Essaouira

So starting the catch up of images from the latter half of 2009 is this set of images i took in late July. For 10 days, I was staying in a beautiful house just 5 miles from Essaouira, celebrating a special friends 50th birthday. From the 3 films i took on my holga these were amongst the few that came out as it turns out my holga was broken.

Essaouira is an isolated town on the coast of Morocco where Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley liked to hang out. And i can see why; It is a perfect spot to unwind, eat great seafood and absorb the culture; The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses and where Orson Welles filmed scenes of his 1952 classic version of "Othello". The Gnaoua Festival of World Music is held here every year and yet Essaouira has never really become a tourist trap. The narrow streets discourage cars, making it look much as it did in the days of sea pirates.

The Big Freeze!

To kick start 2010 we have had an icy blast of snow cover the uk. I've never seen so much snow and so of course the celebrations began with snowball fights, homemade sledges and building of snow structures. Then comes the time that you need to get food, do work and travel from A to B... which is impossible and a very depressing time in these conditions. I have always been fascinated with snowflakes and icicles so now that they are all around me I can use this opportunity to show the beauty behind this so called 'bad' weather.

A Fresh Start

Happy New year!

Over the last week i have had a kick up the butt over my work attitude and social life, as you can see the has not been much activity on here lately and i aim to change that. Im going to put 100% into my uni course and stop putting social events first. Due to the lack of a scanner and very poor internet connection i have a back log of photos yet to be uploaded for you all to see from as far back as July... so over the next couple weeks i will be showing you work from the later half of 2009 and then onto a fresh start and a new attitude towards photography and my career.

Uni Life

These images are from a medium format introduction at uni, just a mini shoot with fellow students. Lots of fun! Last image in the series was taken by me of Matt Gillespie. The quality of these images is quite poor due to the scratched scanners in the library, the real print look lovely on my wall though.

Studio Replication

Final image from a mini project at uni. Seven of us worked on the making of this image, we were given an image and had to replicate it in the studio there and then, i think we did quiet well! I will upload the original image soon, so you can make your own comparisons.