Lomography Love #8

Here are some of the other photos I took on my Diana F+ in Cyprus a couple of months ago. I was a bit worried about these, as I had a bit of a problem with my camera so had to open the back up - exposing the film. Ben and I sorted it out in pretty much complete darkness though, yet I was still worried - but luckily I hardly had any blanks!











I took these with Lomography X Tungsten ISO 64. It was the first time I had used this film and I was a little aprehensive about the low ISO but had read/seen that, under the right light conditions [it was very sunny in Cyprus!], it can produce some absolutely beautiful results - I don't think my first go with this film has turned out too badly. However I think, living in the UK, it will be a while before I use it again!

Recent buys.

Wednesday was Ben's birthday and we spent the day in London. We went for lunch at The Diner in Soho then headed to Oxford St for a spot of shopping. The plan was that I bought Ben a few bits as, although I had given him a few presents, I didn't get him much as there wasn't anything he could think of. Well, that plan was soon scrapped as the fussy bugger couldn't find anything he liked! I did shop for myself, though [I have a very patient boyfriend].







♥ White leopard heart embellished tank from River Island. It was Ben who enabled me to get this, said it was 'very me'.
♥ I caved and bought the RI aztec skirt I featured in my wishlist a couple of posts back. BIG LOVE.
♥ Topshop nail polishes in Green Room and Celestial.
♥ I wanted a lovely pink lipstick, this Topshop one ticks all the boxes. The shade is 'innocent'.
♥ Couldn't go to Soho without popping into the Lomography Gallery Store. I got a Splitzer for my Diana F+.

What have you been spending your cashmere on lately? I'm finding it hard to resist buying more 'stuff', but I really should stop as we have to pay off our holiday next month!

I hope everyone has a great weekend. My plan for this afternoon/evening is to go to the gym and then come home and watch take me out! I started couch to 5k this week and will be doing my third run of week 1 later. Has anyone else done it? How did you find it? I'm not much of a runner at all but it's something I've wanted to be able to do for a while.

Lomography Love #2

So it's been a while since I did my first 'Lomography Love' post. I thought it was high time I did another one! May have already posted some most of these before but oh well...these were all taken on my diana mini in Portugal in June this year.








Ha, yes, those are my boyfriend's hairy legs...







I've now got a lovely long 5 day weekend! The plan is to sort my mess of a room out, bake, make jewellery & candles and sleep in! I plan to go out with my diana at some point, so I'm hoping I'll have more photos soon for another Lomo Love post :)

Lomography Gallery Store

Yesterday the boyfriend and I paid the Lomography Gallery Store a visit. Not Ben's cup of tea if I'm honest, but I really wanted to go, and he's nice so he came with me!

Images taken from the lomography gallery store website

The shop is really cool - it's got a huuuge lomowall - the biggest in the UK, apparently - and you can buy the full range of lomographic products.

One thing I did find annoying is that there wasn't any price tags on anything. When I asked a sales assistant, she told me it was a way to entice people to talk to them. I think it's just a ploy to make people spend more money than they should! I was quite restrained though. I came away with the Lady Grey film and fotoclips. I also got a freebie pack of buttons as I checked in on foursqaure!

After all that excitement, we headed to Nando's for lunch, then a spot of shopping in Covent Garden. I bought one of h&m's £3.99 bodycon skirts in a lovely rusty orange colour and this tee in green from Zara, which I'm in love with! Stopped off at Candy Cakes where Ben treated us to a double chocolate cupcake each, before heading home.

Delish!

The rest of my weekend has been spent watching X Factor [anyone else think Frankie Cocozza is really crap and just looks a mess?], laying in bed and drinking lots of tea, taking photos on my Diana F+ using the instant back and generally slobbing about. That's what Sundays are all about :)

Lomography Love #1

I'm going to try to make this quite a regular feature on my blog - will be posting photos which I've taken on my diana - and hopefully eventually ones taken on my fisheye too.

