Overexposed in Scarborough...

It is so sunny in England at the moment - I'm mostly confused by this if I'm honest, but glad too - we had our first meal in our garden last night and I've been wearing skirts  and dresses (yup, me, Frocktober seems to have banished any previous worries I had about baring my legs lol) and generally enjoying the warmth and sun. I really, really hope it lasts over the weekend, or me and the weather are going to be having issues.

Anyway, with all the sunshine, it seemed right to share a bit of the winter sunshine we had in Scarborough last month... I frequently manage to over expose this film normally by accidently having it on the bulb setting but this time the overexposure is caused by having to open the back and give the film a little nudge to do as its told (the diana mini is famous for its winding on issues...) however, I actually quite like these results. It really was very bright that day and these photos definitely show that.

This last one isn't really that overexposed in comparison to the others, but it fits well with them. I really loved seeing the snow on the castle, so I took a few photos of it.

The sunshine this week is really making me look forward to going back to Scarborough in the Summer, it doesn't seem that long since I took my holga for its first ever visit there but I guess it has been a while since then now, lets hope its as sunny.

Location: Scarborough
Camera: Diana Mini
Film: Ilford XP2 iso 400

Winter trees

Location: Leeds
Camera: Holga 135bc
Film: Kodak ISO 200 (I think...)

Forgotten holga photos...

I'll be honest, I haven't been very good at taking my holga out recently... I've been too distracted by my other cameras. It's ok though as I still love her and when I do take her out again it will be the right time to use her...

However, I did finally finish a film in there that I started at the beginning of the year and I completely forgot about these photos!



I kind of love that I've had these developed now as it is exceptionally warm and sunny in Leeds today and its hard to believe that it was really that cold and that snowy... Yeay Summer!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, I'm hoping the sunshine stays around!

A most beautiful morning!

I haven't really enjoyed the snow or the cold so far this year... but this morning was completely different... it was absolutely beautiful...

Even though I only had my phone with me to take photos (I'm a bad lomographer...) I think the panorama ones really captured the colours of the sun rising and the crispness of the snow.

I'm going to ignore that it was -10!!

To make it even better I was listening to Winter Wonderland as I was snapping away and generally feeling quite christmasy, eeeeeeeeee!

I made friends in the snow...

Whilst walking to work in the snow, we passed these beautiful horses... they seemed completely unphased by the weather!

and they were much more friendly than my summer friends...

Happy weekend lovelies

its so close to christmas now, eeeeeeee!!

p.s. my shop is now in vacation mode for the holidays, it will be back, hopefully with new stock in the New Year!!

p.p.s. The winner of the Cut Copy Create giveaway is Piper from One Sydney Road, yeay!

More snow...

Since the last pictures, we've had another 5 inches of snow in Leeds, I've had to walk the 3 miles to work, the canals have frozen and its dropped to below freezing (-10 this morning?!)

However, it does still look lovely - I took photos all the way to work yesterday...

and I'm hoping to take some film cameras out this weekend, wooo!!

p.s. The winner of the Dizzy Pixie print is... Kristy! I'll email you.

Well done and massive thank you to Bria who has been lovely ever since I contacted her!

Snooow!

Even though I am not a massive fan of the cold - I do love taking photos in the snow!

p.s. the third photo is our garden, its so amazing having your own garden full of snow... I haven't actually been out in it mind... but its pretty to look at!

A cold winter's morning...

Walking to work with Helga the Holga is my new favourite hobby!

p.s. the lovely Eadaoin is a featured guest on Pugly Pixel! Its the best of both worlds!

Check it out!

p.p.s. If you want a christmas card from me - today is the last day to email me your address!

Fond memories of snow...

Now that all the snow has gone and my feet are warm and dry, I find myself warmly remembering the snow, especially our walk together around Kirkstall Abbey.

It really looked lovely... totally worth the frozen feet!

p.s. I took these at the same time as the fuji instax photos, which just makes the fact they were so purple even more confusing (and fun).