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Laney chanllenged me, assuming it was possible to send letters back in time, to write a letter to myself - aged 13, so here goes.Dear Stupid,No scratch that, I haven't been stupid yet, that is still to come.Maybe I should warn myself about my first BIG mistake I was to make in my life 3 years later.As I sit here, debating how the hell to tell a strong headed teenager what she shouldn't do at the

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My eyes opened, it was 07:45. For the first time in I can't remember how long, I slept right through the night. Not once did I get up to use the bathroom. Not once did I awake and wander in the half light down the stairs to the kitchen in search of a drink of some description to quell the humungous thirst I had.As I lay there, eyes wide open, I listened intently. Trying to force myself to

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I stole this from Laney, who in turned took it from AkelamaluHow long did you date? We dated for 16 months and had a baby before we moved in together, and we married 6 months later.How old is he? He's 46, 5 years older than me, which I always thought would have been great as we would retire in the same month of the same year... then the government said women had to work til 65 and that put paid

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Well, we have reached the last stage of the AS Photography course, the exam question.I have decided to do the question on portrait, god only knows why, it is probably my weakest area in photography. Actually, I do know why. Prior to seeing the exam question, I had booked the studio and arranged with my neice to shoot her in several of her dance outfits as a 'padding' to the first unit of work

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Another part of my environment unit. I wanted to do some woodland photography and decided to visit a large wood quite near me.As a child, I lived opposite this wood and spent hour after hour roaming, romping, playing and generally hanging out in this wood. I always loved to be there. Carpets of bluebells in the spring, with nearly as many primrose. Hills and hollows to explore and a myriad of

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This shot, inspired by one of my friends who had seen a similar photograph during his research, worked perfectly. We had taken some during daylight to get the feel for the right angle, but by the time dusk arrived it was raining so there weren't many people around. I think it works well as it is though.St Paul's Cathedral, via the Millennium Bridge

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In an effort to put some posts up on my blog, which have been sadly lacking of late, I thought I'd share some of my photographs with you that I have taken for my AS Course.For the environment unit, we had to research and then photograph different aspects of the environment. My final images are all of the shoreline, but working through the unit, I also photographed other environments.This is one

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About 4 month too late for a white Christmas! This is my back garden today.

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I know I have been away for ages, and this will probably be the only post for ages to come, but I thought I would just jot down a little of what life has thrown at me lately.As regular readers know, I was diagnosed with ME at the beginning of September last year, and following meetings at work with every sick note I took in, things turned, shall we say, less than hospitable in December. Basically

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We've all heard 'The Rules', as seen from the woman's point of view, you know, Women are always right, Women can change the rules when the please, PMT makes all the rules nul and void...etc.Well, my cousin gave me this list of 'The Rules' from the man's point of view. I hate to admit it, but they may have a point!!! (shhh, don't tell 'em)The Man RulesThese are our rules! Please note.. these are

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Another little gem I found in my inbox. Apparently, a self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation."You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one" the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear.

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I did this last year, looking back at 2006, hell, that seems like such a long time ago! Anyway, I thought it would be good to do it this year too and see how my life and my outlook on it has changed.What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?I met a blog friend that I had known online for about 2 years. Began an AS Course. Obtained an A* grade for a GCSE. Dedicated a lot of time and

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All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal; the epilady, scissors, razors, "Nair" and now...the wax.My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours:"Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet."So I headed to

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I had an email from a friend this morning with the link below. It explained that it was a simple game involving flying a helicopter and it was so simple because it only involved holding the left mouse key down to fly up and releasing it to come down again. Easy or what?It did however say that if you were in a busy office you should NOT forward the email to co-workers as it was very addictive.With

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Now that Christmas and the New Year breaks are out of the way, I am again concentrating on college work.I saw an image which inspired the beginnings of my current work, but I evolved it considerably to end up with the image below, which I think will be the last image I need for my current unit of work.My idea was to create an image of a woman, something fairly strong but very simple and to

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Lots of you wanted to know how the images in my last post were created, so this post will give you all the information you need, not only to understand how they were created, but to have a go yourself. It really is simple.The images were created from nothing more than smoke. Yep, really. The clue was in the title folks!!I was going to write up a brief description on how to do it, but thought it

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Some of you may remember the photo I posted of bubbles, a very creative shot I produced after reading 'how to' in my camera magazine. For those of you that haven't been visiting since 2006, you can find it in my post 26things January 2006 . The only equipment needed to produce the picture was a pint glass, straw, washing up liquid and a bit of time.Well, this month's magazine provided another of

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I know, I know, you're all fed up with seeing those damn fireworks on here... or maybe no-one is visiting anymore cos it's been so long since I posted!!!As I don't have the energy to blog, but am missing you all so much I thought I would share a couple of pieces I have been working on for the current unit of portraiture and the human form in my AS course. If you haven't already guessed, this is

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A few photo's from a firework party I went to last weekend.

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These are a few of the photo's from last weeks wedding shoot, as promised. As you can see, the shots at the reception, in very low light, leave a lot to be desired, but it was the beginning of a very steep learning curve for me!!

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MARRIAGE I know, I know, it's almost a week late, but my regular readers will know why and you are all very supportive about my severe lack of scheduling recently, for which I thank you, and again, apologies for not being able to visit you all regularly. xAs you know, I have just shot my first wedding, so I thought I would catch up with ABC by posting a wedding photograph depicting the marriage

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Thx to everyone for your encouragement and comments over my photos, you guys rock.The trip to Middlesbrough went well, although there was no time for sight seeing, it served it's purpose and was very worthwhile. Of course I paid for it yesterday and spent the entire day doing absolutely nothing!Have been recouperating so that I have the energy for tomorrow, Saturday, when I am shooting a friends

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Health:Up and down, changing day to day. On Friday I had the best day I'd had in ages, and was feeling quite positive that I would be able to start my return to work in a fortnights time when I see my GP again. Then Saturday I had the worst day I'd had in several weeks. It's so bloody frustrating, I just wish I knew how much longer it's gonna take to recover. This is seriously doing my head in! A

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London Day 1 can be read hereDay 2 began at 7am, after about 4 hours sleep for the both of us following our inability to stop talking the night before and actually go to sleep!Today, we were going to meet our American blogger friends Cherri & Hardin. We had to be out of our hotel by 10:00 but were unable to check into the new hotel until 11:00. We sat in the breakfast room chatting some more

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LILY Lily's are one of my favourite flowers. They are just so beautiful.I love to watch as they begin to open from the bud and the fresh new stamens make their way into daylight. Smooth and virgin. Close and careful regular inspection will show their wonderful transition as they begin to split, and turn themselves inside out, revealing the most wonderful, pollen encrusted stalks of any I have

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