Backstage at the Theatre Royal Brighton

It's been a busy week/month for Brighton and what a big party weeked. The 2011 Food & Drinks festival with live food shows, wine, champagne & tea tastings, cheese bowling, chilli eating and our very own Oktober fest is on-going until 4 October. It was also the Heritage Open Days this weekend with historical architectures opening to the public, providing free tours and walks around these heritage buildings in locations nationwide. 

The Theatre Royal in Brighton reveals its secrets to the public as part of the Heritage Open Days. I was lucky enough to not have to work that day and got a ticket to this free tour. Jade who works at the theatre  gave us a very informative tour packed with interesting history of Brighton, the theatre and stories of its owners, workers (fishermen), actors & actresses and the audiences...I don't think this is a running tour, hopefully after seeing Friday's big demand they will do this more regularly - should increase ticket sales for the shows too.

Scratched

My first SLR was a Pentax P30 (35mm film), it was "lended" to me by a very generous colleague two years ago and it's still sitting proudly in my cupboard. I have since bought a digital SLR but I still prefer shotting in film - you never know what you'll get until the films are developed. When I took this photo, it was my second roll of film, aperture, exposure, shutter speeds...blah blah meant nothing to me, after I pressed the shutter and attempted to wind up the film, it was a bit jammed so I thought the whole roll was ruined but all the photos turned out fine. Of course what I did was half winded the film up and then scratched it....

 

Hello World.

Someone once said "creativity is like a muscle - it can be built, strengthened and made flexible through practise." So I started looking at the professionals (lomokev) work and going to exhibitions - The wildlife photographer award  is my favourite.

I have always enjoyed carrying my camera with me wherever I go. I moved away from home to study abroad at an early age. So I travel a lot between Europe and East Asia. I used to develop a roll of film every week and post them back to my parents to report on my weekly teenage dramas! Three years ago, I was given a second hand Pentax P30 film SLR (yes I know, I have very kind friends!). This was my introduction to aperture (the size of an iris), shutter speed (the speed of a blink) and a whole new set of challenges. But the quality and the depth of the photos amazed me, my interest grew and I finally treated myself to a Canon 500D SLR a year ago (with my work bonus of course!).

Join me on a journey of some personal-style-discovery-skills-improving experiments :)