Fruits

This fruit bowl just wanted to be photographed. Not in the mood for any huge photography projects right now, sorry... Boyfriend asleep upstairs, everyone else doing their own thing, I'm watching Heroes and knitting. 

#5 Memory

or memories. 

This is a display cabinet I got from my dad and sister for my birthday a couple of years ago. It has some personal item in it. Photographs, cards, the blank piece of paper tat posed as a diploma on my graduation, a miniature Versace Crystal Noir bottle my mum gave me a few years back, and a perfume, scarab and phial my boyfriend sent me when he got back from holiday in Egypt, before we officially started dating so it was all very surprising and exciting. I only ever used that perfume for special occasions though; it's too precious to me. 

#4 Time of Day

Nighttime is my time. I've always been somewhat nocturnal. I like the night, that's when I'm inspired to do stuff and usually feel quite awake. There is rarely any pressure for me to do things at night. And when I finally go to sleep, I get to escape from reality and dream. 

#3 Music

My favourite band and my favourite gadget - the iPod. 

#2 Book

2nd day of the instagram challenge. Topic of today: book.

I love my copy of H.P Lovecraft's Complete Fiction, it's a lovely leather bound book and some pretty good stories, too. 

My Favourite Tools

So Wednesday, my last shift at work this week. Also probably the last day this week I'm doing my full face makeup. Whey. I only discovered about 2 weeks ago I've been using the wrong foundation brush, so my face now looks slightly better with makeup on. The right tools are important I guess. Also, I've been using BB Cream rather than foundation most days.

On a side note, I'm DONE with the bus. Today, I had an unbelievably rude bus driver, who insisted the stop outside my house wasn't a bus stop and wouldn't have let me on at all if I hadn't run after him with my wallet out. Some snarky remark when I got on, and I was really quite annoyed. No, it really is a bus stop. I've got on there every day this week, and when I'm coming that way going home, the buses always stop there. It's definitely a bus stop and it has been since the first time I visited this area.

Of course another reason to get the bike ready is cost. A return ticket on the bus is £5.30. I'm supposed to work 4 x 4hours a week. That means, if I get the bus both ways every day, that's one day's work just to be able to get there. That's not very good is it.

Photo? Oh iPhone.

Have Some Olives

So it's snowing again and I don't particularly fancy going anywhere or do anything. Boyfriend just headed off to work (wish he hadn't - snowing outside and now also getting dark), though he was kind enough to go out earlier to get some olives. I love olives. Been spending the day reading my folder to see what I'll be learning the next couple of weeks at work, so I'll have an idea of what's expected. Also, there will be a test in a few weeks time so I guess it's never too early to start taking in that information. 

Oh, and I got another phone call today, about an apprenticeship I applied for a few weeks ago, before I knew I got this job. I know they say it's easier to get a job if you've got one already, but daaaaamn, didn't know it would come into effect quite so early! I was however quite pleased to be able to say I'm not interested in the position anymore because I've accepted another job. Finally!

So back to those olives then, exposure 5, F36, ISO 100. Adjusted colours a little, but not much.

The End of the Day

Since it's been my 2nd day of training today, I'm quite tired and not at all in the mood for photography. All I want tonight is a nice cuppa tea and reading entertaining nothings on the internet thank you very much. So that's what I photographed.

shutter 1/25, F5, ISO 800 I believe. Desaturated and edited contrast in photoshop.

Big Bright Beautiful World out there

It's been snowing all day, and I just generally haven't been in the mood to go take my camera out. Instead, I've been inside playing xbox all day, and worrying about the snow and public transport tomorrow. Therefore I have been focusing almost obsessively on my window and the snow outside, that has now started settling on the road, and my start time tomorrow has been pushed back to 11 so i can get a slightly less early start but still won't be able to get there if buses and trains aren't running so AAAARGH! 

Shutter 1/25, F4, ISO 1600

Laundry Day

Anything even remotely interesting happen today?
....no.

I'm taking it easy now, since next week is going to be stressful. Also, boyfriend's working days, so tired from disrupted sleeping patterns (4.30am is WAY too early to get up for the hell of it). So yeah, I'm doing laundry.

Shutter 5, F11, ISO 100

War Paint: Ready

So once again, lipstick, but this time without the lips. Can you tell I'm out of ideas?

Shutter 1/60, F5.6

Plans, dreams, hopes, organisation

Today, I've been in a bad mood. Absolutely terrible. I woke up with a headache, disappointed to still be alive, and it really just got worse from there. Anything and everything pisses me off, and I just feel like I want to either cry or kill somebody or both. Perfect day for getting organised, in other words. 

We've been tidying, then I had a look online at job listings because I still haven't heard anything since that interview last week and am expecting the worst because I'm a f***ing pessimist.

Photo is about organisation since it's my 2013 diary. Noting something down represents hopes and plans. Cropped and adjusted colours & contrast in photoshop. shutter 1/20, F3.5, ISO 400

Oh Sweetie

This is a declaration of my love for chocolate. 

Since Christmas, we've had lots of boxes of chocolate lying around. This is from a Quality Street box, this particular piece is the (darker pink) strawberry delight. Mostly wrappers forming the background, and lighting mainly from the right, from my alarm/radio/lightbox. 

Used my 55-250mm zoom lens, 1/30 shutter, F5.6 and ISO 800, flash off.

The Shoe Shelf

Since I moved in with my boyfriend, I haven't had much space for my shoes. I love shoes. After a few weeks of stumbling over them all the time, and being unable to ever find a matching pair, we cleared some space on top of the wardrobe for them. I think it's quite perfect. I get to see them all the time, and never have trouble finding a pair. What else could a girl wish for? 

Knitting project

Today, I've been knitting. I'm working on a project that will eventually become a nice big knitted bag for all my knitting stuff, made up of leftover yarns I got cheap on ebay. That means lots and lots of pretty colours. 

ISO 800, F5.6 and shutter 1/6, Flash on.

Golden Apples

Today, I've been sneaking around the house photographing the christmas decorations. Pretty pretty. I think I liked this one because of all the glitter, and also contrast between shiny, shiny and darker background. I've been messing with the manual settings on my camera, this was 1/6 exposure and F16, flash on (obviously).

New Year, Old Traditions

New Year's Eve, the end of one year, the beginning of another. As long as I can remember, it has been celebrated with a tv countdown to midnight, champagne, fireworks, then some comedy and/or a variety show. This year, it was John Bishop.

Photo taken with iPhone camera, no flash.