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Photography: Week 12

Another week of lockdown photography. Week 12 This has been another interesting week due to the ongoing lockdown, this time Level 2 restrictions. The learning materials for this week focus on night photography, in preparation for the assignment next week, which is a night photo (funnily enough). It’s been a little bit easier to takeContinueContinue reading “Photography: Week 12”

Erin Condren: Unboxing

I love a good Erin Condren Haul and this week I took delivery of my latest Erin Condren parcel. You can see the video below, with more information underneath 🙂 https://youtu.be/QBLTQga_HfU Erin Condren unboxing. In my parcel I ordered a few bits and bobs: Blossom coversCustomisable Colourblock Hourly Event StickersFlower Power PopGripSeasonal Surprise box TheContinueContinue reading “Erin Condren: Unboxing”

Promotion: Update

So I am loving my new job! It was a little stressful at first, but I think any new job, regardless of the job, is going to be at least a little stressful. Changing jobs is a big deal! I knew before starting the role that I would be required to take on a moreContinueContinue reading “Promotion: Update”

Photography: Week 11

Lockdown photography is not ideal. Week 11 This week has been interesting due to lockdown. The learning materials for this week are all about architecture photography, in preparation from the assignment next week (Night Architecture). It’s not my favourite type of photography to take. I love looking at a good architectural photo, but I justContinueContinue reading “Photography: Week 11”

Beki Makes Things: Knitting a laptop cover

Recently I’ve been watching a few people on YouTube and thinking about how fun it might be to set up my own YouTube channel. The influencers that I have been watching are all American and still in Uni, but I was thinking that I could do videos about crafting and making things: So, welcome toContinueContinue reading “Beki Makes Things: Knitting a laptop cover”

Photography: Week 9 & 10

This last few weeks were a little bit of a failure! Week 9 Throughout this week I was supposed to conduct research into landscape photography and then take a few practice photos to prepare myself for Assignment C, which is all about Landscape photography. However, I didn’t do that this week because I didn’t readContinueContinue reading “Photography: Week 9 & 10”

Lockdown 2.Oh

So at 11:59pm tonight we begin another Level 4 Lockdown. I’m calling this one ‘Lockdown 2.Oh’. For those of you not currently in New Zealand, Level 4 is the highest alert system. The one where we all have to stay at home and keep within our ‘bubble’. We WfH (work from home), do our shoppingContinueContinue reading “Lockdown 2.Oh”

I got a promotion

Today I started a new job. It’s at the same place that I was already working, but now with a completely different set of responsibilities. New responsibilities. Before, I was a Learning Designer. Learning Design, similar to Instructional Design, is designing, developing and delivering materials so that someone can use them to be able toContinueContinue reading “I got a promotion”

Photography: Week 8

I had to undertake research this week – it’s the first time I’ve done that in a long time! Week 8 This week I researched two terms: Contre-JourChiaroscuro Contre-Jour is a French term, and it basically refers to when the photo is taken with the light behind the subject. Backlighting in other words. Usually thisContinueContinue reading “Photography: Week 8”

Photography: Week 7

This week has been all about lenses and focal Length! Week 7 I have learnt a lot about focal length and the different types of lenses. The learning materials centred around the difference between the various types of lenses. I already knew that there are prime lenses and zoom lenses, but I wasn’t very sureContinueContinue reading “Photography: Week 7”