"A bee lives a busy and stressful life, yet they produce the sweetest honey.”

today, i took the train home from spending the weekend in northampton with a few friends. it was fun and nice, and i shared my hotel room with a close friend. we had a few drinks and at three in the morning decided to record these memories; so she modelled for me.

eddy, taken on iPhone with instagram (lawrawr)

the next day we had a lay-in and woke up to a foggy view, it was so surreal how the human mind can be affected when there isn’t much vision of what is ahead of you. once again i took pictures of eddy in her furry hat and white dress whilst she posed in the fog and cold. i have bad circulation, so my fingers were changing colours and going purple but we both were having fun.

northampton market on a sunday, taken on iPhone with instagram (lawrawr)

after arriving back in london, i went to get my black and white film developed. keeping my fingers crossed because this was my fourth attempt in doing a hollywood glamour shoot for my uni project (with film). i forgot to tell the man in the store that i had pushed the iso two stops, and by the time i had told him, it was too late and already in the machine. whilst the process of it all, this person talked to me and taught me more things about film, and little tricks. he saw i was still a bit stressed, and he told me “when you think you are busy and stressed, relax. for bees have such busy lives yet they produce the sweetest honey. so work like a bee, and do your best; everything will be sweet in the end.” and these words were something i needed to hear especially from a stranger who knows nothing about me but still giving me advice on life.

i managed to select two of my favourite images from the whole shoot and got them enlarged and printed. i was too scared to develop and enlarge my final project shoot, but i will definitely try to enlarge the rest myself.

i will upload the images soon, maybe this week or next. i have developed some film on my own at uni too and need to scan them. so i can’t wait to write about them.