My Plant Recommendation
I’ve been potty about plants for a while now i used to be obsessed with growing sweet peas every year whilst I was in one place long enough at the right time. However, much to previous flat mates and currently family I love house plants. The varieties the rare ones and the not so rare ones the bold and beautiful the simple yet elegant I truly believe in the beauty of how they can be for your mental health. The feeling I get when you see a leaf pop up or when you experience those fuzzy roots wrapping around the soil to grasp every bit of nutrients and the way some plants will be towards the light or dance gracefully throughout the day.
I filmed this plant above for 24 hours to see what it did and I also noticed that Both moved, all my childhood dreams of toys waking up came true.
My collection of house plants has changed so much since I started and even before the real collection began I was always often seen in Feb preparing my sweet peas. When I was maybe 9/10/11 years old when I grew my first real plant in the garden this young boy who lived in the house that backed into our street their family was about to move out from the house and they had a lovely rose bush in there house and decided to cut me a rose of that bush and after the flower wilted I planted it into the ground, its ended up growing into a beautiful climbing bush. But my first two official house plants were a trusty Aloe Vera, She’s huge now and she flowered this year for the first time. It's just a shame I don’t have a picture of when she was very small and I had a pinky red Gymnocalycium Mihanovichii - Hibotan Cactus - Grafted 'Moon Cactus'. And now its grown I’ve fully lost count of how many but hands down my favourite planty family is Alocasia. This is why….
Growing Red Secret Alocasia From Corms
What I enjoy the most about my plants its being able to watch them grow especially when i grow them from the little corm like I often do with my Alocasia. The idea and the fun of watching something you grew for a small seed of Corm or Bulb and watch it grow into a beautiful baby plant makes me feel good about myself. I have a habit of looking at them often getting excited by each little moment of new growth. When the white roots start peeking out or a tiny shot shows. The lovely darling colour of the first leaf and I squeak in excitement as I think with a sense of purpose living in the moment enjoying the enjoyment of the new growth.
If you want to get yourself an alocasia as a House Plant. I’m gonna give you five tips:1. Get a self-watering pot.
2. Put them in a humid light spot. (maybe the bathroom or Kitchen)
3. Talk to your Alocasia nicely!!
4. If your Alocasia looks like it’s dying it’s often that it’s going dormant.
5. Feed them during springtime and when ther’re actively growing.
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Meadows, Woods, Sunshine, Love & an Engagement Shoot
Meadows, Woods, Sunshine, Love & an Engagement Shoot
I met this couple through my church I attend in Cambridge they had asked if anyone would like to do a photoshoot for them for their newly-announced engagement. I personally jumped at the chance to take photos, especially to test out my newly perchance Lumix g9. I met this lovely couple on separate occasions I met A at a coffee shop after responding to a message of requesting someone who could take their engagement photos. I lept at the chance this was something different for me buzzed as I was, it was the idea of showcasing someone special moment comes with being engaged. I was more used to doing event photography however, I loved the significance and importance of expressing someone’s story through photography. All the same, I was excited to be given the chance to showcase the announcement of this couple Engagement. We sat down in the cafe enjoying a warm cup of coffee on a wet day. We began talking about how they got together and how they met being friends beforehand. When they were in a prayer group she knew she liked him more than friends, the moment she first heard him pray. Then notify me how she waited a year until she informed him how she felt. She had such a sweet smitten smile on her face as she told me.
We then began discussing location she told me where he had proposed in a graveyard. I contemplated this idea for the shoot however it seemed like they did not feel comfortable enough to re-act their proposal. We set a date for the shoot promising to think about other locations too. I looked at the possibility of doing a shoot at the graveyard but felt that it would have limited us to thinking about the weather to much. In the end upon further discussions we decided to go a little out of the city and the location of our shoot became. Waldersbury park in Cambridge. They asked for a location that was natural lots of greens and told them to dress up in colours that were possible wedding themes. Waldersbury works out to be a great setting for the shoot, the weather for a fine summers day it was slightly on the hazy side not what I thought was ideal, however, in the end, it changed up the shoot.
