On the fourth week of Christmas... a giveaway. Closed.

This month has flown by but boy am I so glad that we're this close to Christmas now, I'm ready to see my family, eat a lot of food and generally be merry.
But first, the last giveaway of Christmas (and the year, crazy!) which comes from the lovely Zoe from Ladybird Likes.
 
As well as having a lovely blog of her thrifting, craft, photography and mixtape adventures, Zoe will soon be selling handmade items inspired by her thrifted finds, as well as photographic prints in her own shop which will be opening in January 2012.
Isn't that exciting? And even more exciting, not only do you get a sneak peak at some of the items she will be selling, you can win some too!

So, you can win: a 5 x 7 print of Zoe's photo 'Columbia Road rooftops', a vintage ephemera pack (containing a mixture of different vintage papers, photos, wallpapers and magazine cuttings) and a wooden butterfly brooch.


 To enter: Visit Zoe's blog - Ladybird Likes, have a look around and then leave a comment below


Merry Christmas!

  p.s. the winner of the Rebekah Leigh print is Lou from Little Green Shed, hurray!

We love the beach video #1

Oh gosh, I am completely smitten with my Lomokino, I can't wait to take it home for Christmas! 
It's so fun to use and put together. I need more home movies!!
We were in Minehead a couple of weekends ago and even though it was raining, we (or mainly I haha) wanted to make a fun video on the beach... and here it is!
I was a little upset that the images didn't scan as evenly as the last couple of videos (I don't have a scanner to rescan it with, sigh) but when I mentioned it on twitter Dominique reminded me that 'messed up film reminds you that it's analogue'. So I stopped worrying... you can still see whats happening and perhaps when I eventually get a scanner I'll get around to rescanning it... maybe.
Though now I've watched it a few dozen times, I kind of like it the way it is :)

A Lomography Meet Up Video (plus nerd alert)

So... I'm pretty sure to serious video makers that sliding titles and swishing video animations are considered to be a bit like Word Art in Word and the animations on Powerpoint... but I just don't care. I've never played with Windows Live Movie Maker before and sometimes you just have to have a bit of fun right?
So here's the video I shot for the Leeds Lomography Xmas Meet Up, complete with Star Wars soundtrack hahaha. So fun!
(you can always mute it if you want, I won't be offended)

Have a great weekend!!
This time next week I'll be getting ready to go home for Christmas, hurray!!
p.s. you can see another video from the meet up by Darren here... 
it has his own music on it, which means....
he's much cooler than me.

Fireworks and Sparklers!!

I'm normally very wary of the blub switch on my cameras - it usually causes frustrating results that feel like I've wasted the film. 

However, after reading Lomo Lovers Vol 4, I decided that Bonfire night was the perfect reason to experiment with it more, especially in taking photos of the fireworks and sparklers!

Aren't they amazing?! I LOVE fireworks, so the whole thing was far too much fun for me!

I did originally plan to double expose the roll as in the Lomo Lover's guide but I was impatient to get it developed, so I didn't. Next year I think I will though now that I know the blub setting works wonderfully with the fireworks. I'm excited about it already.

Camera: Holga 135bc
Film: Lomography CN 800
Location: Leeds