Vivienne

February 19, 2013May 8, 2013 | SallyT

Initially.. this may seem like a cop-out. This is my little girl, Vivi.. and working trying to get some nice shots of her is so much harder than when I run off to a local park to do a family/children/baby portraiture shoot with some lovely people that have booked me to get some nice snaps. Yes, I point my camera at her very regularly.. no, she doesn’t stay still.. and no, she never does what I ask her to when I try and take her picture.. I’ve wanted to get some close ups of V for a while.. suddenly she’s a little girl and I have no idea where my baby went..

Here are a few from 5 minutes in some gorgeous light outside our front door yesterday afternoon. (Taken in-between her doing her owl impression from ‘The Gruffalo’ and her personal interpretation of ‘Gangnam Style’)

Sally x

This week..

February 8, 2013April 30, 2013 | SallyT

..PhotoVogue accepted a few of my photographs for their showcase. Buzz buzz buzz. You can see my portfolio here (one from the Winter shoot a few posts back, a confetti shot from Amy & Keyan’s wedding and a night-time Ritz shot from Natalie & Steven’s wedding)

..I’ve updated the galleries on my website.. grab a cup of tea and have a browse..

..and the wonderful Joanna Brown has uploaded a preview from the photo session when she mentored me last week..

S x

Lost Edinburgh polaroids..

February 6, 2013May 8, 2013 | SallyT

..in our house it comes as no surprise that I lost these for a few months. I love that neither came out ‘perfectly’ and the distortions which have appeared from shoving them into my coat pocket (Impossible Project users will understand!)

S x

The right to marry..

February 5, 2013April 30, 2013 | SallyT

A few weeks ago I was in the pub with my husband and the crowd he goes to the football match with most weekends. All fine, and everyone was chatting away over pints and glasses of wine. We were all sitting around one table, and I noticed most of the group were laughing and sniggering towards a corner of the pub. I leaned in and asked “What’s going on?!” wanting to be in on the joke.. “Look!” they all said “Look it’s disgusting!”

I looked over and there were two girls kissing. I said: “Are you joking? You can’t be serious.”

“It’s disgusting! How can they just sit there and do that in front of everyone?!”

“So what? Why do you have a problem with it?”

“It’s two girls! Kissing! It’s not normal.”

It carried on, with me arguing with them as a group that.. come on.. it’s 2013.. and who are they to say a couple in love can’t kiss.. who are they to say that because they’re a same-sex couple they should do it in private.. and no I’m not a big fan of public displays of affection myself.. but that’s not why they were pointing (yes pointing) and sniggering at the young couple in the corner..

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