Day #236

Good evening! Today was Becca's day off so I hopped on a train and met her. We visited the newly re-opened Battle of Britain memorial, complete with 'Scramble experience'. I love history, as you may or may not know, but until today, I don't think I properly grasped the full emotion of both Britain and the pilots themselves during the second world war. After the fall of France and the evacuation of Dunkirk, Britain was on the brink of invasion, the Germans geared up for Operation Sea lion and our island was desperately gearing up for any defence that they could. It really struck me today how vital the RAF was during the second world war and that, as repeated throughout the museum "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

My photo for today is of the huge brickwork propeller at the memorial site with a statue of an airman looking out across the sea. I couldn't get all of the propeller in because of the scale of the thing.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #235

Evening all! Today I shared some banter with the shopping delivery driver. He told me that Sainsbury's couldn't give my family fish fingers, so when I asked what they replaced them with, he replied, 'Shredded wheat'. He couldn't keep a straight face and nor could I. It was just quite a sweet moment and you might be relieved to know that they just gave us a different brand of fish fingers. These four things sit on top of the unit in my room. A pint glass that I got for my 18th, a Valentine's present from Becca, a bottle of whisky from my Granddad and a jar of loose change. Not crazily inspirational but quite cute all the same.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #234

Hey there! Super quick post today, myself and Becca have been at the cinema to see Minions and I would 100% recommends. It's brilliant! I was sceptical before I came but watching it I realised how great it was, not just a funny noise gone too far. Tomorrow is Monday, everyone winds up for work but I'll be taking photos, reading books and doing general jobs around the house. It's a hard life right?

Until tomorrow

Will :-)

Day #233

Hey there! Today I took a stroll along to the Regency day at Walmer castle. It was a tad smaller than I had expevted and remembered, it was also a lot more kid friendly but it was quite a cool atmosphere. No, not a cool atmosphere, quite a nerdy, questionable one but it was still pretty interesting. For the rest of the day I have flicked between books, settling on Jay Mcinerney's Bright lights big city, bought for me by my uncle before university and never completed, so I'm restarting. It's great, it's about a Newspaper editor in New York who goes to crazy parties to get over his wife that has recently left him. It's pretty mad and I am loving the journey.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #232

Hey there! Super quick post as myself, Becca and my parents are off to see folk performer Benjamin Folke Thomas playing at a local pub. I can't wait. Today was a day of cleaning bathrooms, watering plants and playing video games. Tomorrow is an event called 'Regency weekend' at Walmer castle. It's essentially a bringing to life of the 19th century, more specifically, Warerloo, due to 200 years passing.

Until tomorrow

Will :-) 

Day #231

Hey there! So today I finished off the last of my Louis Theroux book which now means that I am stuck for what to read next, I have plenty of choice no doubt about that which is really exciting. I also binge watched Ross Kemp on gangs, including this clip, whereby he is held up at gun point by Papua New Guinea fighters. Love him, hate him or just tolerate him, he's pretty tough to not give in to the bandits. These photos were taken in our garden and I quite like them both. It's tricky to focus on a bee in mid air because they move pretty quickly compared to the hoverfly but I quite like it. The second photo would be pretty dangerous if I had left my glasses on the dry grass on a hot day for obvious reasons but it was only for a couple of seconds.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #230

Hey there! Today has been brilliant! Myself and Becca headed to Dover castle, arguably the best thing about the town. It was so sunny and lovely seeing what has changed since we were both younger (myself and Becca, and also in a way, the castle). I really get into history and I am fascinated by all things long past, however, as I reflected today, I wish I was better at it in school. I did try hard in history, one of the only subjects that I did but I just didn't make the grade. Tonight I'm heading out again to meet a couple of folks and chill in a bar or two.

Until tomorrow

Will :-) 

Day #229

Hey there! Let's pretend this post wasn't late at all. So a few days ago my Dad slid a photographic competition across my desk, in newspaper form. The competition states that the entrant can submit as many photos as they want but the theme is Sandwich Kent. As someone who has never wandered round Sandwich with a camera, I headed to give it a go, not knowing what I'd see. The result It was so nice to be semi-lost in all of the small roads with old houses and historic buildings. I'm not particularly bowled over by the shots that I took but the experience was brilliant.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #228

Hey there! Today I woke up feeling pretty lazy. By that I mean that I felt like I wasn't being as productive as I would like so I kicked off the beginning couple of pages of a novella I've decided I'll write. I thought I would take advantage of the fact that most of the lecturers on my course are book writers. If I'm going to be in at least 30,000 pounds of debt, I might as well have something to show for it. Other than an actual degree of course. Today's photo is using my mirror again against a white background. I love this photo, despite being slightly out of focus.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #227

Hey there! Today was pretty chilled out as you can expect from me on a Sunday. I washed the family car, watered the garden and it all culminated in a family meal at pizza express in Canterbury. Today's photo is, as you can see, a selfie of myself and Becca in front of the Pizza Express sign. It was really sweet having something to eat in the sun to set the working folk up to a week of labour and me up for whatever my week holds in store.

