Today you can find me over at Lindsay's blog - Shrimp Salad Circus as part of her Photography Month with a short and simple Guide to Toy Cameras. As I was writing this post it made me realise that I have so much more to say about using toy cameras and 35mm cameras in general, this is really a very simple introduction into it... but I hope you like it. I'm going to try and think of a way to share more with you soon, what do you think?
Frocktober concluded...
When I last blogged about Frocktober, I had managed 11 days straight and I was pretty proud of myself...
Unfortunately, my run didn't last the whole month - however I did manage 20/31 days for Frocktober!! I'm so pleased with that! It was more than I expected to once it started getting cold and wet and I got sick (a few days were spent in PJ's...) and to begin with I never imagined I would even make the 11 days, let alone 20!! HURRAY
I'm so pleased to also announce that the AMAZING Anna, who inspired me to do this managed to wear a dress for the whole month(!) and she also raised her target of $500 AUD for her cause, isn't that wonderful.
Here are some outtakes of my dresses/outfits as well for your amusement, I believe you can still donate towards Anna's page, so if you are feeling generous, head on over.
p.s. A few things I learnt from Frocktober.... I love polka dots, especially brown ones, I am not willing to get wet feet for anything, I am not a fashion blogger or even anything near to one haha, I really like earthy colours and patterns and I am more than happy wearing jeans everyday!!
Photo Meditations...
"I learned that you do not need to be published in books or magazines, or belong to a certain association, or even earn money from your images, to call yourself a photographer. All you need do is hold a camera in your hands with the intention of creating. Recording beauty and decay. Capturing memories. Documenting a scene. Telling a story. Catching a likeness. Exploring your inner world in pixels and film." ~ Susannah Conway.
This time next week I will be starting Susannah Conway's Photo Meditations E-Course and I can not wait. I've been in a bit of a blog rut and I haven't even felt like taking as many photos lately so I'm hoping that doing this will give me the little nudge I need to find my photo and blog mojo again. Hurray!!
p.s. This is my favourite diana mini photo from Paris, the statues were either side of the stairs and I thought they belonged together somewhere instead of being apart... I'm rather proud of it.
Bloggers love Paris...
So many bloggers seem to have been to Paris lately and I have loved seeing everyones different take on Paris in my reader, so I decided to gather them together so I can make everyone else miss/want to go Paris, as much as I do...
First some pretty videos, they capture Paris so well!
paris from Olivia Rae James on Vimeo.
{By Olivia from Everyday Musings}
paris honeymoon from rachelchew on Vimeo.
{By Rachel from Elephantine}
I really wish I'd made a film of our little Paris adventure... though I was busy taking photos and I didn't really have anything to film with...
And now for other bloggers photos, they are all amazing!
~ Olivia's beautiful Paris photos to go with the lovely video ~
~ Kate's first post on her trip to Paris, I can't wait to see more already ~
~ Kate's Boyfriend Thom is also an amazing photographer (they went on photography dates in Paris too, eep) you can see his photos on his blog too ~
~ Emma from Emmadine's 'I love Paris' post ~
~ Celeste's wonderful photos of Paris, we were nearly there at the same time! ~
~Kristina from Kris Atomic Paris posts ~
~ Rachel from Elephantine's photos to support her wonderful video ~
This post is to cheer myself up really, my blog mojo has disappeared this week and I have had a sore tooth/jaw for over a week now... and my Mum and bestie are in cahoots to get me to the doctor (they finally suceeded, boo) - so I'm sulking and this is my pick me up, I hope it picks you up too.
Have a great weekend!
(I'll be sleeping)
p.s. I also did a 'Which camera would you take to Paris' post featuring some of my favourite bloggers and their cameras a while ago... if you're not bored of Paris yet :)