One of the presents I was lucky to receive this year was this beautiful IPhone Case from Holga! It is a great gift for anyone who, like me, whips out their phone at the same rate as their camera at any photo opportunity. It provides 9 different lens and filters that you can easily slip over your current IPhone camera (examples of the images you can get with these options above), which can dramatically change or add impact to the mundane phone image.
I have yet to make full use of this, but anything to do with everyday photography that looks this cool is bound to be amazing! Comes in 5 colours (I got the red version) and at £15 ($23.99), it won't even break the bank balance. Such a fun gadget, you're bound to be inspired with this!
Merry Christmas!
Hope you have a wonderful day filled with lots of joy and love. I'm hoping for a spare memory card, a spare battery, Wendy Ewald's book and a personalised leather journal... (I know how nerdy all these gifts are...)
So go eat, drink and be merry, one and all!
What are you all asking for this Christmas?
"A good photographer must love life more than he does photography."
- Joel Strasser
In a seminar a couple of weeks ago, my lecturer and I were discussing archives. Albums our family keep, and how modern day technology has brought a premature (in our opinion) end to this tradition of memory keeping, opting now for keeping all our images on hard drives and social networking sites. I've always thought this makes the images somehow less precious, without being framed and stored in books, on display and on shelves around our homes.
I digress. What I wanted to do is to share this site she recommended to me.
The Burning House project is an amazing insight into people's lives by looking at their precious belongings in answer to this simple question - 'If your house was burning, what would you take with you?' People from around the world submit their images of a collection of objects they deem special enough to risk their lives saving with a small caption explaining their choice. The site explains 'Think of it as an interview condensed into one question.'
It's very interesting to see so many people have chosen to save machines that help create archives, as well as the archives themselves (in various forms, like photographs, heirlooms and books). The most notable thing is everyone wants to save memories, and they seem to be what people are most willing to risk they're lives for. What does this say about their importance? It is paramount.
I will miss you pottering around in your beautiful garden, christmas' with your little tree you were growing for what seemed like forever (but never got above 3 feet tall), you always asking for postcards which you'd cover your fridge with, your incredibly good cooking, your smile, your laugh and your immense kindness and love.
You will never see me get married, you won't be at my graduation or my 21st and you'll never know how much I admired and loved you. But I'll see you there, and I know you loved me more than words can describe, and that's enough in this time of grief.
I wonder if you're enjoying your garden in heaven, what flowers you have planted. I can imagine that there are one's we didn't even know existed in your flower beds, and you are in complete peace and bliss.
Always with me, and I'm always with you.
