15th June 2013

We were supposed to go to the peak district today but the weather forecast indicated rain so plans changed and I was instead going to spend the day packing to go home tomorrow. It ended up being quite a nice day, annoyingly, but it was too late to change the plan again. Of course procrastination took over and I didn't actually get much packing done in the end. My dad arrived earlier than I expected and Jason and I cooked up a roast dinner for us all. We walked to Tesco to pick up some stuff for lunches tomorrow and as we walked down I snapped this for my Summer One Hundred. Not a very interesting photo but never mind!

One hundred days of summer - day fifteen.

14th June 2013 - The Botanical Gardens

It's been fluctuating between rain and blue skies all day. When the rain cleared up, Jason and I took advantage of the sunshine and walked down to the botanical gardens. Of course, shortly after we left it started drizzling again, so we took a look around the pavilions first.

I took him to the bear pit and as we were leaving it a squirrel jumped out and started running around us. We'd brought some nuts with us so we stopped to feed it and take photos. I decided to use my 50mm as the clouds and trees made it quite dark and I wanted a fairly high shutter speed seeing as the squirrel didn't want to sit still.

I decided it would be better if I was shooting at the squirrels eye level and seeing as the ground was fairly dry since we were under the cover of some trees, I decided to lie on the floor. I looked pretty stupid - Jason took some photos of me. I think it was worth it. I got a couple of decent shots. Though as soon as I laid down, the squirrel decided to disappear for ages and when he did appear, he didn't come very near me.

The sun came out again so Jason and I took made the most of it and walked further into the garden. He attempted to use the Brenizer method to take a portrait of me, but we still haven't quite mastered it and it didn't quite work. After a little while we decided to go back home. We walked back through the garden where I saw another squirrel trying to eat a plastic bag so we stopped so I could take it off him and took some photos at the same time.

13th June 2013

An uneventful day leads to a last minute rush to find a photo. It's been raining all day which has left me pretty uninspired. I walked round my house with my camera but couldn't find a photograph.

I ended up sitting on the stairs where I found these.

One hundred days of summer - day thirteen.

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.

11th June 2013 - Another Lazy Day

Another lazy day... 

I tried to capture one of the many bees buzzing around this bush in my back garden but they were too quick! This was the best shot I got, but I don't like it very much.

10th June 2013 - Baking Brownies

Had a very lazy day today, only mildly interesting thing I did was bake brownies with Jason.

One hundred days of summer - day ten.

9th June 2013 - Crookes Valley Park

Today my future housemate came over to collect her key and move some of her stuff in. When she'd finished, Jason and I went to Crookes Valley Park for the first time. I took quite a few photos but didn't really like them. I think this was the only decent one.

One hundred days of summer - day nine.

8th June 2013 - Last Day In Scarborough

Today was my last day in Scarborough with Leigh-Anne. We had a lazy start to the day. We slept in late and then lounged about in our pyjamas for a few hours. After lunch, we decided to go down to the sea front to take some photos.

I stood in front of the sea and flipped my hair about for Leigh-Anne - you'll be able to see this soon, once she's fixed her laptop - and I took a few pictures of her and the view. I attempted the Brenizer method, but I didn't have enough crossover between my shots and Photoshop couldn't knit it together properly.

I'll be giving it  another go soon.
On the way back to her flat, we stopped by in a park and took some photos of the flowers.

Had a hell of a journey home. My train from York to Sheffield was delayed by an hour and half after a fatality on the track literally five minutes in front of us. I ended up taxi-ing across Wakefield to get a different train. It stopped at literally every stop and was full of drunk people. I eventually got into Sheffield about 11pm, where I met Jason. He'd been waiting there for me since half 8...