we gonna party like its ma birthday!

so i am 30 today (8th of may) and although i have been incredibly apprehensive about it, now that its here i feel awesome :)

things are looking up, i think i am glad to leave my awkward, depressive, debt-filled, uncertain younger years behind me, its all falling into place now and i couldnt be happier :D

so, random shots from the past couple of months that you might not have seen!

cakes, tea and burlesque

yesterday we went to a burlesque picnic at skipton castle :) My friend and very talented burlesque performer Heather Sweet was hosting it, and a lovely day was had by all.

Burlesque and Pin-Up style photography is something i enjoy very much and it was lovey to meet some girls i didnt know already and exchange details, hopefully something fruitful will come of it!

experimenting with my babies

yesterday i bought a couple of white sheets and opened my curtains as wide as possible and played with the kids on the bed. ethan wriggles far too much, cue lots of diving across the bed by me and mia to catch him before disaster ensued!









this one is ethans '80's steroid wrestler face' according to ste :)

and the results of ethan getting hold of a pen, unbeknownst to me! so cute :)


so i'm having a lovely, fun filled weekend, what are you up to?

Nathan and Holly

my first official wedding of this year, Nathan and Holly made me so welcome from the very beginning. A strapping, handsome groom with a beautiful, glowing bride, its definitely one of my favourite weddings so far.

thank you both for allowing me to be there on your special day!

[ heather ]

So the promised shoot for Heather Sweet went really well, but i made the biggest mistake ever that weekend and deleted half the set by accident and had no back up. that'll teach me :P

but i did get some lovely ones, and heres my personal favourite, more to be found on my flickr page :)

as far as pregnancy goes, things pretty much suck at the moment. the joint problems i had with mia have returned in full force, namely Symphysis Pubis Disorder (where the bones of the pelvis separate too much and cause immense pain 'down there' when walking and going upstairs, among other things) and Sacro-Illiac Joint Dysfunction (which affects the hip joint itself and makes pretty much everthing painful, as well as the embarrassing side-effect of getting stuck if i dare lie flat on my back :( ) so i'm feeling a bit sorry for myself at the moment. 3 months to go, this better be worth it!

(of course it is ;) )

photographs in spring

so mia joined the realm of the speccies and got some glasses, bless her! she does love them, and after having them for over a week is still happily wearing them. it does freak me out a bit seeing her in them, she looks so cute and 3 years older, i'll expect i'll get used to it :)



we finally have some wonderful sunny sun today, all i can say its about time :)

mia and mia took advantage by taking some lovely sunglasses shots, very quick indeed in the back yard!



still a bit lax on this blogging thing but i promise to try harder :)

So, I've kind of been asking myself why i want to publish a regular blog when i have active galleries on DeviantArt and Storm-Artists?

i think it might have something to do with my online RSS feed at Pageflakes, where i have several wonderful blogs by amazing photographers who all exude the awesomeness of having a regularly updated blog. So, completely apart from my other sites, this is for me. For other people to discover. I hope that one day the excitement i feel when i see one of those other blogs has an update can be passed on to someone else seeing this blog in their feed too. I'll be a very happy girl when that happens :)



And here, in the not-so-sunny UK, it is now officially spring. I judge spring by how early or late i take macros of the small pot of forget-me-nots in my back yard :) Truly one of my favourite flowers, mainly because its so tiny but so perfectly formed, and the colors are so beautiful.


futher evidence of spring is the beautiful evening sun we can get here, when its not raining of course :) how i adore this particular shot, not posed in any way, i just aimed the camera and shouted her name :)




this evening i have a meeting with a local wedding photographer to see about the possibility of an assistants position, initially unpaid, but the experience will be amazing. He knows i am pregnant, whether thats an issue i dont know, but as far as i'm concerned photography is the only reason i would put my child in any form of daycare in the first 2 years, so lets hope he sees my passion and my commitment to this and takes me on. i'm nervous as hell, i've never interviewed or discussed this kind of thing with relation to photography, but whatever happens, good or bad, i know that this is the path i want to take.

If anyone visits my blog i would sorely appreciate some words of encouragement, if nothing else to show that i'm not the only one who reads this :)

Have a wonderful day! X

concerning nakidity

So i recently had my first ever shoot with a nude model. It went wonderfully well, especially as Hazel is a good friend and wonderful model, and the ever inspirational Andrew Farrington was lovely enough to let me hijack his studio and play with his very expensive lighting systems!


obviously a lovely non-nude shot to start off with :) technically an accident as the backlight was too strong but i think it worked!


the obligatory cute bum shot :)


and the very scary blow-up doll shot. i do love this one very much but i do find it very frightening :D

So tonight i have a shoot with a burlesque model, Heather Sweet, AKA the UK's finest political burlesquer, i'm very much looking forward to it, shes a wonderful girl and a great laugh!