When I looked outside of my bedroom window yesterday morning, and saw a modest amount of snow had lain, half of me thought 'yayyy snow photos!' and the other half thought 'oh god, I can't get out of the village and photograph anywhere.'. I think snow is the one and only time I loathe living in a quiet little village out in the countryside. I would LOVE to shoot at some of the parks and gorgeous woodland in the snow, but it is the issue of accessibility when there is ice on very small,winding roads. Just because I don't care very much for the scenery in my village, which at this time of the year is usually mud upon mud, it didn't mean I was going to pass up the annual snow self-portrait shoot,haha!
I traipsed onto the common-land, and walked for about 30 minutes before I found some trees I could nestle by. I saw the most wonderful spot, but it is unfortunately in full view of somebody's kitchen window, so I wanted to make sure I was out of the way and not bothering anyone or making a spectacle of myself!
There is something very calming about snow. Although I hated that I could not get to the most wonderful location I could think of, I loved that it stopped traffic. Everything was so silent and peaceful, which is how I like to shoot my selfies. I am not sure if I like this location anymore, to photograph at, but it is just lovely to take a walk across, and look over the bridge and see the sheep all cuddled up together (aww!).

So these are the photos I took and processed. I apologise for looking to raggedy. I have an ear infection, and it's left me feeling groggy,haha! Taking photos did take my mind off of it, which made me happy!

My Panda Hat

Nothing keeps me warm and happy in the winter quite like my panda hat. I wear it almost every day around this time of year, and I am quite emotionally attached to it, in all it's sparkly, sequined glory!
 I get compliments, I get the occasional funny look, but it seems to make a lot of people smile. I like that more than anything about this woolly wonder. Who knew one small item of clothing could brighten up someone's day? I really do hope I never lose this hat, and although I cannot wait for the spring time, I am going to miss wearing  my panda!

Scarlet Saint!

So last week, I hopped on a train to Stowmarket, the halfway point between myself and the wonderful Scarlet Saint, whom with which I was going to do a test shoot!
It was incredibly chilly, but fortunately, we had some beautiful sunshine, which meant I could try my hand at back-lighting a subject, in ambient lighting (and no rain, of course!).
It took us about an hour and a half exploring before we could find somewhere relatively suitable to photograph. We stumbled across a park with a little river, and took a tumble into the woods, where we did most of our shots! It was unbelievably muddy, and our suitcases were high-bound with dirt from us using them like walking sticks to get us up slippery slopes!
After taking our photos, we went exploring the town, which is inundated with charity shops (I am not complaining, they are the best places to source interesting props and clothes for shoots!), and warmed ourselves up with a hot chocolate.
So, here are the photos!
I hope to work with Scarlet Saint again soon, which I cannot wait for! I had so much fun!

P.S just realised I accidentally used my old watermark on this! I'm clearly living in the past,haha!