Until tomorrow

Will :-)

Day #226

Hey there! Today while I slept in the afternoon, it apparently rained. Last night was pretty good, the 3 of us ended up in Deal's night club which was pretty grim but hey-ho, it's something to do right? This photo was taken about 10 minutes ago, because the light was reflecting right off the raindrops on this dark-leafed plant. As you can tell, I haven't done a crazy amount today.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #225

Hey there! This is the view from the bridge of my first proper acoustic guitar. I got it as a Christmas present when I was 13. It was a 'Phil' (that's the company which then, naturally became its name). Tonight I have a couple of friends round as I haven't seen them since around March. It should be good fun and I'm pretty sure Deal will have quite a bit to offer us.


Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #224

Hey there! I dug a pocket mirror out yesterday and I'm keen to see the different types of photos I can do with it. Today was just a quick photo to check for scratches and noticable marks but lo and behold there's nothing. Tonight I'm heading over to Becca's for a takeaway which should be awesome and tomorrow night I'm heading out with a couple of buddies to re-explore the pubs and bars that Deal has to offer.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #223

Hey there! This is a moody picture of the sea. Greyscale - it's technically not black and white because there is grey involved. I only realised this today when I was looking at the different filters to put on pictures. Today the sun was shining and it was hot. My great idea was to head to the beach, take my ND filter and get a super cool picture of the sea looking misty but instead, it was too sunny to do a long exposure even with the filter so as a result I took this picture of a buoy, obviously not in the centre of the picture because that is apparently a big no-no...sometimes. I love how defined the waves are and, if you really convince your brain hard enough, you can tell yourself that it isn't water. This is dry land.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #222

Hey there! Today I have been in Folkestone. Not quite the town of my dreams but it'll do for now. After a surprise visit for my nan, accompanied by lunch and this photograph taken in her garden, I met up with two friends of mine - Alex and Arthur. It's been really nice catching up with them and I can see that this summer will be great! Recently I've been taking an increasing amount of photos of plants, more specifically - their flowers. I do love it though, the symmetry of a flower complete with colour and isolation within a frame really makes for a stunning image, even when a bee does decide to photo bomb it!

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #221

Hey there! Today has been yet another warm day full of page turning and trips from the garden to get more water to stave off the potential dehydration. In other words, it was really warm so I sat outside and continued reading while drinking lots of water. I was also talking to my friends who, most of which have just arrived back home from university. Tomorrow I am heading to Folkestone to meet Arthur and Alex, both at the same university. Into my busy schedule today, I managed to fit in the finale of this season's Game of Thrones, I love it and it's a relationship that always manages to hurt, killing off characters that viewers hugely invest in. I would 100% recommend watching the programme for the reasons below:

-It's visually stunning. Computer graphics are used to create and enhance scenes, landscapes and even characters themselves.

- The programme holds so many different types of characters. If you hate one set of characters, their time of downfall will most likely end in a sword swing or two. 

- Such a huge production. The creaters of the show have put in so much time and effort that the final result is the biggest show seen on TV.

They're just 3 but what do you expect? I'm not a TV critic.

Until tomorrow

Will :) 

Day #220

Hey there! Today I woke up at 8:30, yep, that's early for me. To kick the day off, myself and Becca headed over to the food festival for the second day in a row (for me). I bought two different types of sausage roll - black pudding and stilton with caramelised  onion. I am yet to devour these but I am sure they will be amazing!

After saying adios to Becca, myself and the family headed to Walmer castle, famously a holiday home for The Duke of Wellington as well as the Queen Mother. The grounds are particularly beautiful, boasting a pond with a cycle of frogs each season and acres of stunning gardens. It just so happened that there was a horse competition going on at the same time so of course I got in a position to snap a couple of pictures. 

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #219

Hey there! Today has been lovely. This is a post from my iPhone so apologies if it hasn't got the same shine as the previous days. You might say this is a break day. 

My brother lives in Derbyshire, the last time I saw him was Christmas time so him being here this weekend has been brilliant. Recently, to add a bonus to seeing him, he has started to brew his own beer and cider. Tonight I have been sampling his cider which is a little strong but really nice.

