Harrogate in the sunshine...

Even though these were taken last month, the sun is shining today in Yorkshire, so I thought I would share the sunshine further. Compared to Knaresborough the Jubilee celebrations in Harrogate were quite subtle, I did have fun trying to spot them and take photos of them though.

Location: Harrogate
Camera: LC-A Refurbished
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160

So here I am.

{click on each photo to go to my Flickr for more details}

I probably should do a post right..? Though I don't really know what to write today, I just know I want to be here, so here I am and here are some photos. I've tried writing this post a number of times but it's all been a bit too much and in the end I picked some of my recent favourite photos and went with those instead... sometimes I worry that I'm hiding behind my photos but they always seem to say so much more than I could ever write, so here I am. I think I've been here the whole time. Perhaps you can read them. Perhaps you can even hear me and what I'm trying to say. I like the idea that maybe you see more of me than I ever do through them.

Valley Gardens, Harrogate

Valley Gardens is a English Heritage Grade II Listedpark and garden area in Harrogate and absolutely beautiful.


We were very lucky in that we had a lovely day weather wise and the park looked glorious in the sunshine! I particularly loved the shadows that the pavillion area created along the floor.

The park also had a play area with miniture golf, pitch and putt and even frisbee golf, which we had a go at... we were both equally poor but it was so fun!

Location: Valley Gardens, Harrogate
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160
Camera: Refurbished LC-A

Harrogate Typography

Looking through the photos that I took in Harrogate on our week off, I noticed a theme in my photos... type! I don't usually intend to take certain types of photos, I just go somewhere and get a feel for it and capture what I spot, but part of me must have been searching for words whilst we were there this time.



These were taken with Kodak Portra NC 160 film which I've been pretty excited about using in my LC-A and I'm really pleased with the results, I especially love the tones of the colours.

Have a great weekend!!

Camera: Refurbished LC-A
Film: Kodak Portra 160 NC
Location: Harrogate

10 things you might not know about me...

 
{LC-A, Kodak Portra NC 160 film}

I've been slowly reading through Susannah Conway's book, This I Know, savouring it, thinking over it and really, really enjoying it. This I Know is not a book to be rushed.

In one part of her book Susanah talks about blogging and sets a little challenge to share 10 things about yourself that people don't know, so I decided to just do it. I've been so distracted these past couple of weeks that I haven't felt as in touch with the blogging community as I would like to be, so maybe you could share something about yourself too below? Let's reconnect!

Here goes...

1. I've been in a relationship now for nearly 10 years and it still amazes me.

2. I'm an extrovert. I've never thought about it seriously before but whilst reading Angie's post it just made sense that I was, I talk a lot and to anyone and I am so easily distracted (heh). In many ways its nice to know that I'm not completely crazy but I also know that it doesn't really define me, it just explains (a lot of) the things that I've had to learn to work around and also why I totally don't get some people.

3. I thought that when my little sister got married I would be less worried about her, it turns out that now I just have a little brother (in law) to worry about too.
(Has anyone read the part in Susannah's book about being a big sister? I cried.)

4. In writing that point above, I should probably write that I worry too much.
 and...some nights I'm so worried/anxious I can't sleep.

5. I am the pickiest person when it comes to music, Thomas has almost given up recommending music for me - though I personally think it is this that kept him on his toes for the past 10 years, hehe.

6. We watch a lot of TV and films - there is so much good TV at the moment, we're currently catching up on Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, Parks and Recreation and we've just finished watching the whole of Seinfeld for the second time through and about to start again.

7. I loooove classic old films and we've been slowly watching more and more, I've only just seen Casablanca but it was so good - next on our list is To Kill a Mockingbird and I'm really looking forward to seeing it.

8. The healthier you eat, the harder it seems to lose weight.... I'm 100% sure that my body is in super suvival mode and stores any and all food that I eat, just in case... It is incredibly frustrating and slow for me to feel any progress when I'm trying to be good and although I'm not unhappy with how I look, I do want to be trimmer, sometimes I just wish I didn't have to watch every single thing that I eat, all the time... and that sugar free things actually tasted nice.

9. Putting my new site together has made it harder for me to blog here at the moment - I think my heart has already moved home, even if its not official yet... its also made me realise how much I love blogging and how much I've done with it in the past three years. I've seen posts about blogging changing a lot and it has... but I've changed too and I still want to be here and I hope that you do too :)

10. One of my favourite things is hanging the washing out in the garden. Isn't that sad. But it means that one, I have a garden(!) and two, its not raining and even more, its sunny. 

Thomas laughed at me for putting this photo up in our house but I really like it as it reminds me of the little things to be grateful for...

p.s. the photo is totally unrelated, but I like it :)

Random Paris Photos...

I have so many Paris photos still to share but today I can't be bothered to stick with a theme, so here are some of my favourite random photos from Paris taken with my Yashica Samurai.





I took two rolls of Kodak Portra NC film with me to Paris where I used one in my holga and one in my yashica samurai and I must say, I am so impressed with this film. The grain is so fine and combined with the Yashica SLR and the soft Paris sun, the photos turned out beautifully.

Camera: Yashica Samurai
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160
Location: Paris

Paris in Film: my little Helga the Holga...

Today has been hectic and I miss Paris, especially as we were both so relaxed there...

I only used one film in my little holga whilst we were in Paris, I'm pretty sure she is feeling unloved right now, but the photos I did take I'm thrilled with.


I even tried a new film: Kodak Portra 160... these were taken with the Natural Colour (NC) film and I'm kind of smitten with it. It's a shame it's so expensive but from what I've seen with these its definitely worth the cost.

You can see the entire film on Flickr here.

Camera: Holga 135bc
Film: Kodak Portra 160 NC
Location: Paris :)

p.s. After using my yashica samurai so much in Paris, I may have got a bit carried away with the fact I could do multiple exposures with both my holga and diana - I don't think that's a bad thing though...