Here are some taken on my last roll. I've now loaded my mini with some colour slide film, really excited to use it :D

Giveaway - a few of my favourite things - now CLOSED.

I've spent quite a bit more time blogging recently than I used to, and I've really started to enjoy it more. Hey, I might not have a billion followers, but I enjoy it and love reading each and every comment I get, as well as reading other lovely blogs :) So I thought I'd do a little giveaway, I guess as a little thank you to the people who take time to read and comment on my posts!

I wanted to do a kinda theme - so decided to base the prizes on a few of my favourite things! I have bought/made all these items myself, and I hope you like them as much as I do.

So, on with the goodies...

Teacup charm - I made this using art clay silver, a precious metal clay which is 99.9% pure silver when fired. It's been oxidized to give it that lovely vintage egde. I've attached a jumpring so whoever wins can put it onto a chain/charm bracelet/whatever they fancy :)



Diana F+ Chrome keyring - too cute.



Models Own Raspberry Crush.



as well as a mystery prize [ie I haven't got it yet, haha]...I will also include a discount code to use in my shop!

So that's all the prizes. Let's get to the 'rules'!

♥ There will be one winner, who gets everything shown above.
♥ You don't have to be a follower [but it would be lovely if you are! :)]
♥ Open internationally - anyone can enter!
♥ To enter, just leave a comment telling me a few of your favourite things!
♥ Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner.
♥ Giveaway ends 8PM Thursday 20th October - I will draw the winner using random.org.

Good luck everyone! x

Latest Diana Mini snaps.

I recently finished another roll of film on my diana mini. The first half of the film was used whilst out on a walk at Virginia Water Lake. I hadn't been there for years - used to go all the time when I was little, for family walks and picnics. I'll never forget the time my brother cracked his head open on a tree in the woods! We've got a photo of him proudly holding up his blood-stained t-shirt - not phased at all, clearly.

Anyway, onto a few of the photos.




The second half of the film was used on Saturday night - my parents were away over the weekend so my brother and I had a few friends over. We sat outside, had a bbq [I cooked my veggie food in the oven], had a few drinks and some good conversation. Ended up inside a bit later, playing Just Dance 2 on the Wii!
I used my flash and some colour gels for the first time. About time really.



The last photo is my friend Shaun attempting to dance...

Before I start a new roll on my mini, I'm desperate to try out my Diana Dreamer - and I should be able to soon as I've just won an instant back on ebay :)

My new digital camera arrived today, and I'm so pleased with it! I got the Canon Powershot A3300 IS in pink ;) Taken a few photos of jewellery [listed some new pieces in my shop!] already, plus some flowers in the garden - they've all come out really lovely. It even has a fisheye and toy camera function, which is pretty cool!

New Diana - The Dreamer...

My Diana Mini now has a pretty big sister...




Yes, I caved in! I found a 20% discount code for Urban Outfitters, which meant that even with postage it came to less than it would if I went and bought it in the shop.
I love it - now cannot wait to get an instant back and start using it!

Diana Dreamer

Since getting my Diana Mini, I've been getting really interested in other Lomography & film cameras.

The Diana Dreamer is a remake of the original Diana. Similar to my diana mini, but it takes 120 format film, whereas the diana mini takes standard 35mm - much cheaper and easier to get processed. When I was looking at Dianas I was originally going to go for the dreamer, but figured it'd be easier and more cost-effective to go for the diana mini. But, just LOOK at it.

So I think it's fair to say I'm still very much lusting after it.

It's available exclusively at Urban Outfitters. I already have the flash, so all I'd need is a 35mm back. But what I'd really like is an instant back, so I can take instant photographs! The back actually costs more than the camera itself, hmmm. If there was an instant back for the diana mini I'd totally get it.

So yep... got a little bit of saving to do. Feel free to help me!

Diana Mini - Portugal snaps

Following on from my last post, here are just some of the photos taken on my diana mini whilst in Portugal :)