More OM-10 love

Now that the restrictions have eased in England, we’ve been able to see family, friends and just general people out and about. Its funny how I used to deliberately avoid people in my photos but after being at so many empty places in the last 18 months, its been really lovely to see people visiting areas again. Though I do still prefer them at a distance ha!

I’m also so pleased that we finally got to go to the beach again, after possibly the longest time I’ve ever spent away from it. This Norfolk gal at heart did not like being away from the sound of the sea and feel of the sand! Luckily our next visit to the beach is only in a matter of weeks rather than months.

Camera: Olympus OM-10
Location: Lincolnshire Coast
Film: Fuji Superia 200

My OM-10 is home!!!

Some of you who follow me on Twitter (back when I used Twitter, cough, sorry Twitter) may have seen that in September 2019 I took my beloved Olympus OM-10 - which used to belong to my Dad - to a camera repair shop. It took a while for the person to find the right parts to fix it and then lockdown happened, but finally, in late 2020 - I got my OM-10 back. Woohoo. And then finally in 2021, I actually used it!

Here are some of the first photos that I took with my reunited friend.

It was so wonderful to use it again and I was obviously drawn to red and oranges at the time of using it as well. The shutter was sticking and the camera needed an overall clean but now we’re in working order and we are good to go. I can’t wait to take it on more adventures.

Oh I’m so happy to have it home!

Hello again!

So once again I have left 6 months between posts and once again, it came to renewal time on Squarespace and I couldn’t let my blog go. The rather silly thing is that I have loads of photos that I could share from the last 2 years or so, but I just haven’t. And I’m not really sure why I haven’t. I guess it doesn’t really matter why - or why not. We all know its been a very strange time lately and I’ve been genuinely impressed by other people who have managed to keep their sh*t together.

So rather than dwell, lets just get into some new (to you at least) photos instead…

These kind of photos remind me of fireworks.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Fuji Superia 200

one year ago

These photos were taken around a year ago just before the first lockdown in March 2020. It seems that on one hand, the year has flown by and I can’t quite believe that its been a whole year. Yet on the other - after March 2020, the days seemed to have dragggged and dragggged.

Oblivious to year ahead, I took these photos on a little day out trip to Knaresborough. I often wonder if we would have done things differently if we did know what was actually going to happen - but in honestly, I think I would have just bought more of the lovely gf/df cakes we had at Number 13 cafe and Thomas more treats from the bakery ha.

Its hard to know what to write really that sums up how weird and hard the last 12 months have been. Its challenged us all in ways I’m sure no one imagined - and like any significant event - its shown peoples true colours in ways that have either pleased or surprised us.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Lomography CN 400
Location: Knaresborough