A rather lovely wedding... Part I

This August two of our dear, amazing friends got married, to each other (!) and it was beautiful, lovely and so wonderful. The bride and groom asked me to take some photos with my film cameras and I happily (if nervously) agreed and I've been so excited to share a few here as I think they're some of my best photos from the year... you can't beat taking photographs of people you love, who themselves are in love and in a happy environment.

I was so nervous that I'd messed up somehow - not loaded the films properly, not checked the ISO of the film and changed it on the camera, not focused properly (you get the idea, it all could have gone so wrong haha) -  so imagine the relief I felt when I got the rolls of film back and they looked like this! 

Camera: Olympus OM-10
Film: Lomo CN 400
Location: Whitwell Station (possibly the most amazing venue for a wedding ever!)

Let them eat cake...

Hmmm cake! I don't about you but I love cake, so a club dedicated to cakes is one of my favourite things, especially when I all I have to do is turn up and not even make anything... the perks of being a guest of my amazing friend Clare (who has her own blog here - if you like cake, you should definitely read it!)  Clare is part of the Clandestine Cake Club where bakers bring a cake, meet other keen bakers and eat (and talk) cake... which is pretty much all you need from a meet up right?

I snuck a few photos at the last meet up that I went to - though not too many as it was getting dark (and I was eating cake, lets be honest...). Clare's cake is the third photo - a lemon meringue cake - and it was delicious!

Camera: Olympus OM-10
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Leeds

Frocktober

If you were reading my blog a couple of years ago, you may remember that to support my dear blog friend Anna from Much Love, Anna, I took part in Frocktober during October 2011. In Australia, Frocktober is officially associated with the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation and for every day in October Anna wore a dress to raise funds and awareness for the Foundation. 

Although I didn't manage the whole month like Anna did, I did manage 21 days out 31, which I was really pleased with. This year, Anna is again taking part in Frocktober and as well as wearing a dress every day, Anna is also sharing a film photo of a dress on her Frocktober Tumblr page - Frocks on Film

I love this idea, its been so fun to check Anna's Tumblr every day and see her new photo and I'm particularly taken with the idea of a specific theme photo project as well. Anna captures the dresses so beautifully with great compositions and a sensitive approach to the light which I think gives a lovely result.

You can find Anna's tumblr page here and if you want to support Anna and donate, then you can do that here. 

{All photos taken by Anna and used with her permission. Please do not share them.} 

Ladybird Likes in Leeds

In October my blog friend, the lovely Zoe, from Ladybird Likes came to visit and as well as helping her out with her stall at Reetsweet, we also went for a lovely little photo walk around Kirkstall Abbey.

I love meeting blog friends in person and Zoe was a joy to spend the weekend with, I'm so glad that she came to visit and Thomas and I both enjoyed showing her around Leeds and getting to know her better.

You can see Zoe's beautiful film photos from the weekend here (with a cameo appearance of my hand) do check them out, I really love them as it was great watching Zoe take her photos and then seeing the final results.

Have a great weekend, I'm spending mine with my girls and I can't wait already.

Camera: Yashica Samurai
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160
Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds