Sunday 29 July 2007

Airshow 07

Saturday seen us at the air show at East fortune air museum,Nr Edinburgh, altough the previous years have been much better than this, it didnt stop me from taking nearly 900 photos narrowed down to 700 i must say most of these pics are of the red arrows my all time favourite!!
I do not really get over excited about going but go as paul is into his planes and loves going, and as he takes me to all my craft shows and never complains about it, so i go along with to the air shows, and the leave the modeling areoplane shows to him and his dad!
I just take my camera and happy with that!!!
This is laid back paul talking to his friend
whilst waiting on the start of the air show,
he'd kill me if he even knew i had taken
it let alone put it on here






THE RED ARROWS
















Hawker Hunter








lancaster Bomber Battle of Britain mermorial flight






The Chinock




Friday 27 July 2007

What a Busy few days!

Firstly I must thank Linda for letting me come and play on Wednesday I had a great time! and can't wait to do this again, Maybe you should come to me Linda next time and maybe Paul will get some jobs done!! but then again maybe not I know what he like, he will happily play his xbox with the excuse that he would only get in the way! thanks Linda for cutting out the pianos for me on ur craft robo!! there great!
I know Roz kindly showed me how to use the alcohol inks but I just couldn't get the hang of it, until Wednesday @Linda's and my god I'm no longer chucking out the alcohol inks as I'm in love with them now thanks Linda for showing me again have so many plans including alcohol inking Paul's xbox although i don't think he'd be to pleased but next time we have an argument believe me the xbox will get it!!!:)
I manged to complete two pages at Linda's which I was happy with! finally got the Autumn pages done from last year!

I have also been back to kirkcaldy with my great uncle again! were very close and whilst I'm of college i try and spend as much as possible with him as i know when I'm @college I hardly see him, he took me to ravenscraig park which was so lovely and peaceful and we walked for miles, his poor knees will certainly be giving him grief over the next few days!! but as he says he thinks of places i can photograph! and never complains
we walked to a place called Dysart which had beautiful habours and beachy bits with so much to photograph, from wildlife to things washed up on the beach (like the washed up wheel)
we also visited the new hovercraft which was doing a two week trial taking passengers between Kirkcaldy and Portabello and again i took even more photos, then if that wasn't enough we walked even more to go and see the seals I've waited years to see them!! as my uncle has spoke of them often!! (Linda u would love it where we was plenty photo opportunities)

Tuesday 24 July 2007

Photo collage

this was created in photoshop using instructions from Becky on UKS bridgit had also made a template for us to use but it kept carshing the computer, so i jsut followed Beckys instructions and came out with the above results now looking forward to getting it printed 12"x12" for my scarpbooking album!!
I am going to put anotther boarder around the outside the collage and then do a page on the actuall day out from college as this wa san opportunity we couldnt miss and i love dthe passenger 4 seater plane no where as scary a sthe huge plane we got to Fuertventura cant wait till our next trip!

Sunday 22 July 2007

Linlithgow Palace








we visited Lilithgow palace today one of my favourite places to visit just to chill and relax and obviosly take photos, had alovely lunch in my favourite cafe and then got on photographing the birds. this has been one of my fav places sinnce 6 years ago, my other half hates it as he is there lots with work and dreads it when i say lets go to Linlithgow!




Bryan Adams Concert Murrayfield Edinburgh

Saturday 21st July 2007
If the heavens were going to open I known it would have been Saturday night of all nights!! we were at the Bryan Adams concert At Murryfield rugby stadium we stood for an hour in the que just waiting to get in, by which point we were drenched anyway!!!
after watching support bands for 3 hours Bryan Adams finally came on at 830, altough i knew what songs he was gonna sing when I had a ball, and loved every minute of it, despite getting even wetter by 11pm, it still made my and many other girls night to be there.
leaving you with some pics naff quality but taken from phone!!! camt upload from my father in laws compact as i need the programme!



as u can everyone was soaking wet!













This is the crowd near the end when most people thought it was over everybody was dancing in the rain and enjoying themselves
















In this picture you can the big down pour

Friday 20 July 2007

Butterfly and Insect world

Today Linda and i went off to the butterfly and insect world at Dalkeith (Edinburgh),
this was our back up plan as Linda was keen to go on a landscape photoshoot but due to the typical scottish weather we went with the butterfly world.
We both had a great day and took lots and lots of photos, even after my camera deciding not to work after a few huffs and puffs and going back to the car the camera then decided to work,

this is my third time there but never got the same picture twice whilst there and always see different butterflies.
Linda and I were tempted to mug the poor guy that had the canon 1d, we both thought he was a pro but after a converstaion found out he just did it as a hobby, Linda and i agreed that he just had to much money and like every photographer wanted and needed the best of the best, (don't worry Linda our time will come for ours!) his poor wife (carried all his stuff for him) and looked so bored, this reminded me of my boyfriend following me around on my photography excursions only one difference is i still have to carry my own things and not like this man's wife my boyfriend actually has a secret eagerness to play and take photos too! (apart from when im out at a garden or the botanical gardens, just not his thing) sometimes better than mine and his are just fluky shots from someone that dont worry about apeature, shutter speed or even getting the correct exposure, thats what I get for learning all the proper ways at college, must start taking my other memeory card just for him!!!















































thanks again Linda for a lovely Day!! cant wait till our next excursion!!!
(never got a pic of u!!!)

Wednesday 18 July 2007

Child hood memories

On monday my Uncle took us for dinner and went from a stroll along pettycur bay (kinghorn Fife) and it ceratinly brought back memories from when i stayed in England and visited my uncle in his caravan at pettycur bay!!, i spent many an afternoon playing on this beach and walking my dogs at night on this beach!!! also climbing the rocks with my dad

please excuse quality of pics took them using my other halfs phone!!!









Tuesday 17 July 2007

Moo cards from Flickr

Ive recently got into swapping these tiny cards!! they cost £10.00 for 100, so far i have swapped at least 50 and using a set of 10 to show people quickly some of my work especially the guys at my boyfriends work (no way would they get there hands on my portfolio and get it messy) so these cards come in handy for that.
so far ive swapped the cards with people from america and england!! gonna make a mini album that i can extend to store them in. many others use them for
christmas tags,
with compliments type thing for there jewerly making
magnetsetc etc
theres many uses for them ive set mine up like calling cards for my photography
heres a link that might explain it better!!
















I have really enjoyed this swap and cant wait to get my next set!!! probably do a set on my flowers and the scottish highlands

Saturday 14 July 2007

Strawberries nearly ready!!!

not been up to much the last few days as ive four nights at work luckly im on number 3 tonight thank god, im in maternity tonight so that will be good just come home very broody!!! much to pauls disgust although his opinion has changed recently from not wanting kids he doesnt to we will see what happens once im finished college!!!!

just been looking at my strawberries and wow there early ready still slighty on the green side!! esepcially underneath

and my sunflowers are getting slowy but surely!! i did plant 12 but have only ended up with 2 left, just wnat them to flower soon!! as there another of my fav flowers and cant wait to photograph them in my portable studio


Wednesday 11 July 2007

Take That here I come!!

wow ive been on the reserve list since november to go and see Take That in Birmingham and got the phone call today to say I have a Ticket for there concert in November im so excited just waititng for mummy to pay for me now!!! then i can owe her the money back!!!!
Ive been a fan of theres since the begining and am meeting up with lady i first went with, who seen me then as a very shy teenager wow she will be shocked to see me now as im not so shy aymore!!!! still shy but no way as bad!!
this is a picture of mark owen from there reunion concert last year in glasgow (my Fav)

Must Say a really big Thankyou to LINDA for selling me the lens, it will come in handy thanks again ur a super star!!!!
just checked my strawberry plants and my there doing well better than my mother in laws which is a shocker!!!wont be long till there ready for eating!









Been scrapping nearly finsihed few pages just waiting on order coming from photobox so i can finish them off then i'll upload them!!

Tagged from Angela

7 things about me!!!!

1. Im a chocoholic anything cadbury and galaxybut will eat any choc apart from orange, coffee and mint flavoured

2. Im going into my 3rd and final year as a photographer,I love portraiture work, weddings and still life when its a subject i like (flowers are my best still life work)

3. im engaged to paul and live with him and my cat (midnight) My lizzard (Gizmo) and my Rabbit (storm) better not forget the snake

4. Im petrifed of SNAKES! the dark! heights! spiders, basically a big scardy cat

5.Im a care assisitant in the hopsital (night shift)

6. i love going out for dinner and meeting friends for a girlie nite out!!!

7 i am a big CSI fan!!!

off to tagg everyone who reads my blog!!

Friday 6 July 2007

Meet Floyd!!!!















































Last night I was busy taking pics of My friends camelion'Floyd' loved every minute of it just didnt realsie how big he actually was!! Floyd was acting very shy as there was strangers in the room!!
Floyd has the rule of pauls room and is 7 year old!!! he is very photogenic but fantatsic!!!
just going to transfer pics onto disc for my paul to give to that paul!!

Thursday 5 July 2007

Rain Rain and more Rain!!

All its done is rain here the last few weeks!!! its driving me up the wall although it did my grass and plants good the grass was like a jungle even my cat got annoyed when i manged to cut it!!!
we had a little sun today which was really hot and as soon as i left Fife the heavens opened!!
but the rain and sun together can bring something nice"the rainbow"

















I got these from our Local Paper Mill shop!! fell in love with them staright away also ordered the happily ever 8x8 album which I am pitting away for when I come back from californa, thought it fitted in well with the disney theme from Disney land. world park that is in calfornia! Im not sure what im going to use these papers for but am sure i will find something!
also bought some friends stamps this morning from the shop in Kirkcaldy (fife)

we also have another new member to our family mush to my disgust as im petrified of them, My partner went to the pet shhop and stupid me believed and didnt think anything of it when he told me to get what i want for the rabbit and he would pay, when i went to find him i realsied that the shop owner was handing him a small box, when i asked what it was i nearly fainted it was a snake! which im so petrified off!! i couldnt belive he actually got one!! couldnt say no when he has turned round tp the guy and said he would take him. the snake is 2 weeks old
He got a western hognose snake and i really upset a si refused to take pics of him and do any scrap booking on him!!!and so i didnt upset paul anymore i wa sbrave and took pics well from a distance and zoomed in!!! and supoose nowi will have too scarp them but want/ need better pics of him!!!
at least pauls happy!!!