Also, today my family and I headed to Deal's food festival where I was explained the difference between a hog roast and a pulled pork burger. The guy that was telling me this said that hog roast was like a primary school and pulled pork was the university equivalent. No I have no idea what this actually means either.

Today's photo is Becca holding a bottle of cider. She's holding it against her head to show the size of the thing! 

Until tomorrow

Will :-)

Day #218

Hey there! After suffering from mild sun stroke after yesterday's adventure, today has been pretty chilled out. I cleaned half the house (my dad did the other) and played a few video games. After perusing Flickr for some inspiration for an indoors post today, I found a picture with the Xbox buttons in macro. How could I be so blind? They are brilliantly colourful and compliment a film-style filter perfectly. Tonight is Friday pizza night in the Inglis household so bring it on!

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #217

Hey there! Today I went on an adventure. Just less than a week ago, I was in the car with my family, coming back from somewhere (shows how much attention I pay to things) and I saw a field, not just any field, it was covered in purple-blue flowers. In summary, it looked amazing. Now that I am getting back into photography, I saw this as the perfect place to really kick some photos off. The only problem is that this field lays between Dover and Deal, right in the middle in fact, just next to a super busy road. It was clear I would have to walk it.

With my Ordinance Survey map in hand, I headed out. I'm not sure what it is but there is something unique about going out with a map and a destination in mind, compared to driving to the place and snapping a few pictures. I think it is the journey that really counts. Stumbling across different unique settings.

Today I also found my ND filter, the one I couldn't find a couple of days ago. I had the idea of using it and a long exposure on the field of flowers. I'm not sure whether I like the picture but hey, it's what I set out to do so I thought I had to use it.

My brother comes home this weekend and I can't wait! I haven't seen him since January so it'll be really nice to catch up.

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #216

Hey there! Today I was in Dover, the town with the wicked castle and the place that you don't really want to be stuck in, waiting for a ferry. I wasn't waiting for a ferry, instead, I waited for my girlfriend to finish work early so we could head to Maidstone to register with a recruitment agency. Whilst waiting I had my lunch. Midway through eating a sandwich I noticed a crazy amount of pigeons flocking to my bench. At first I tried to shoo them, make them leave me alone but I suddenly thought it would be a great opportunity to snap a picture or two. This then lead to a picture or three, then four then I was taking photos of everything. I'm really enjoying the photographs I've taken these last couple of days and am always looking for inspiration! Tomorrow is the day that I plan to go on an adventure. The weather is set to be hot and so I'll be going off into the country trying to capture whatever I can. If you ever want to see some of my back catalogue of photography, I'll throw my flickr link down below.

www.flickr.com/photos/williami5

Until tomorrow

Will :)

Day #215

Hey there! What's this I'm throwing at you? Real photos, actual pictures that have taken time and effort and a proper camera? Where did Will's blog go? It's gone, it's in the past now. But what's here to replace it? Pictures of birds, or whatever I can find. Yes, hello there, I've decided that I want to put more effort into this blog, it shouldn't have to be a chore to do anymore, it shouldn't just be a dreary drudge through my daily life. It should throw decent images at you and ask you the to question the very morality of yourself. Kind of. This summer I will put the most effort I can into making this blog great. Starting with yesterday (yeah I forgot to mention all this).

Today the weather was a little grim .It was windy, chilly and the sun was playing hide and seek. I wanted to go on a long walk as mentioned yesterday but instead, I headed down to the beach. The plan was to attach an ND (neutral density) filter and take a long exposure of the crazily choppy sea, it would look very similar to the second photo from last blog's Day #365 (the second photo). Alas, after searching high and low, then high again, I couldn't find it, I compromised and took photos of seagulls. The first photo was taken right after I'd turned up, the seagulls flew away and I desperately tried to get a photo. This photo would ordinarily be a throw away but I love the fact that the focus is so perfect on the beak and eye of the bird. Damn my reactions.

I want to get out with my tripod and do some night photography, shots from Day #362 really show me how good the photos can look.

Tomorrow I have an interview/registration session with a local recruitment agency.

Until then

Will :)

Day #214

Hey there! Today I woke up and wanted adventure. A few years ago, when I lived in a little village called East Studdal, I used to walk off into the country, take long walks down Roman roads, climbing over styles, through brambles, just to get a good or at least different photo. When I woke up I knew I had to do this, I'd seen a field with blue flowers growing perfectly patterned between rows of crop. I had all the equipment I wanted ready, a map, water, my camera with two lenses and a hoodie. I then looked at the weather and it was set to be super windy so that plan is on hold. These two photos were taken in my garden as a compromise. I love the tiny shadows on the flowers in the first photograph and the symmetry/asymmetry of the brickwork in the second.

Until tomorrow

Will :)