Was doing some planning for my trip to New York. Bought a notebook from Fotografiska to use as a travel journal for my trip. There is also the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard cover which works as a cover for the screen of the iPad but is also a bluetooth keyboard, and my favourite over ear headphones the Skullcandy Aviators which are super comfy and deliver great sound. Obviously the other items featured in the photo is my iPhone 5S, and also the Rough Guide to New York City.
Obligatory plane wing shot from the flight home from Sweden. Can't beat that view :)
A photo from one of my favourite underground stations in Stockholm. I'll have to get a colour photo some time, because the walls are a nice bright blue.
Went to Sweden at the end of July and beginning of August (for almost 2 weeks) to see my family and have a bit of a holiday. It was roasting most of the time I was there, but one of the weekends there was torrential downpour. However, 2 hours later this was the only sign of any rain on the decking in my parents' back garden.
Summer rain.. to be honest it's been really warm the last couple of weeks (in the high 20s this week), so can't really complain about the weather. It was still 24 degrees Celsius today whilst it was pouring it down with rain.
Bought some of the "summer seconds" films from the Impossible Project. Basically they're film which didn't pass the quality control. Got two bags of three packs of film, and this is the first one I've used of them. For this particular pack the alignment was off (hence the white border along the right hand side).
First idea for my travel journal for my trip to New York in August/September :DI am still to this day in slight disbelief that it's actually happening.. but at this point it's just under 6 weeks until I actually go! :D
The evening sky from my lounge :) This was at about 9:15pm.
There are some benefits with working night shift and being up at 5:15am :) You get to see nice morning skies like this one - this one was the view from my lounge window :)
Converse shoes from the shop window of one of the shoe shops in Nottingham.
Some of my first polaroids developed using the Instantlab from the Impossible Project.The Impossible Project manufacture film for Polaroid cameras, and as a kickstarter project they have also done the Instantlab which will allow you to develop polaroids (on actual film, not just printing) from your iPhone. I bought mine a few months back, and I love it :)
From the top, left to right, we have: My parents' house, London from the Shard, lavender from my parents' garden, Church Drive in Carrington, the Apple store in Covent Garden, one of my pairs of shoes, London from the Shard, and Brunkebergstunneln in Stockholm.
Extreeeeme closeup :) Having some fun with the Olloclip 4-in-1 lens for my iPhone 5S. This is using the 10x macro lens to get some closeups of the detail on parts of the cord for my RHA MA750i headphones.
I mentioned my most recent tattoo a while back, and ended up linking to an Instagram photo of it since it was the only one I could find at the time. This is a black and white photo of it, and my second newest tattoo (which is the text on my wrist). The heart shaped balloon is red, the rest of it is black. The actual picture (girl and heart shaped balloon) is by Banksy, a UK based graffiti artist (wikipedia page here).
Walked in to town from work the other week and was testing out my Canon EOS M. This is again with the 40mm lens and the mount adapter.
Having passed the 5 year mark at work in January (still can't believe it's been 5 years already) I got a BonusBond voucher for long service, and I ended up using it towards buying myself the Canon EOS M. It's a compact system camera and you can change the lenses on it as you would on an SLR, but it's considerably smaller. With the camera I also bought a Canon mount adapter which basically allows me to attach any EF mount lens that fits on my Canon 600D DSLR. The below is the Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens that came with the Canon EOS M, and my MacBook Pro in the background. Took it using the Canon EF 40mm lens attached with the mount adapter as one of the first few photos whilst testing the adapter.
It's been a crazy few weeks shifts-wise at work, and I don't know where the weeks have gone. And I've built up some more backlog of my weekly photos that haven't been posted. So there will be 5 or 6 done this week.. Can't believe it's June already, and although it feels like only yesterday day the week 18 photo was taken back in April. Just after my birthday at the end of April I went down to London for the day, and last thing I did that day was to go up into The Shard to The View from the Shard. And the view from up there was amazing!
Below is just one of the many photos I took during the couple of hours I spent there.
Off to London for the day tomorrow :) and will be taking this (the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM lens) with me to see how it does at the top of The Shard.
The fence of the shared garden for my block of flats.
On my way home from work on Wednesday it was actually nice and sunny (after a few weeks of grey and miserable weather), and the flowers in the little communal garden behind my flat have started flowering. Took some photos with my iPhone 5S, and also put the macro lens of my Olloclip 4-in-1 lens to the test.The Olloclip is a 4-in-1 lens which slots onto the iPhone on the corner where the camera is. It's got a wide angle lens, a fisheye lens, and two macro lenses (one 10x and one 15x).
The below is the middle of a flower, and it was taken with the 15x macro lens. It's a bit blurry as it was a bit windy, which is not ideal when it takes so little to make the photo out of focus at that high magnification.
My little stack of photography books :) The top one is the Humans of New York book. Love the concept of what he (Brandon Stanton) does, and bought myself the book as an early christmas present last year. The book has been an inspiration, and has also in part fuelled my dreams of going to New York.There is also the HONY Facebook page, giving you your fix right there as you are wasting time on Facebook ;)