Goodbye 2011

I love end of year recaps, it's so fun to remember the good things about a year I think and blogging definitely helps me with that! This year has flown by, it has definitely had it's up and it's downs but overall, I think it was pretty good to me - it could have been an awful lot worse.

In January... 

Thomas and I went on our first documented 'little photography' date.

...and I celebrated my Diana Mini for a week with some blog friends.

In February...

I dabbled a bit with the Lomography redscale film.

...and I talked about how I feel when I take a photo

(one of my favourite ever posts)

In March...

We went to Liverpool and I used my first ever black and white film.

...and I took my first ever

fuji instax wide photos

as well.

In April...

Adele came to visit!! Hurray!!

...and we went away with Thomas's parents and to visit friends. I particularly enjoyed April :)

In May...

I went to the Lomography meet up in Manchester where I met the Lomo Mum's

and caught the LC-A bug.

...and I caught up with photos from our visits April including Stratford Upon Avon, York, Henley in Arden and Bourton on the Water.

...and I used my Ricoh 500G for the first time and loved it.

In June...

My Grandparents came to visit, which I loved.

and I shared some pretty wedding photos.

In July...

We went to Knaresborough with our Mum's.

...and posted my favourite post ever of Harry (I just love him)

In August...

I mostly took part in the August Break and

We went to Paris!!!

(there are currently 30 posts labelled Paris and I still haven't finished...)

In September... 

 It was my dreaded26th birthday, which wasn't actually that bad at all and...

We made a camera, woo.

In October...

I took part in Frocktober 

...and finally organised the films and cameras that I use on my blog.

In November...

 I took part in Susannah Conway's Photo Meditations and I'm so, so glad!

(you can see related posts here)

...and I shared my first Olympus Trip roll of film.

In December...

{Group photo by Claire aka Kneehigh785}

I went to another Lomography Meet Up in Leeds which was so fun.

and I finally bought an LC-A, woohoo!

Wow, I took a lot of photos in 2011

So here's the crazy part - I used 45 films! 45!!! But looking through my 2011 posts, I'm really glad to see that I've been using more cameras and learning more about myself through them.

I can't wait to take more photos in 2012!

p.s. although thinking about it, 45 isn't even a roll a week... perhaps I should do that for 2012...

Goodbye 2010!

In some ways, this post could be a lot like my Goodbye 2009 post... I took a lot of photos of our feet, I brought even more film cameras (I now have quite a ridiculous collection) and we went to the beach a lot. I'm easily pleased :)

However, the best thing about blogging is that you remember the extra special things as well! So here are some special memories from 2010 that I particularly loved!!

In January...

I took my new fuji instax mini out in the snow and got some unexpected results.

In February...

I received some rather amazing mail!

which resulted in some very pretty pictures!

In March...

We went to Edinburgh!!! (gosh I love it there)

In April...

We went on holiday with our parents and it was so much fun!

And K and P got married! Eep!

In May...

I officially went camera crazy!

In June...

We went to Berwick Upon Tweed (gosh I love it there too)

In July...

I celebrated a year with my holga in style and shared my favourite holga photos from the year!!

In August...

I had a break and took alot of photos!

In September...

I had a pretty amazing birthday with a new (to me) camera and a bbq with cake!

In October...

We went to KRAKOW! (gosh I love it there too)

In November...

We recovered from October and my parents came to visit with the little man...

In December...

It snowed...

A lot!

All in all I think 2010 was rather amazing! I still can't believe how many places that we visited and how many new things we did... or even how many pictures that I took.

I can not wait to get into the swing of 2011. I think it has the potential to be amazing too!

Goodbye 2009!

The best thing about having my blog is being reminded of everything that we've done this year and how amazing it actually was!

This time last year I had no idea what 2009 was going to be like...

I had no idea of all the fun things we would do.

I had no idea I would fall in love with film photography and that I would end up owning a crazy amount of cameras!

{amazing picture of my prints by Marisa}

I had no idea I would start my own photography shop.

I had no idea I would make friends with some incredibly wonderful people from all around the world - all of a sudden my little bubble doesn't seem so tiny anymore. (See my favourites!!)

I had no idea I would be sending postcards, photos, ornaments and presents to people I've never met and completely love it.

I had no idea I would be part of an amazing project that inspires me constantly

I had no idea that I would start a swap that would be so much fun!

I had no idea we would go to the beach so much! (yeay)

I had no idea I would take so many photos of our feet :)

and I had absolutely no idea that in a years time I would be so proud of myself, of us, of all of my friends and family and so grateful for everything and everyone in my life...

I am so excited and ready for 2010!