More black and white zoo photos

I think I may have had too much fun taking these photos at the zoo... but I'm so happy with the results.

I'm totally starting to get black and white photography now too - there's something so stunning about the simplicity of tones rather than the complexity of hues.

Location: Blackpool Zoo
Film: Kodak BW400CN
Camera: Zenit B

365/2013 65-77

I'm running a little behind on this project in terms of uploading the photos here, but I have to admit it is growing on me, though the fact that its getting closer and closer to 100 is quite staggering!

65. I kind of want to buy my own case on Society6... is that wrong?
66. I've seen this man walking his dogs around Kirkstall for the past 5 years but I've never taken a photo before... (you can just make them out in the trees right?)
67. Blackpool beach!
68. Cocktails with lunch, I say.
69. At the zoo, there were elephants, I was excited!
70. Finally some sunshine on the train. Shame it was heading back to Leeds...
71. A sunny start to my day back at work.
72. Playing around with Blurb
73. I developed my Blackpool photos, hurray!
74. Pizza night with some of our best friends :)
75. We saw Back to the Future here, it was awesome!
76. I am absolutely in love with the crochet weave stitch.

Happy birthday Dad!!

Today is my Daddy's 50th birthday! I'm pretty excited about it, my Dad isn't much for getting attention so my Mum, sister and I are all indulging in the chance to really spoil him - he's not going to know what hit him, haha :)

Happy 50th Birthday Dad!

I love you, thank you so much for being there for me all the time, you're not just my rock, you're everyone's and we don't tell you enough. Enjoy your day (try not to complain about the weather) and thank you for all the best hugs that I've ever had, you really are the best Dad anyone could ever want or need.

p.s. The photo of my Dad doing his speech at Mikela's wedding is my all time favourite :)

Elephants

I love elephants, I can't remember a time when I didn't. My first real memory of liking them is doing a project on them when I was little - my Dad and I spent ages researching the different types and then I had to draw them... My Dad liked my drawings... I like my Dad, I liked drawing and I liked elephants, it was fun.

So I was pretty excited about seeing the elephants at Blackpool Zoo and I knew that I really wanted to get a photo of them on film...

We were actually really lucky to get photos of them outside in the end, as we only saw them outside the once out of the entire day and that one time involved them forming a queue and then pushing each other out of the door... so it was pretty reluctant, it was cold that day.

Still, I'm thrilled to have seen them, and so close too. But as much as I love elephants, I'm still pretty wary of them - they are huge and so strong - so we didn't spend ages looking at them, but I enjoyed the time we did send with them.

Location: Blackpool Zoo
Cameras: Zenit B & LC-A
Film: Kodak BW400CN