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music

music loves

So my musical moods have been a tad sporadic lately...I spent all of yesterday practically weeping over Josh Groban and Il Divo, and so upon discovering this collaboration, a smile has not left my face. Yes, I would even go as far as to say Zooey may have just overtaken Emily as my favourite Deschanel sister, even if Bones is still my second...

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freebies

free raw preset: bleached vintage

My comfort zone doesn't quite extend from Photoshop to Lightroom just yet, but after bit of tweaking with the presets option in place of homework results in this. "Bleached Vintage" (I'm so creative with names, I know) lowers the saturation of your image and adds some warm chocolate tones. Tweak to your hearts content to make it suit your individual images - you...

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pictures

beloved horseflesh

I am not fortunate enough to grow up around horses, but on the rare occasion, perhaps once a year, that I find myself surrounded by these animals, I get a sense of complete and utter euphoria. Even if I am not the one in the saddle, I am the girl with closed eyes just breathing in the smell of warm flesh, leather, hay...

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pictures

birdwatching

  Went for a walk with my friend today, some 7km along the waterfront which turned more into a hilarious chase for birds. Did I mention I am very much in like with telephoto lenses? All I need to work on now is my reflexes as far as tracking said birds and clicking the shutter goes. My favourite: Also witnessed the most spectacular...

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thoughts

trying to live

I want to live life. I want to live wide. But these days, it feels as though to 'live life' as a teenager is to go out, get drunk and make out with someone random (or not so random) so as to provide entertainment for bystanders. I wonder if my tone reveals just how disenchanted I am with all of that. I suppose I...

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pictures

fairies and watercolours

I had forgotten how beautiful the Royal Botanical Gardens are. Woke up and the sky was grey. Exited Wynyard station and it poured. Walked to the gardens, my friend Amy got changed and what do you know, the sun came out. Had I not ended up melting in jeans and a black shirt, and WANTED to shoot in the rain, I would've been...

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