4/52 When men come, set yourself on fire

I decided to post both of these because I like them both equally but for different reasons.

My body is still aching from this shoot. I walked all the way down to the reserve near my house and somehow I got stuck on the hour trail after having already spent an hour scouting and shooting in different locations. I had a book of photo ideas I'd sketched out but I just happened to walk past a small stream and that song "I keep, going to to the river to pray" came into my head and I was like okay... Well, now I have to take the photo.

Life Goes On

Had a catch up with my beautiful friend Lauren and launched a sneak attack photoshoot.

Coronation 3/52 Weeks

There is freedom waiting for you on the breezes of the sky, 

And you ask "What if I fall?"

Oh but my darling,

What if you fly?”

e/h

I did It guys. I've been going through a real downturn in my self-portraits. I did quite a few shoots this week and they all didn't produce anything I was happy sharing but I had this image in my head though okay let's give it a go. To my surprise, it actually came out halfway decent!

Neon Nights

I've really been into this red blue combination so when I saw this neon light near my bus stop, I dragged my boyfriend down one day to take some shots on New Years Eve. I'm really happy with how it turned out because this is my first ever night time and low light shoot.

Black boys look blue in the moonlight

Since I've been really excited about Moonlight, I edited this shoot in a way that was supposed to play homage to the film. How did I do?

2/52 You think I'll be the dark sky so you can be the star?

You think I'll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I'll eat you whole - W/S

He stood in the corn fields

This wasn't an actual cornfield, call it the budget version haha. We took a walk in the reserve and found this tall grass and we HAD to take some photos.

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Went to a reserve near my house with the boyfriend and took some photos.

1/52 Your warmth attracts parasites

“But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites” - Warsan Shire

So i'm giving the 52 weeks project a go, maybe this time I'll stick to it. I've been a little disappointed in myself because I haven't been taking as many photos as I used to and I haven't been creating as much in general. It's easy to use University as an excuse but when I think of all these people working 2 - 3 jobs, studying and keeping a roof over the heads, I really have no excuse. So here's to a year of challenging myself creatively and fighting procrastination.