Thursday, 19 July 2012

Paris

So  it's been a while since I've posted... but now I have something to post about - I went to Paris!
My boyfriend and I went for 5 days, and even though the weather wasn't amazing, it was still better than England. This summer has been rubbish so far! For a lot of the time we were away, we just wandered around all the streets exploring, but we also went to some touristy places. We went to and up the Eiffel Tower (to the top!) which was a looong wait (4 hours!) but we kind of had to - you can't go to Paris and not go up the Eiffel Tower. And it was a good view once we got up there - the sun even came out (although it did rain while we were queuing).

We also went on a river cruise which was very posh with a sit-down meal. We got to see a lot of the city from the boat, and the food was good (although Ben thought the portions were too small - they were fine for me!)

We also went to the Catacombs which were tunnels underground with lots of skulls and bones - it was dark and not good if you're claustrophobic, but luckily I'm not. It was pretty cool getting so see these bones up so close, and there were so many! However I got told off for using flash - whoops :/
There was a fence on a bridge going over the river, that was covered in locks, and people had written their names on the locks and attached them to the fence. I thought this was pretty cute, and there were a lot of locks!

That's about all of note to say - now I'm back to my usual Tesco work, Ph2o work experience and general stuff. Here's a few photos I took :) :



The locks on the bridge






The Eiffel Tower! And Ben sitting in front of it.




Rolls and dessert from our meal on the cruise - far too small a dessert for Ben!



The Catacombs


I have also done my first engagement shoot for a couple of friends of mine just before I went away, but I don't want to post those photos until they're completely ready and have been given to the couple :)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Update #2

I've had another very busy week - I'm so much busier now after having finished uni for summer, which doesn't really make sense at all! However, I have got a part time job, and I'm doing work experience about 3 days a week, and I have my photography course to do as well, so it really takes up a lot of my time.

There isn't a whole lot to report - my job doesn't provide anything of interest to talk about, and I haven't been doing much new in my work experience at Ph2o photography studios. I have been doing lots of Photoshop editing for prints or discs to be given to clients. Last week I went to a children's festival to help promote Ph2o, with a stand displaying examples of their work and going round asking people if they would like to participate in a prize draw (and therefore gaining leads). I also photographed the festival along with the MD Mat.






The Co-op's Charity of the Year - this is Ella, the demonstration dog at the festival for Canine Partners.
Ph2o is within the Quadrant, which is a Co-op, so we are linked with the charity too.