something of it out tomorrow when i meet up with Mary and others.

Today.

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I had a really successful day.

Bursary came in today and i went on a huge shopping spree by myself.

I loved it.

I may do a few photos at some point in the near future to show off my purchases.

Move it.