We arrived at the park along with a friend of mine in tow, the car was a pay display we found a few cars in the carpark. However, I was pleased to discovered that we rarely bumped into many people along our stroll. To begin the shoot I expressed to them the need for them to feel that they can relax. I always wanted the photos to be as natural as possible helping to. bring in realness into the shoot. Who wants their portrait photos to look forced.
The Camera
Upon walking around giving space for exposure, shutter adjustments. I was using my Lumix g9 for the first shoot, I had recently purchased this camera with a 12 - 60 lens. I've regularly used Lumix before this one being a lot more professional. I find that Lumix by Panasonic is a really easy camera to use and has a lot of great features including 4 different burst shooting modes as well as 6k and 4k video images. I decided for this shot I would shot in jpeg being also aware of the constant changes in light during the couple of hours I did for he shoot.
Upon walking around giving space for exposure, shutter adjustments. I was using my Lumix g9 for the first shoot, I had recently purchased this camera with a Leica 12 - 60 lens. I've regularly used Lumix before this one being a lot more professional. I find that Lumix by Panasonic is a really easy camera to use and has a lot of great features including 4 different burst shooting modes as well as 6k and 4k video images. I decided for this shot I would shot in Raw being also aware of the constant changes in light during the couple of hours I did for the shoot.
The shoot begun in a meadow area getting a few practice photos before I became happy with what I was getting then I got them to sit on a bench close by taking some simple head shots. The light was starting to look a lot better the further around the park we walked as we came into different areas of stunning wooded areas with light creeping through the canopy of the trees giving way to beautiful soft light. The park also offers stunning tunnels of trees making epic archways introducing whispers of light. Further giving way to dense areas where barely any light crept through to a various meadows with small purple flowers and long grass. All this added a real natural rustic feel to the photos which ended up being very similar to the overall wedding look. They really expressed this when seeing the photos afterwards.
If you would like me to photograph capture or document your special day, family, product, capture you or your head shoots.
send me an email I'm based in Cambridge UK get in touch
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Rosie@junglefloor.co.uk
Melodic Paper Cranes 折り鶴
I love being able to express my heart through images as much as writing about the photos. When I get to showcase some awesome people that I haven't known for long, nevertheless I've had the pleasure of getting to know and living with talented musicians. Making their late-night practices all the more sweet-sounding especially if you're sick or feeling down. I always find that Paper Cranes can bring a smile or a tingle to brighten your day. I met Fraser and Naomi when they were playing at a Festival at the end of January, while I was serving at the registration tent. I decided that I would listen to this band I had never heard before apart from when I played them on Spotify an hour or so before the gig... oddly you're meant to listen to music at a music festival. I hate to say it but I must admit they were the only band I ended up watching play at the festival, I enjoyed their sounds, so I was chuffed to be able to get to know them a bit.
They took a shine to my photography which has been super encouraging because they've pushed and spurred me on to pursue it more. I recently got invited by the band to take some photos for their gig, on June 13th this year. However, before I show you more of these photos, I thought I would tell you about their music, before showing you some of my favourite shots I took on the night of the gig.
Paper Cranes bring in music that you could relax to any time of the day whether it is your morning wake up, driving in the afternoon, sipping hot coffee or enjoying an evening with friends and a glass of red wine - it doesn't always have to be red mind you. The sound that they bring is very melodic, rustic, folk, indie and acoustic music. They bring with them a range of musical sound waves; from keys, guitar, synth, drums, Japanese Flute (Shakuhachi), harmonica, vocals and ukulele. They started out in Auckland and had recently moved to Tauranga bringing something extra special out of the unique kiwi sound. Paper Cranes' impressive wife duo Fraser and Naomi Browne write their own poetic lyrics from their life experiences. Working with many different skilled musicians, they're a wonderful loving pair, servant-hearted and oozing with creativity, that you'll surely enjoy listening to their rhythmic sounds live or on cd.
