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Study in Orange

Originally uploaded by LadyBinx

I went out to London with some friends on Thursday and challenaged myself to take as many photos of orange things as I could. I was actually surprised at how much orange there was. Orange is a strange colour I think, it can be a nice, happy, colour, or it can be a warn not to touch something. It’s also a colour I think that very few people can wear with style. In these photos I like the way the colour pops out of the photo, away from the dull grey and black backgrounds.

While we were in London we also saw James Dean Bradfield (though this may still be under dispute), Noel Fielding and I also looked at a flat a minute away from where Marc Bolan died (morbid, I know, but I like T-Rex).

I always wanted glasses, now I have some. I know they are retro and Dame Edna-esque but I love them and with the right outfit they can turn into Adurey Hepburn-esque, and that is never a bad thing.

Thecoolhunter.net recently stated that skinny jeans were becoming unfashionable.

Mark our words: skinny legs are on their way out. Hard to believe, we know, given that every hipster from Hobart to Helsinki is sporting licorice legs right now but the tide is slowly turning, thanks to the world’s top designers who have decided that they’ve had enough of the look. Enter Prada, who are still setting global trends and leading the way in true fashion innovation, despite being a global mega brand (which usually spells one thing: boring). The brilliant fashion house is on a mission to bring back seriously voluminous “flares,” but with a fabulous signature quirky Prada twist in the form of lavish fabrication and intricate prints. Not for the faint-fashion hearted.

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Study in Blue

Originally uploaded by LadyBinx

At the moment, aside from buttloads of training to be a hairdresser’s receptionist (believe there is more to it than you would think), I am also doing a study of colour. I am looking at taking abstract images of one colour but with different hues in it. I have one example on my homepage at the moment in blue. I think the colours in this image are fantastic and bright with a perfect gradient across the images. The water drops add texture and depth to the image making it almost three dimensional.

I got the job. Yayy!

I had a job interview and trial today with as a hairdresser’s receptionist. It is surprisingly involved. There is lots to do, it’s not just answering the phone and filling in times. There is lots to remember, and they only told me the basics and I don’t even know if I have to job!! Though they do want me to come back tomorrow and Friday to train some more. I have GOT to get the hang of booking times etc. It is actually pretty complicated.

Also this evening I went to see the film Teeth.

As I was walking to my interview at the museum I realized that this summer there were some really interesting exhibits on in London, so I decided I would become really cultured and go to lots of museums and galleries.

Blood on Paper: the Art of the Book – V&A

The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection – V & A

Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography – Tate Modern

Skin+Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture – Somerset House

I have an interview tomorrow at the Science Museum. I really really want the job. It just front of house stuff, but still it would be cool. Also, I might be doing some photography work for a company brochure, which would also be awesome!

In other news, I am back at home and unpacked. I am so glad to be out of halls, no more thumping bass music at 3am when I want to sleep. I am so tired today, even though I slept really well last night, I think that it is because I have not slept properly in a week or so.

Mmm, I smell roast beef, I love being home.

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I am a second year now. October seems so far away.  I don’t have much to say in this entry, I am rather at a loss.

This summer I am planning to:

get a job

teach myself flash so I can redesign my site

move out with Charlotte and Emma

And maybe even go see my dad and my sister, but this all depends on money.

It is a week till the end of term at university and everything is due in. I think I am pretty much on top of things. I have finished my Visual Studies essay which was a pain to do. It hasn’t really been my best or favorite subject. Also I have got my final images for Digital Photography done. Now I have to print them at A3 and produce a portfolio with an evaluation and do the evaluation for the website as well. I am actually kind of surprised at my marks so far for web design. They are the highest marks I have ever gotten for an essay. Writing really isn’t my strong point. I’m more of a practical person than an academic one.

I am going to Gatecrasher this weekend and I was really aiming to have all of my work done by then, most of it is done, or at least the large bits that would take my most of the time so I am pleased. If I am also honest I thought that Gatecrasher was next weekend, and had a rather rude awakening on Sunday when I was told otherwise!

Also last Sunday I went to the Life Before Death Exhibit at the Wellcome Gallery in Euston with my mom. It was an interesting exhibit with collaboration between a reporter and a photographer who spent time in a hospice in Germany interviewing terminally ill patients about how they felt about their death. Unsurprisingly, the text was very powerful. The images were very confrontational. They were close up images only showing the face in high contrast. You could make out almost every wrinkle on the older people and the details of the younger subjects were very full of sorrow. The text ranged from anger at having life taken away from them to what they were holding onto and what their families felt and hoped for them. A few subject said they felt at peace with their impending death and were able to accept it after a time. The photos were taken in the last days or months of their life and the day that died. When I spoke to one of my teachers, Carol, who had gone to see a talk about the exhibit she mentioned how she had spoken with people ranging from nurses and doctors to embalmers and bereavement councilors. I think it is interesting to note the type of people who were interested in this exhibit. Not only artists and people interested in art but people who deal with death everyday. Although everyone encounters death within their lives it is something that most people find really difficult to talk about and wish to avoid thinking about, but it is also one thing that everyone has in common with each other.

I am deep and a cliché.