Clouds

I'm pretty excited to announce that my certificate and badge arrived in the post to officially welcome me as member 28,415 of The Cloud Appreciation Society. Here is a timelapse I made whilst I was appreciating clouds... enjoy!

Gardens and snails

We've started our semester on moving image and our first assignment was to create a 1 minute edit after shooting 4 film clips. I've never done anything like this, so let me know what you think!

Summer at the Lakes

 I spent a week in the Lake District with a borrowed twin lens reflex camera.

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Smaller

I've been taught how to photograph the minute this year. Looking at the smallest creatures and seeing the patterns of life, definitely gives a new perspective;

Shore Fly Larvae

Fresh Water Shrimp

Fresh Water Copepod with egg sacks

The inside of a horse chesnut

A bamboo leaf

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Last Summer

A week spent with good friends in hammocks...

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India

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Early Mother's Day

Oh Cornwall.

So here commences my collection of Cornish place names that have tickled me (schoolboy humour is always the best) over the last 6 months;

Slaughter Bridge
Goonhusband
Goonhaven
Come to Good
Playing Place
Retire
Londons Apprentice
Paradise
Washaway
Brown Willy
Praze-an-Beeble

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein

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Interesting finds...

So this week I've been researching for my essay entitled "The National Geographic Society and its Impact on Early Conservation" and here are some of the nuggets that I dug up along the way...

A bookshelf made from National Geographics

A stylish National Geographic cardigan for a measly £110

The first ever photograph of a beaver

The man who took the first photograph of a beaver

A National Geographic air freshener, so your room can smell like Alaska

A National Geographic article saying air fresheners are bad for the environment, and you should open your window instead....

Photos from Last Term

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