Too Tired For Photography

Camera is left abandoned as I've had a busy day and once again found my bike with a flat tyre. Walk home at half past 9 at night? Won't recommend it.

Hug A Hoodie

Go on, do it. I dare you.

Naa don't worry, I'm not gangsta. I do live in this hoodie and a pair of grey, fitted sweatpants though, because that works pretty well for cycling everywhere. This is me at the end of the day, makeup running and dressed in the least sexy clothes it is humanly possible to find, but nonetheless feeling strangely satisfied because I've been exercising for about an hour altogether. And if you think you've seen this pose before, it's because you have. I need to dig out my tripod for some more options!

Shutter 5, F 5.6

Girls Night In

With a magazine and new shade of nail polish. I really like this Rimmel Lycra Pro nail polish, because of the big brush making it easy to apply, and the finish is nice too - though you can't really see that in this photo. I liked the black/white and pink in this photo, quite cool. 

Bought it today, on a shopping trip. Spent too much money again. Oops. 

Shutter 1/50, F5.6

Going Green

Once again, my bike. I usually lock it to a plant in the backyard, and it tends to look like it's been abandoned there for ages. It's nicely out of the way though; today I accidentally left my gloves on the seat for 4 hours, and they were still there when I got back. This picture, in particular, I like because of the lines and colours. I also quite like this contrast between the green leaves and the hard, grey, manmade constructed device that is an old bicycle. Of course bikes and nature go hand in hand - environment friendly! Oh yes!

That Profile Picture

You know the one. The one taken in the bathroom. In the mirror. Showing off the camera. Making a statement, the statement being "Hey! I'm a photographer! I've got a camera! And no imagination! Photographer! Expensive equipment!" or in my case, iphone. Sometimes, the statements could also be "hey! boobs! but I've got no friends to take a picture of me!" or in my case, just I've got no friends to take a picture of me. Cause I'm not dressed up, so no boobies.

You Animal

Is an explanation necessary? I love dressing down in my pyjama bottoms when I get home in the evening, because it takes effort to be dressed smart all the time and these are sooooo comfy. So comfy. I'll sometimes stay in them all day if I'm not doing anything or trying to impress someone. 

February, the Month of iPhone Photography

The first 2 weeks of February, I did Miss Indie's #14DaysofLove instagram challenge. It was a lot of fun sticking to these themes, and I think I ended up getting a couple of fairly interesting photos out of it, as well as getting to spend some time every day thinking about things I love and how to photograph it. How amazing is that for positive thinking! 

The rest of the month, I've bee sticking with iPhone photography. It started out as something out of convenience, because I was used to it, and then I thought I might as well keep doing it through the whole month, making a concept out of it. Or something like that. Admittedly, I've had days when I absolutely did not feel like making the effort to get an interesting photo, and ended up photographing a random object that happened to be in front of me at the time. Actually that's been most of the 2nd half of this month. However, some of the images did turn out quite nice (in my opinion anyway!)

The bicycle wheel, for example, is one I like mainly because of the lines, colours and textures. I took it to get the numbers off the side of the bike, thinking I was going to buy a new set of tyres (I ended up dropping it of to get it done, paying for the price of the tyres plus a £10 checkover, which is fine to know it's safe) 

This one was taken around 9am on a really cold, rather foggy day. This road can be quite busy, but at times it is pretty quiet, so it looks quite deserted in this picture. I like that it is mostly greyscale, but with the yellow lines still looking yellow. This is without any editing. I thought it had a certain atmosphere.

So here I am coming across all tourist-y. This was taken in Covent Garden last Thursday, in the evening, so we've got all these lights looking all nice and pretty. And of course the red telephone boxes. This is England people! 

So, that's February, next month I'm planning to get my SLR out again. I don't have any particular themes or challenges in mind for March, so I guess it's either back to random whatever-comes-to-mind photography, or I'll look around to find something.