As I Told You...

I was going to write how Jessie J went and include some images. :)

IT WAS AMAZING. Heck, she's so funny and down to earth! I've been to her concert before 2 year ago and she hasn't changed a bit like most celebs do! It was ace.

Although she was good, I didn't get THAT many photos to be honest. In fact, I only liked about 17 of all the images I took! But I'm not fussed at the mo, I was too busy having a good time and letting my hair down for once in a LONG time.

I know it's been a while I'm sorry!

I've had so much on my plate and so many different websites to update I forget what exact accounts I have haha! :)

I've recently updated the following;

www.facebook.com/SamanthaFinnPhotography
www.thelifeinmypassion.tumblr.com
www.samanthafinnphotography.moonfruit.com
www.samanthafinnphotography-clothing.spreadshirt.co.uk

A lot, I know! and I forgot all about this place! :(

UPDATES:

Absolutely fuming about the 'new camera' situation. I never ended up getting it and the person still hasn't refunded my money and is being really ignorant about it and ignoring me! So had to contact all sorts of forces like local police and Citizens Advice, Trading Standards and Action Fraud!
So I'm so bogged down and stressed with that. :(

I went to see Jessie J November the 6th so I'll write about that in a new post!

And I have 4 photoshoots for the next few day so I'm gonna be BUSY AS FFF-- ;)

Hard To Be Wise

Okay so last Wednesday I told you about a photoshoot I was doing of a bunch of lads druing band practice, one of which I knew from a long time ago, and it went really well!

They were all so lovely, and although their style of music is by far not my cup of tea in regards to Genre, I loved it. It was absolutely amazing. Everyone's playing part was perfect, and although they said after the song they finished practicing that that particular time they sang it was "Sh*t" it wasn't it was actually wonderful, if that really was their idea and sounding of rubbish, then they must be awesome when they have it spot on.

Outstanding performance and day. I really enjoyed it and hope to see them again soon for a shoot in the studio or on location. :)

Below are just two of the images I took. You can find more at my photography page. :)

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So I haven't been on here in a while!!

So, a short update is needed!
I haven't been on here in a while because I've actually done so much stuff, and I've been way too busy to even write anything!

What's more...my new camera hasn't even come yet which is making me sad a bit :( haha. But hopefully that will get sorted out today. If worse comes to worse...I'll be £200 well off again anyway, which I could REALLY do with right now! But I'm going to stay positive and hope that Royal Mail are just taking the pee a bit. -.- it's been a good couple of weeks now though so I'm starting to become impatient.

On the other hand, I'm doing a photoshoot with my friend (and model) Jess, on Thursday afternoon in Cleethorpes...and hopefully the weather will stay dry otherwise it's just going to go to ploppp. :) but that should be lots of fun!

I'll write about last Wednesdays photoshoot of Hard To Be Wise, in a separate post including a few images!!! :D

Pretty Excited for the near future. :)

On Wednesday I've got a photoshoot of a band involving one of my good pals, Dean Garrod who recently sang solo at Grimsby Pride 2013 (You were amazing by the way)! Which is set up from as part of a Music course at a local college located not that far from me. :)

Happy birthday to Dean today as well, hope you had an amazing day mate! :)


I'm certainly hoping that we'll get some great shots from Wednesday, I'm feeling pretty positive so definitely looking forward to seeing the outcome images! :) Will definitely be finding time to put some up on here. There's so much to write about and show you, I'll still be adding photos from a year back on here in close weeks to come. I really wish I started this blog sooner, I love writing and ranting about things way too much for my own good!

Also, I'm getting quite a few shoots booked in for end of this month and currently got 3 to sort out for the end of November! Two of which are going to be Christmas photoshoots with little kiddies! So should be adorable! ;D


Exciiiiited much! :D

Updates soooon! Still haven't got my new camera yet, so review is on the waiting list! No worries. :)

Chat soon. Sam

Image post

A shot of my Girlfriend. :)

So, it's mine and the other half's 2 year anniversary tomorrow :)

Nawh, just seems so unreal, two years...really is a long time! It's flown by for me, and feels so much longer than it has been! Not that that's a bad thing at all! I love being in the relationship I'm in, she's rather bloooody wonderful! ;) :D

But yeah, we're being all cute and making our own anniversary cards tonight and stuff :D so should be nice! And then tomorrow all the other cutesy stuff happens ;) :D I can't wait.