The gig happened on June 13th this year. There was a lounge feeling to the gig, they were playing at Totara street along with Nick Dow whom Fraser met at Songhubs in May. I really had a blast listening to both Nick Dow and my friends Paper Cranes. Getting pleasure out of playing around with a borrowed Canon DSLR. Enjoying the lighting of green and purple it was a challenging light to deal with a first because I had to get a hang of the camera for the first 5 minutes of them playing, nevertheless I was soon able to be in my element, as were they.
The night was pretty awesome with a chilled atmosphere. As I clicked away taking pictures from the stage and off the stage, listening to Paper Cranes play away the audience in their Zone. Their unique sounds were enjoyed by the members of the crowd. Naomi and Fraser took turns playing the Nord and the Juno synth, Fraser played guitar and Naomi also had her traditional Japanese flute. They definitely made it a tough act to follow for Nick Dow but he still pulled out his violin wowing the crowd with jazzy feels!
I highly recommend everyone of you readers check these guys out maybe even by a cd! (New album Voices is out and its a beautiful)
www.papercranes.co.nz
thanks for reading
Justice and Coffee
It all begins with an idea.
Justice and Coffee
It is funny how you just have those things that draw your heart to want to do something creative and expressive that will show someone how an issue of justice isn't something we should take as a pinch of salt or in the case of this latest photoshoot, a shot of coffee. I thrive off the chance to do something that will share a story or a message. Promote something important or generally generate freedom for others. I am a supporter of stopping human trafficking after doing research for my Masters and in youth and community work. I research alot and from my own journey since the first time I heard Daniel Beddingfield talking about human trafficking. I knew I had to find everyway I could do something. I was part a part of silent marching accross a small new zealand town, part of events and Including having the chance to work with young women who were caught up in this injustice taking advantage of for the bodies. After experiencing this I was drawn to this amazing charity called blue bear coffee co not just my love for coffee but because I wanted to support the work that BlueBear is doing to bring freedom to those trapped not just sex trafficking, but, also forced labour, domenstic servitude, criminal exploitation and child exploitation. Theres so much that we don’t realise including the numbers still in salavery is still the highest it has ever been with 40 million people globally are being affected by modern day slavery. As a young person I lived and breathed the drive to want to bring justice to situations but only one person can only do so much.
How did this all start you ask well let’s not go right to the view beginning because that would be me retelling the whole 16-year-old Rosie's dream but let me go back to April 2020, I was wandering around YouTube looking for a different seen in terms of churches because during in lockdown, I was a cereal churchgoer, and I came across a service at Holy Trinity Clapham. During the service, they interview two different people that were part of human trafficking abolishing charities and one of these charities is Blue Bear Coffee Co. This Charity produces great quality ethically sourced coffee across many locations and 100% of their profits go towards supporting Charities like IJM, Justice & Care and Unseen. I decided that I had to find out more, so I went searched them up on Instagram and ordered myself some coffee. It all started from there and I knew I wanted to use my creative photography skills to help support Blue Bear and also my social media that I had established with other charities and organsations’s in the past.
Break Down of A photoshoot set up
Blue Bear was advertising for a summer intern for students I got a reply, and they say they would love to look into how they could use my talents in the future. Around the end of November, Bryn from Blue Bear Messaged me on Instagram. He asked if I would like to take some photos of them and of course, I jumped at the chance. I had my own blue bear travel mug already and they sent me over some of their coffee and Christmas chocolate made by Tony Chocolonely to photograph. I decided that making it wintery and Christmassy would be the best Idea using so it was early for the Christmas decorations but I wanted them to feature in some of the photography this meant that I decided it was time to put up the tree.
This was one of many shots I would end up doing for them including producing reels and videos to help increase the capacity that they could do as a charity.
Heres a shoot breakdown from one of the shoots I did for them: Blue Bear Christmas 2020 Shoot.
