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Okay, so I’m not one for being a bitch, but come on. If you’re going to write about me, maybe you should learn about me first. I think you should take a long hard look at yourself and ask yourself what you have achieved by putting people down on your blog. I don’t care what you think about my art. I think you’re pretty pathetic. And I know I’m probably over-reacting. I know you did say my art was nice but I ruined it all the same. And what you don’t seem to realise is half the reason I do the things I do. You don’t even know me. So don’t pretend you do. But by saying how ruined my art was, you gave me just what I’ve been needing; exposure! So thank you! Thanks for the free publicity. Thank you for saying how I have no confidence and have so much fear. It means a lot to me that you took the time to write about me. Now my Google Page Rank is that little bit higher because you decided to help me out. That’s so kind. You know, if there’s anything I can do in return then just let me know! Maybe I can do so right now. Maybe I can mention what a horrible site you run and how you should get a life and not belittle people. Maybe I’ll also mention that you shouldn’t judge people and how you’re obviously just a sad, little loner. I hope that helps get you a bit more exposure! Just a thought, no need to thank me. [:

In other words, don’t mess with me because my claws will come out. I need to rant because this is deeply frustrating to encounter. I feel like a celebrity in those gossip magazines being accused of affairs and scandal. But I’m just a 19 year old kid who takes photographs for a living. So come on, give me a break and blog about someone who people will actually know. Sheesh.

I have put some out-takes and final images below for your viewing pleasure. I hope they’re alright. I felt we needed some new Nakitt shots together. Especially as life is so becoming so busy for us, it’s always great to get to take photographs and spend that time we would otherwise miss. <3

And now I’m off to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It looks highly good. [:

I have another shoot on the 19th which I’m most excited about. I need to scout some locations and gather outfits together. But as always, I’m keeping it very hush-hush so no one can steal my ideas. People have been doing that lately, and it’s not cool. Anyway, the hat for it arrived today from the US, so now it’s just down to me collecting a few more props and it’ll all be ready to go. I’m super stoked.

And even though they don’t need an introduction, I cannot recommend this album highly enough. It’s full of that Summer tune feeling, and seeing as it hasn’t stopped being so sunny for the past 4 days, it’s a great vibe to feel. Give them a listen.

Speaking of music, I recently discovered someone with the same initials as I. His name is Kyle Galanaugh, I know, weird how similar his name is to mine?! Gallannaugh and Galanaugh?! Spookily cool! Anyway, I stumbled upon his music by accident not that long ago and I was instantly hooked. He asked me to spread the news of his music, so I suggest you go and give it a listen here. It’s like the love-child of Coldplay and U2 and is so, so beautiful.

That is all from me today. Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. That was one hell of a Winter and now we can all crawl outside again and enjoy the World again! [:

Just a few of my most recent photographs. [:

I’ve been quiet lately. Too quiet. My camera has remained snuggled in it’s cosy bag and I have felt starved of inspiration. The rain everyday, the constant cloud and the coldness has kept me inside as nothing is inspiring any more about the weather. It was such a mild Winter and now it’s nearly Spring and it’s even colder than before and it rains everyday. I am planning shoots for March so I can dip my toes back into the photographic pool, so I hope that it will be a sunny Spring. I’d like to imagine it’ll be slightly better by then.

Things have been good.

I have a Tumblr account which I actually use now and I’m becoming more and more addicted to it. It’s just a little place for my mind to wander and to gain all my inspiration into one area. I don’t really have a particular theme, it’s all over the place. But I hope I can make it into a little den of motivation for others to stumble across too.

I just want to slow life down. This week has already gone too fast for my liking and it’s freaking me out slightly. I like it fast though, it’s exciting. When we move into our flat I shall be buying a rabbit no matter what. I need a little pet to look after and photograph and give me inspiration, and I just happen to love rabbits. I used to have a pet one as a kid but she died when I was 7 and I was broken about it. So I would love to make up for all the years I went without little Thumper and to experience life with a rabbit again. It’ll be a little grey one I think. I’ve been looking up all the different breeds, but I’ll just have to find a local breeder and see what they can sell us. [:

I am so bored right now and I really have nothing much to blog about. My laptop is being sent off to HP tomorrow, and I know it’ll come back even more broken. But I wanted to at least try to get it fixed before the warranty runs out in August. Considering it was £1000, I haven’t been impressed by it’s performance in the slightest and was promised it was one of the best on the market. I hope it comes back better, but I know it’ll just go wrong again and by that stage my warranty will be dead. The life of laptops, ey?!

Anyway, I can smell the yummy supper Nathan has made, so I shall be following the woft of goodness now and call it a day! Ciao!

My Valentine’s card to Nay.

Nay making eye-love to his new book.

