Some very tiny things

Apparently I haven't posted on here in 3 months! I have been focusing a lot on my illustration work over here and applying for jobs since I am now at home and haven't had much time for photography...

Graduating is strange, being at home is strange, especially the notion that I could do almost anything, but I have no idea what to do. I am just trying to keep myself busy and keep on making stuff until I can figure things out!

Yesterday I went cycling, the sun came out and there were some rather beautiful flowers about along with lots of tiny flies and creatures. I ended up coated in tiny black thunder bugs which was not a pleasant experience but it was nice to get out the house and do some exercise for the first time in ages.

Tiny things and gorgeous purple flowers

Some very ethereal skies

I find it funny how close I live to the motorway, normally cycle over one or two bridges when I go cycling! 

Which is mad cos' it's all amongst these beautiful buildings and fields!

My bike resting for a while!

Christmas in the lakes

So this is way overdue since I didn't have my laptop over christmas and I haven't had a chance to edit my photos. 

I went to the Lake District with my family for a week over christmas.

I loved having this whole week to play around with my new camera, here is what we got up to!

Lots of walking in the hills.

We found some logs which people had shoved coins into, anyone know why this is? some kind of lucky charm?

We searched out waterfalls

And Robins

We had a blue and white christmas tree

I made christmas biscuits with sparkles

Mum knitted me and my sister awesome hats!

We resurrected the family tradition of indoor fireworks, making some holes in the tablecloth! 

And we also went out on my sisters inflatable kayak and made up songs about floating on a lake!

What did everyone else do for christmas? Get any exciting presents?

Home for christmas

I am now home for christmas and I have been spending this week getting ready for christmas in the Lake District with the family. Having so many deadlines so close to christmas has meant i haven't chilled out for a while so its nice to have not a lot to do for once!

I photographed my cousins wedding a couple of weeks ago which was really fun, if a little stressful as I had never done it before! I decided after that weekend that my SLR was getting a bit sad and old and it was time to invest in a new one so I managed to trade it in for a new Nikon just in time for christmas :) 

Here are some christmassy pictures from around my house. I also downloaded Lightroom last week which is an absolute godsend if you are editing large batches of photos, i would definitely recommend it.

Because we are nice to the environment these days we have a willow christmas tree!

My dogs are fairly rubbish at staying still for photos... Toby just likes to run straight at the camera and try and jump on me rather than look at the lense...