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Open your eyes and put down your phone 21, UK, plant based 🌱 let's get lost..

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Autumn 2019 on Film.

Autumn 2019 on Film.

An unedited account of October – December on 35mm.

3 months of living in London.

New friends, old friends, cats, plants, parks, wine (& everything in between).

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Extinction Rebellion & The Climate Crisis

Extinction Rebellion & The Climate Crisis

It’s not surprising that Extinction Rebellionhas been making the news over the last few of months, and some of it has highlighted a lot of bad as well as good. Extinction Rebellion (or XR as it is known) is an international movement that uses ‘non-violent civil disobedience,’ usually in the form of peaceful protests, as a way to ‘halt mass extinction,’ – to draw attention to the climate crisis…

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The F Word

feminism /ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/ nounthe advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. – This is the Oxford Dictionary definition of feminism. Equality of the sexes. That’s it. – The first time that I can remember being treated differently for being a girl was when I was 8 years old. My primary school uniform said girls had to wear skirts and the boys trousers. But it was…

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A Sequence Of Sri Lanka

A Sequence Of Sri Lanka

A Sequence Of Sri Lanka is a short film that I have FINALLY put together, taken whilst solo travelling Sri Lanka at the beginning of the year.

The warm ocean, tropical palm tree lined beaches, welcoming people, stray dogs, crazy streets and beautiful light, that’s what Lanka is to me.

It’s meant to be a messy style edit, no colour grading either. Shot all hand held with a FujiFilm X-T2, (plus…

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A Welsh Summer

You might think I’m lying, but summer in Pembrokeshire has become one of my favourite things in the world.

I’ve always lived by the sea, but in a small seaside town, winters can be quiet and (sometimes) pretty bleak. Dark stormy nights become rainy grey days, the winds can be bitterly cold and no one is really about to keep you company. Seasonal jobs disappear and people either move for…

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Westival 2019 - A Re-Cap

Westival 2019 – A Re-Cap

Hidden amongst the rolling green hills of the Pembrokeshire countryside, Westival is a new edition to the music scene in Wales, supporting local artists as well as known names from further afield.

With 2019 being only it’s second year, this festival already has people talking. Offering underground disco, techno and world music with some of the most up and coming artists and DJs, Westival is…

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Feature on SurfGirl

GUYS,

I wrote an article similar to my blog post about Women and Surfing in Sri Lanka – and it’s now featured on the SurfGirl website along with my images! Click the link below to read 🙂 I’m so happy that my words and images are being used to support and recognise the work of these amazing women. We are soo much stronger together!

The Ocean For Women’s Empowerment

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The Ocean for Women's Empowerment

The Ocean for Women’s Empowerment

Abay Girls Surf Club & SeaSisters Sri Lanka

Whilst I was in Sri Lanka I volunteered and photographed for a day at a surf and swimming lesson for local women and girls run by SeaSisters in Weligama. I’d heard about the Abay Girls Surf Club and was in awe of the women who were pushing this movement and driving change in their communities. It was amazing to meet Martina, one of the co-founders of…

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THE ONLY GIRL - ISSUE 67

THE ONLY GIRL – ISSUE 67

✨SO EXCITED to share that my images and an article I wrote have been published in the latest issue of SurfGirl Magazine (!!!) – This magazine has been a source of inspiration to me for years, especially as a teenager, and encouraged me to stick at surfing as a young girl.

The beautiful images and powerful stories that grace the pages made me wonder if I could ever do something like that, I wish I…

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Surf Photography in Southern Sri Lanka

Surf Photography in Southern Sri Lanka

One of the reasons for my month long trip to Sri Lanka was to get in the water and improve my photography amongst the waves. Shooting in the surf is a lot more difficult than people imagine and you have to have some knowledge of that environment before you even get in.

Tides, currents, rips and big swells are all just some of the components that can make life challenging for photographers that…

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Sunrise in Hiriketiya

The surf culture in the sleepy southern province of Sri Lanka is something I’ve been wanting to capture since my first trip here in 2018.

Setting my alarm to 5:30, I headed out one morning to a little cove over the headland. My aim was to catch the morning surfers in the magical dawn light before the crowds appeared.

After about 15 minutes of waiting on the beach in almost darkness, one person…

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Have (some) money, will travel

Have (some) money, will travel

Have you ever wanted to do something or go somewhere but it’s never actually materialised into anything?

Was it because of being too afraid of the risks? Or that you may have to do it alone? Or of the possibility that something could go wrong?

I know I have, hasn’t everyone!?

Holding back from doing things because of fear is such an immobilising and suffocating feeling.

We need to do these…

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Westival 2018

Westival 2018

This unique festival situated in the heart of the Pembrokeshire countryside is a new edition to the music scene in Wales, supporting local artists as well as known names from further afield.

With 2018 being it’s first year, Westival is still a baby in comparison to festival giants such as Boardmasters and Glastonbury, but isn’t far from the same unique joining together of…

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A Different Kind Of Christmas

A Different Kind Of Christmas

“Do your research. Read labels. Buy less. Buy local. And support brands that care.”

Christmas is coming, we’re in the countdown stage and already some enthusiastic neighbors have excessive neon lights and decorations blinding you from their sitting room windows. ‘Tis the season to be jolly (although slightly annoying).

Christmas is less than 4 weeks away and it’s easy to get caught up in all the…

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Get The Boys A Lift

Get The Boys A Lift

I recently wrote an article for a local newspaper called The Western Telegraph about Get The Boys A Lift, a not for profit organization based here in Pembrokeshire helping local and national mental health organizations (and if you haven’t already heard of them, where have you been?!)

  This organization was set up in 2016 by Gareth Owens, and began that year with him hitchhiking around…

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How do you measure success?

How do you measure success?

It’s funny how the more and more I talk to different people about success, the more I dislike the word and wonder how this “thing” can be categorized at all.

Success is COMPLETELY different to each and every one of us.

Take a minute to think about it.

What comes to mind when you hear this word?

A family and a big house?

Being at the top of the career ladder?

A toned and tanned body?

Some of…

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Setbacks and “failures”

Interview

Camera housing – camera kit and lenses

Not feeling good enough

Learning to take the lesson

How you react to what is thrown your way

The key is in what you do next

Is anything ever really a failure ?

Learn and grow from everything

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