And pimpin’ his new shirt too. <3

Me with our gingerbread hearts in my little “den”.

Om nom nom nom.

Bright light, bright light!

Me looking a bit drugged.. (I wasn’t)

Cutest florist window display, ever!

Watching bokeh on the hill home.

So the past few days have seen an Internet craze known as “Celebrity Doppelganger Week” where people have replaced their profile images on social networks with a celebrity lookalike. For some reason it is strangely fun and very, very addictive.

Nathan seems to have a Scottish twin known as James McAvoy, the likeness is quite uncanny (and frightening). I think anyone would get them confused in the same room together. On the other hand, I seem to be the love child of Kate Hudson and Blake Lively, so I just chose Kate as her photo was most similar to one of mine.

And now a photo of a close friend, Mr. Tim Evans who seems to have found his doppelganger in the Kiwi – Jemaine Clement. Classic.

That’s all for now. Just felt like having a quick giggle! [:

We returned from Lille in France earlier this week after a fabulous holiday. I have never had so much fun walking around, speaking French, eating bread, bouncing on hotel beds and touching the ceiling, shivering in -3 degrees, sleeping whenever we wanted, buying pretty souvenirs for the family and taking a million photos together. We were so free and had a wonderful time. I’ll put some photographs below in a minute. [: Thank you so much once again for the incredible treat, Nay. <3

Yesterday and today were so sunny. After so much snow it’s so nice to feel the sun prickle your skin again. We haven’t had any rain lately, just cloud and more cloud. So seeing the blue sky in winter was a great uplifting boost. We went for gloriously muddy walks and took photos of the sunset and the huge full moon.

The last few nights we have had a mouse running around our bedroom. We lay a trap with food in, but it was clever enough to get the food out without going inside! This morning was the 4th night it has run around and it woke me up at 3am. I woke Nathan up and he drifted in and out of sleep as I tiptoed around the bedroom moving the trap to where I heard its little feet. By the time Nathan woke up at 8am I was still tiptoeing and feeling like a zombie. He felt groggy too as he kept dosing in and out of sleep all night. We got up and chased the tiny creature around. Nathan managed to corner it, but it jumped away and we carried on our chase. By 10.30 I managed to get it to crawl its tired little body into a trap and we placed her into a tank with sawdust, heaps of hamster bedding, food and water. She was so scared and burrowed away. But she’s been coming out more and more and doesn’t seem so jumpy any more. We are going to release her, but she is so tiny that we feel we need to capture a parent mouse to release her with to give her a fighting chance. Otherwise we’ll just have to be cruel to be kind. She obviously could never be tame and as cute as she is, she’s wild and so we’ll release her in the woods with a bit of food to start her off. I’ll take some photos of her and put them up if she comes out from sleeping. Her name is Honeysuckle.

2010 has been incredible so far. It has given me so many moments which have just taken my breath away. I have so many photographic opportunities lined up for this year and I feel like this is an amazing start. Nathan has been working away on a client’s site as well as finishing off his Mum’s and a new portfolio for me which I absolutely adore. He’s so smart, I wish I could code websites. It’s something I don’t think I could ever master, I’ll leave it to Nathan!

On that note I shall leave you with some recent images and I’m off to grab supper. Until next time!

And a photo that we took today in the 3 o’ clock setting Sun. It was beautiful. <3

32 months ago Nathan and I pronounced our first love for one another. 2 and bit years later here we are living, breathing and loving together even more than I ever could’ve possibly imagined. He made today magical for me. It was all like a fairytale.

We went to get hot chocolate. He bought me a muffin and himself a giant cookie. We sat and just relaxed in the warmth of the shop and watched the buses from the window. We then went to the cinema and saw Sherlock Holmes which was a top-notch film. We absolutely loved it, I can’t wait for it’s DVD release. We then went shopping and bought a lot of food for supper. We had an amazing pizza, salad and cream soda. Eating it in bed and watching BBC 2 felt more amazing than it ever could’ve done. It’s been such an incredible day and I’ve loved every single second.

When you find someone you love, you appreciate every second together. And how long and hard Nathan and I fought for one another has really paid off and I will never take a millisecond for granted. I love everything about this man, and this is my life and he is my future. I am so blessed.

Happy anniversary Nay. I love you. <3

Tonight we went roller blading.
We went all around the park at sunset.
And then got ourselves locked in, so it took us an hour to get home.
It was heaps of fun though, even if we were nearly out of petrol.
I love moment like this with you Nay.
<3

We had a lazy breakfast together and a lazy lunch too. We didn’t eat much, we were supposed to be detoxing but have instead just cut our portions down. Minority Report played as I curled under the blue blanket and you typed, your keys being music to my ears. I love these lazy days with you. The days when we don’t actually do anything, but it feels like you’ve done everything without words.