My name is Susan and I am easily distracted...

by music.

Every part of my day has a soundtrack, be it radio, my iPod, Spotify, in concert halls, film soundtracks, car CD player. I absolutely love photography and enjoy blogging over at Eye to the Viewfinder, but music will always be my first love.

I almost always have my Diana Mini in my bag, It’ s the perfect size to whip out at a moment’s notice, be it to take a sneaky shot at a show, or to snap a busker on the pier. I get very distracted by buskers, especially around the main shopping areas in Dublin. I can easily pass half an hour listening to them (the good ones),

I used to spend hours playing the piano when I was younger, mostly to avoid studying, but time would slip by without me even noticing. I don’t have the time to practice for hours anymore, but I still love retreating into my bubble, on the piano stool, with music on the page just waiting to be played.

I’ m so distracted by music that I get to work with it all day long, and hear beautiful live music.

Eye to the Viewfinder

My name is Katie and I am easily distracted...

Hi my name is Katie from Curating Cuteness and I am easily distracted by...

…my crafting hobbies! Seriously, once you pick up something, it's a never-ending journey of discovering new crafts to dabble in! Here are some of crafty things that are going on my to-do list (I admit, some have been there forever).

P.S. Clicking on each image brings you to their original source!

Crochet a pillow case.

Sew up a doll.

Paint in watercolors.

Knit a pair of socks.

Repurpose a vintage piece of furniture/clothing.

Learn to make gemstone jewelry.

Shoot some b&w film. (No, this really isn't a craft hobby but I just couldn't resist adding this to the list, considering that I just picked up a vintage Yashica!)

What are some crafts (or non-crafts, doesn't matter!) you've been wanting to try?

xoxo,
Katie from Curating Cuteness

My name is Gali and I am easily distracted...

My name is Gali (and cloned here) and I am
rather easily distracted by predictably the same things all the time,
all the while wishing that I would get distracted by writing my
doctoral thesis... alas that never seems to happen. But hey,
distractions are good, they're a good way to stay sane.

Things to get distracted by...

...culinary experiments.

(making raw "sushi" using cauliflower "rice")

...nature.

(Arbre de Judée - Judas Tree. In bloom right
after all the lovely yellow Mimosa is gone.)

...other things that distract me so much that I forget to clean the
dust off the scanner.

(Chinon CX.)

...travels.

(Juhannus on Jeju-do.)

...soviet bricks that still will follow me everywhere.

(Zenit-E/Agfa100 - les calanques - January 1st, 2011.)

...happy accidents.

(Chinon CX/Fuji200 - Christmas dinner.)

...life!

Gali

My name is Michelle and I am easily distracted...

hello everybody, i am michelle, of michelle + march, a little blog where i jot down my adventures in analogue photography. when i started my blog last year, rhianne's blog was one of the first few that i came across, bookmarked and have been reading religiously ever since! this is my first time doing a guest post and for a blog as well loved as rhianne's, i am a tad nervous!

so yes, one of my major distractions is my film cameras but today i wanted to share another photography distraction - iPhone photography apps! if i don't have a camera with me, i usually have my iphone and i use it to capture little pieces of my life. right now i have at least 10 apps on my phone but i am still constantly checking the app store for new releases.

here are my top three favourite apps!

1) cross process

cross process is a sweet and simple photo app to have on your phone! there are five filters, the red, green, blue, basic and extreme, for you to manipulate between. you can choose either one or all five to be used. the app also has the option of borders, which i think gives the pictures a more polished look. i love using the red filter to jazz up otherwise ordinary pictures.

basic + red filter

shadows taken at night, with the red filter.

extreme + blue filters

2) pudding camera

the pudding camera app is developed by a korean company but don't be put off by the korean alphabets because this app is amazing. it's also very easy to navigate. there's 8 types of lens (including panorama, fisheye, quad and action) which will produce different sizes of pictures and 8 films (including vintage brown, monochrome, noir and vivid). it also has a little dial for you to set the exposure. the images that it produces are gorgeous!

fisheye cam + noir film

fantasy cam + vivid film

panorama cam + noir film

panorama cam + vivid film

3) shakeit

my very first camera app! i got this because i was amazed at the concept of shaking the iphone for the photo to "develop". technically you don't have to shake it but i like to do it to watch the reactions of people around me and to do it just for the sheer fun of it! this is the least complicated app, all you have to do is choose the type of frame and off you go shooting. there's a polaroid type frame, simple border or frame-less.

i hope you enjoyed me sharing my favourite photo apps and the photographs produced by them. if you have any other apps to recommend, i would love to hear them! :)

michelle