how soft
these evening
footfalls ring,

over treaded
tarmac
sing,

of all the secrets kept within.

two items of vague interest:

1) got meself a lumix LX2 which i love dearly
2) went to paris at the weekend, so sorry if i start flooding with deviations, but some are my very first proper portraits - hey, i was with a divine creature with the rough dimensions of a model, so i wasn't going to waste an opportunity, was i?

anyway, i think i'll write about paris soon, but for now i'm a bit too close to it all, so i'll just say HI to you all and i'll speak soon...

-- beth x

Evening, all!

Well, i finally got round to uploading my chinese new year photos from last week. I should have been less lazy really and uploaded them as soon as i got back so it would be a bit more topical, but honestly it's taken me all week to come round to some of them.

I've been pretty disappointed in my creative endeavours recently, and my photo-head has taken quite a battering - i looked at these (that at the time of taking, thought "they're great!") last sunday night, and looked at boring subject after boring subject.

I'm not sure if i'm not picking out the most interesting photograph, or if it's my style that's making things in the photos boring, or if it's just in my head.

But enough of this. These are the ones i liked, and some are even in colour! As i mentioned to ~KittenKiss recently, the UK (and the north of, in winter) is a hard place to get a bright colour out of at the best of times, but the sun was shining for us so all seemed light and bright and other things ending in ight.

Actually, i'm always pleased with the atmosphere at Chinese New Year in Newcastle. There's always a feeling of ease, and no signs of any 'bother' - something i'm quite proud of. Now if only we could extend this to Gays, Asians & Blacks, we could really call ourselves diverse.