Kathryn Andrews Personal Photography Project: Ghetto Unfabulous Week 2

Kathryn Andrews Personal Photography Project Ghetto Unfabulous

Apologies for the delay in posting week 2 of my Ghetto Unfabulous Project. I took this photo last weekend but have only just got round to blogging it. Here's a little background info: Every town seems to have an affluent, upmarket area as well as a poorer, deprived area. Last weekend I drove around Winchester - particularly the less well off areas looking for something Ghetto Unfabulous to photograph. I came across homes which had a lot of children's toys strewn all over the front gardens and homes with old battered cars on the front lawn which had clearly been there for some time. The trouble is, I'm not doing this project to mock the way people live or to criticise people going about their every day lives. I'm more interested in the way society as a whole have left some areas to become less desirable. The way society leaves perfectly good buildings and communal areas to become an eyesore. I could have photographed the homes I just mentioned but it just didn't feel right. Then I … [Read more...]

Kathryn Andrews Personal Photography Project: Ghetto Unfabulous

Kathryn Andrews Personal Photography Project Ghetto Unfabulous

While I predominantly photograph beautiful weddings, I also enjoy taking photos for fun or to simply practise and improve on my skills as a photographer. Usually I don't post my personal photography projects on the internet but this year I've decided to push myself to take more photographs for my own professional development. By keeping photographs to myself, it's a little too easy to become complacent and skip a few days. By posting my images regularly online, I feel obliged to go out and take more photos. I recently bought myself a new lens... a Nikon 35mm wide angle lens to be precise. To date I have been using my 60mm macro lens, a 24-70mm and a 70-200mm. These have been great and I still plan to use them, but I've started to feel a little lazy with my zoom lenses. They don't challenge me. This is why I'm venturing into the world of prime lenses. Prime lenses offer superior quality, especially in low light and they challenge you to move around more until you find that perfect … [Read more...]

Bournemouth Air Show 2011

Hampshire and Dorset Photographer

Yesterday was World Photography Day and for something a little different, I headed down to Bournemouth Air Show in Dorset. It was a great day sitting on the beach in the sunshine and I was very impressed with those Red Arrow pilots! ... Oh... and the wing walkers were fab! Very brave girls! Here's a few of my photographs from the day... Very sad to hear that 33 year old Flt Lt Jon Egging, the pilot of Red 4 died today when his Red Arrow aeroplane crashed in a field near Bournemouth Airport after today’s show. It is thought he refused to eject from the aircraft so that he could guide the plane into a field and prevent others from possibly losing their lives. My thoughts are with his wife Emma, his family and the Red Arrow display team who put on a fantastic show at Bournemouth Beach. … [Read more...]

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