12th June 2013 - A Day In Derby

Went to Derby with Jason to pick up a few bits from his he'd left behind. But first we walked to Derby Uni to take some photos. There were a few damselflies amongst the reeds at the side of the pond.

I tried another shot using the Brenizer method, but again it didn't quite work out... I will get it right one day!

Jason continued to take pictures of damselflies and red spiders and I sat in the middle of the nearby road taking more photos.

Jason started taking photos of me sitting in the middle of the road and attempted a Brenizer style photo himself, but the light changed halfway through he shots so his photo has random lighter patches on it. I decided then that I wanted to try and take a selfie (despite choosing not to pick up my tripod before we left) and made Jason sit in position while I set up the shot.

At this point it started raining pretty hard so I abandoned the shot in fear of damaging my camera and we sat inside for a while where we met a couple of Jason's friends. When it died down, we left to go to his and on the way out I saw a snail and decided to photograph it.

We passed a church on the way and I took photos of the roses outside it.

We got his stuff and headed back to Sheffield.

2nd June 2013 - Midsummer Christmas at the Spooner Residence

Since two of my housemates and I have finished exams already, we decided to cook a roast dinner for ourselves and our other housemates who haven't yet finished, because we're nice like that. One of them is also leaving for a year abroad in Australia soon, so it was a nice way to get us all together before she goes. Instead of just having a normal Sunday roast, we decided it would be more fun if we had a theme, and since we had a few crackers left over from December, we decided to get into our pjs, whack on some Santa hats and have a Christmas dinner. In June. Because why not?

I meant to take more photos of us during our Midsummer Christmas dinner, but I got excited by the food and forgot all about my camera... So, I had to look for some last minute inspiration for my 100 Days Of Summer project. We have some dead roses in the living room and I thought they'd make for a nice subject, but the lighting was so rubbish. Converting to black and white helped, though I'm not completely happy with them. Never mind though.