I'm in a putting photos on my blog mood recently (and also I am kinda avoiding doing work! he he he) I was looking through my photos of friends and outings we have had and thought I would put some of my favourite ones on here.







Anyhoo hope you liked

XXX

Photographers

Well I thought for this post instead of boring you with whats been going on in my week (which has been pretty average) I would steal an idea from what Becky.f does in her blog and talk about photographs/photographers that I like and that have also inspired me as a photographer (thanks becky).

Well one of the first photographers I really heard about and was struck by was Diane Arbus, she is a portrait photographer, but is very well known for photographing quite striking people. I remember seeing her work for the first time and being drawn in.
Another photographer that I like is Gregory Crewdson, I find his use of lighting fasinating and the way he constructs his images really captures the viewers eyes, he shoots his photographs as if he is photographing film sets. I just remember seeing his work for the first time in London and spending ages looking at the very large prints.


One other photographer I want to mention is one that I haved loved looking at ever since 1st yr of college which is portrait photographer Anton Corbijn, I cannot tell you what it is about his work that I like because I dont know! but here are a few of his images anyway!



Ok well thats it I guess, I am scanning my negatives onto the comp in the next few weeks so hopefully I will have some of my own images on here soon!

Anyhoo i'm gonna go to bed now

Night allXXXX

Officially an Adult!!!!!

Wow! I haven't posted in 2 weeks! I dunno how that happened just been busy I guess. Well my week has been good, turned 21 last friday which was really cool, I am now officially an adult, It is also scary because I remember quite clearly turning 13 and thinking how old 21 is! and now I'm 21. I had a really good day though, got my haircut in the morning, then spent some time with my parents, then went for a lovely picnic on the beach with rach, krust and pic. Then in the eve had a few of the girlies round (pic, krust, gem, debs and ellie) which was really lovely we sat out in my back garden chatting for ages and ate lots and lots then at bout 10pm we decided to go to the beach so we grabbed a flask of tea, some blankets and my mum grabbed a load of her jumpers and made sure we were all warm enough before we left! lol! I love her! and headed down to the beach. I tell you now I haven't laughed so much in ages, we all just went a little mad.

Then on Sunday I went back to uni, I love my housemates when I got in there was a pile of prezzies and banners up. I was thinking the other day that I have just finished my final ever student holiday, because I am not doing a masters, no way! ha ha ha! I am really glad yet quite sad that in 8 weeks I will have finished education forever!!!!!!!!! Its a really weird feeling because as much as I want these 8 weeks to be over and done with I also dont want to wish it away because once its done its done!!!!

Its hard though because all I can think of at the moment is september! For ages all I have wanted to do is give a year for God and its finally happening and I cant wait, so its hard to enjoy these 8 weeks when all I can think of is sept. But I know God is going to bless me even more so in these next 8 weeks than what he already has.

Something else I have been thinking about is how much I have changed, its weird I didn't think I had changed much whilst at uni but over Easter I learnt that was not true! I guess sometimes you need people to point things out, I am so thankful for what God has done in me, and the person he is making me to be, I cant wait for what he is going to do in me next year!

Right well this was a pretty boring post I do apologise! but there we go!

bye for nowXXX

p.s some more silly things that uni has taught me

1. My parents seem smarter than what they used be!
2. My mum's meals is something I look forward to!
3. Getting mail is so exciting!
4. Being spontanious is a must at uni!

My Song!

'Nobody does it better, Nobody does it half as good, Baby your the best'

Ok so last summer me and a few girls were sitting watching bridget jones 2 when this song came on and Kirsty started singing this song at me! I was a little confused and didn't understand why she was pointing at me but then found out that for quite a few years this was her song for me which she has sang everytime I did my silly Maddy things and what is hilarious is that she thought I knew about it, but I just thought she liked that song! HA HA HA! an example of my silly ways. I was quite proud of this, I have my own song which I love.

So this afternoon I have been thinking about what my silly ways are and some of most classic moments, which I have now have made a new name for which is Maddy Madness or Maddie's Mad Moments (any other suggestions welcome). Here are some of the things I can remember:

One is I have an incredible ability to trip up in most places, the most memerable moment of tripping was in New York outside madison square gardens I was carrying about 10 bags and I literally tripped and fell in a second it wasn't even one of those running trips where you try and not fall, anyway I fell flat on my face in a sort of star shape still holding all my bags, all my friend could do was stand there in shock mouth wide open whilst this new yorker ran up to me shouting 'oh my god, oh my god, are you ok' (when reading this read that quote in a new yorker accent it sounds funnier) I got up so fast bright red and laughed all the way home! with a quite painful knee.

A few other things are, I often dont tend to look where i'm going which means I often bump into people, I constantly get my words mixed up so end up saying such stupid things, and in my house at uni I have now officially become 'The clumsy one' because I have broken A LOT of plates, glasses and mugs, fell up our stairs many many times and have been the only one to start a small fire.

So yeah Nobody does do it quite as good as I do, but I dont mind cause if I didn't then I wouldn't be Maddy! so if any of you have your own funny ways do share! or if you remember any classic maddie madness do share I like laughing at myself! ha ha ha!

Anyhoo gonna go eat some chocolate now! as it is easter! XXXX

Highs and Lows

Ok well today has been a rather odd day I must say, its been filled with highs and lows. Which is odd because I haven't had a day like that in quite some time. It started off like every Sunday morning starts off for me which is lovely church, which was a high point of the day as I love going to Jubilee! and obviously I love worshipping God and learning more about him. Then we went onto Coombs farm to stroke the lambs and laugh at the sheeps making hilarious noises and we also went on a tractor ride which was very cold and windy but fun.

Then I got home and suddenly had a low and I dont know why! it was really weird I just started to think about how I talk and how annoying it might be to have to listen to me! I dont know why I started to think this but I did. I came to the conclusion that I talk before I really think about what I am trying to say which then means I often dont make sense and I start making a fool out of myself and this got me really angry and upset. I often say stupid things, and I laugh them off but today I was thinking over some of the stupid things I say and nearly started to cry, rather bizarre. Then that got me even more annoyed and upset because then I started thinking 'oh maddy, your just to emotional and sensitive, get a grip'.

So anyway after this low point I decided that I would go to seeking God even though I wasn't really in the mood as I felt like I just want to curl up in bed a cry (i really really dont know why I felt like this) but I headed down there anyway. Which I must say was a very good decision as it was one of the best prayer meetings I have been to. God was talking to us all so much and I went from wanting to cry and practically doing it to feeling this amazing amount of Joy and praise in a matter of seconds! wow! I really really do love God he truely is amazing. This eve just reminded me once again that no matter what happens in our lives good, bad or scary that as long as we have God in our lives we never need to worry. He fills us up and gives us strength and if we have faith in him for what tommorow brings then all are fears will slowely fade away. Praise God eh?

Anyway just thought I would share my day with you all, best go to sleep I guess got work tommorow. night night x