Little details at Oxburgh Hall

I guess you've probably gathered from all my photos at Oxburgh Hall that I love old halls and luckily for us, there are so many around the UK. In fact, my parents gave me a book of my Grandad's that was just old halls in Yorkshire - and now I want to visit them ALL! And obviously take photos...

I've been taking Susannah Conway's Blogging from the Heart course over the last couple of weeks - more as a little reminder as to why I love blogging rather than because I need to learn much more about it - so rather than just leave you with the details here like I usually do, I'm going to say a little bit about how much I love taking photos like this.

There's something so wonderful in the act of noticing things I think - but to document it, to really look at something a bit closer through a lens - that experience is a bit more intimate and much more personal. Rather than just glimpsing, you almost create a story between yourself and the object you're taking a photo of, an attachment of sorts - so when you get that film photo back from the lab not only do you see that object in the photo, but you remember how you felt when you saw it and you feel that connection all over again. 

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Lomo CN 400
Location: Oxburgh Hall

Single Frame: Sitting in the Sunshine

Blogging and photography have always been weaved together as a process for me - especially as I started blogging before I took photos with film again. So I think subconsciously, I always took a group of photos together to tell a story, to bring them together here to share with you guys in a collective way that conveyed my whole experience.

However, this year, that has shifted away - and inspired by Jim (I'm going to keep mentioning until you all click through and enjoy Jim's blog as much as I do haha) and his single frame series, I've started sharing my single frames here and thoroughly enjoying stand alone photos for the experience that they are. 

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Gosh I wish I was sitting in the sunshine like this now too! The weather here is cold and although I love winter photos too - I sure do miss the warm sunshine on my skin. 

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Norwich Cathedral, Norwich

Lovely light at Oxburgh

Sometimes I think about renaming my blog to a more photography related name, but all I really come back to is 'lovely light' because that's what I'm really chasing when I'm taking photos. I'm quite fond of my blog name though, so instead, I'll just have lots of blog posts with the same 'lovely light' title haha.

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These were all taken around Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk and once again I was so excited that they let you take photos inside! 

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Lomo CN 400
Location: Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk