Last week, I was lucky enough to get the chance to spend the day with Olympus, their ambassador Martina (@YesZebra on Insta) and twenty-nine other photography lovers, snapping away in beautiful Brighton. We got to use new Olympus equipment and I learnt so much from the team of experts who were there to answer any question no matter what level of knowledge you had.
All photos below were taken on an Olympus PEN E-PL7 with a 12-40mm lens (which yes, is a little big for the camera but I am so in love with it!)
We started with Street Photography in the Laines, with Olympus Ambassador, Martina sharing her expert knowledge in shooting urban areas and finding beauty in whatever you feel like taking photos of - from bunting and flowers to staircases and rusty railings. I clearly took a liking to photographing both...!
The next part of the day was spent on the seafront experimenting with long exposure. The wind on the waters edge was intense to say the least, I've never seen waves like it in Brighton before, so for that reason, Long Exposure photos weren't for me at that moment in time. It made the sea look beautiful, calm and peaceful, but I wanted to capture the rapid pace and crashing waves. I played around with a few settings on the camera too and took the opportunity to edit more than I usually would - with high contrast, black and white, structure and grainy textures.
For the final part of the day, we had a private flight on the i360.
I lived in Brighton the entire time it was being built, so it was great to finally get up and see what the fuss was about. There's a great view and on a completely clear day I'd imagine you can see for miles. It goes quite quickly so make sure you've taken it all in before it starts descending.. you're back the ground before you know it!
All the photos blower were taken on the Olympus PEN E-PL7 with the kit 14-42mm lens and a fish eye lens.
Thank you so much to Olympus for an absolutely fantastic day. I learnt so much, met some great people and I'm not so afraid of the Manual setting on my camera anymore...!
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I wanted to share some photos from my perfect Sunday. Henry & I woke up, headed for brunch with friends, then took the bright sunshine and warm spring air as an opportunity to spend the rest of the day outside. I like to think Sunday's are for long walks, lots of food, time with friend and relaxing, but in the city - sometimes I find that hard. I just associate Sundays with the countryside and being at home, cities are so non-stop that sometimes there's no 'sunday' feeling, just the horrible one you get before bed.
But, yesterday was different.
We walked all the way along the seafront, stopping in little shops and museums we'd previously taken for granted and never acknowledged. We sauntered through the laines snooping in every junk shop, antique shop and homeware store we could find. We sipped delicious coffees from The Flour Pot bakery (I need to go back there and try every cake). We sat on the warm stones, filtering through for little bright pieces of sea glass. I used to search for it with my Granny on every seaside holiday when I was little, I had a hawk eye for it and it turns out I still do! We walked home just feeling so happy, content and relaxed.
More Sundays like this one, please.
If you see me around anytime soon, the chances are I'll be wearing this suede skirt or stripey shirt... or most likely, both. The top is the perfect 'everyday' top, it's super comfortable and just the right length to hang nicely over jeans or tuck into a pretty skirt. Enter this Suede beauty. I fell in love with this skirt so much that I went back to buy it in black too. Both the top & skirt are from Primark, so they're also incredibly affordable, together they're under £15! I've paired them with my oversized scarf from Accessorize and Chelsea boots from ASOS.
Top - Primark
Suede Skirt - Primark
Oversized Scarf (similar)- Accessorise
Chelsea Boots (similar) - ASOS
Bag - Oasis
Watch - Floozie by Frost at Debenhams
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As well as this being an outfit post, I just wanted to talk about the place I took these photos, on the beach, my happy place. One of my favourite things to do is take myself off to the beach to clear my head. I love to go alone so I can just focus on my own thoughts and shut the world out a little. Sometimes I take my camera, but I stay off my phone and social media whilst I'm there, as I do find it difficult to switch off from it sometimes. It's the perfect time to zone out from that internet bubble.
Where is your happy place?
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