Playing house

Big, massive thanks to our MUA Sarah Gray and house owners Steve and Sue for letting us frolic about in their beautiful house for an entire afternoon. Ella Ruth was working her own magic with model Jenny Hosty, while the lovely Lanty Zhang and I ran around, playing with all the amazing treasures we found in the house. It was a joy to be allowed to have the house for our shoot and we all had a great time.

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Photos with friends

Original title, I know. Finally got my former flatmate (sad face) and bestie (hehe) Natasha Todd to stand in front of the camera, along with Stevie. Because it's England, it was raining, but with a bin bag wrapped around my poor Nikon we braved the weather. Check out Tash's blog here.

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Location Scouting

This was a VERY improvised, not-really-a-shoot with Elly Lucas in the Peak District. It's probably the most beautiful I've ever seen it, all autumn colours and deep greens. Autumn is absolutely my favourite season, hands down. Also, I lied. The last shoot with Ella won't be the last I do in Sheffield. I've got a couple more in the works.

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Closing a chapter

Well, this is my last shoot in Sheffield. Life is pulling me to London and who am I to say no? It's another great adventure. I do have to say, it looks like I will be kept extremely busy for the next three months or so. I hope this doesn't mean a complete stop to my picture-taking, but I do expect less posts. Tis' one of the downsides. The other is no more constant photo days with Ella. It seems like I've known her for ages and at the same time like it's only been a few months since we met in front of the Psychology department. She then proceeded to drag me up one of the steepest hills in Sheffield. Now I suppose we'll have to travel around England to meet up. Silver lining.

It seemed apt to return to the Botanical Gardens, our favourite photo haunt. We were joined by Stevie and Edward, the reflector. Autumn leaves, winter berries, and evergreens oh my.

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