Urghhh! I love you so much! <3

I know I literally just wrote about this in my previous post like ten minutes ago....but

This is like a whole new step up!

I'm feeling really confident with all this photography stuff I'm doing. Recently I've really really kitted myself out, and I'm stoked to use everything. :D

Laura bought me a portable backdrop set with black white and green drops, which are amazing by the way :D we used them for when I did a photoshoot of her...SO HAPPY.

I bought a new flower petal head hood for the lens for outdoor shots with the dazzling sun this winter and autumn months!

I've been using my light diffusers a lot more for effects n shhiiiizle!

And now, a whole new camera body altogether, which is debating me after some time of getting used to the new one and trying it out n stuff... selling my Canon Rebel 1000D?! Unsure AS OF YET, but I know I'll definitely be selling one of the lens' because whats the point in having two of the same, ey. :) especially a careful person like me...I doubt I'll be needing it as back up. (do.not.jinx.yourself.sam.EEK)

I really feel like I'm moving forward with this. :)

Got a band photoshoot coming up on the 16th of this month, so I'm really hoping I get the new camera and test it all out before then, it's like just under 2 weeks away, so I don't see why not. :) AAAH. :)

Can't believe what just happened!

Just managed to bag myself a Canon 600D for £190.....are we forrrr f**kin' real! :O
Been looking for DAYS for a bargain and I just happen to come to a site and think.."oh yeah I'll look on here just incase not that it'll be any different to eBay like," and omggg. YES, there it was.

So I'm pretty buzzing right now, so chuffed :D

And also, that means I'll have two of the same lens(my other camera has the same 18mm-55mm lens so ofc I don't need two) so will end up selling that, so really I've got it for LOADS cheaper than I would have initially done. Soo glad I searched around. On eBay they're ranging from £289.99 to £600! :) jfgbkjbgk. I'll have to make a review when I have a play with it! ^_^

On eBay...

On eBay there's a camera lens and body that I want so bad. It's on a bid, and has 2 days left for people to bid and I'm absolutely wetting myself with anticipation.

OMFG I NEED THIS CAMERA SO MUCH AND OMG WHY SO CHEAP AAAAH.

I'm actually going insane. If I don't win it, I'll be so gutted! Gaah, just thinking about it makes me upset already haha!

It really annoys me!

When I'm at work and people take over me packing the bags for them, and they're really efffing snotty about it! Like wtf man, I'm offering to pack your sh*t, and it's partly my job anyway so just let me get on with it? No need to be rude. Fair enough if you say "It's okay I'll pack if you like", but no! Snatching or roughly dragging the bag away as I go to pick it up. Come on, are we serious?

Or they're constantly checking the screen to see whether I've reduced something for them, like HELLO YES I CAN SEE THE REDUCE STICKER xoxoxox, jeeeeeze -.- way to make me feel like an idiot? And point it out at me in a voice as if to say "you usually forget to reduce" attitude, and it just really peeeeeees me off, like OMG go away.

Gggggggrrrr!

I've wanted to write this post all day!

*releeease!* aaah. :)

An image from yesterday that I took. :)

Hi guys!

Haven't updated or posted in a couple of days, but here's an insight as to what I've been up to!

Yesterday I managed to go into the University in my area, with a friend and get into the studio to do some shots! Now it's been a good year and half since I've last been in the studio, which was in college so I was so excited!

Anyway! We had a lot of fun and I got some absolutely lovely shots of Jess, I'm really impressed, so will be taking advantage of her offers in future! The images will be perfect for commercial use I must say! :)

Here's a cheeky one! (Excuse the pun haha)

Also! I had my first driving lesson since I had my little blip collision on the road 3 weeks ago, safe to say I was pooiiiing it ALL day! The new car threw me a bit, but by the end of the lesson I was back to normal again. My heart was pounding at MANY stages, but I guess that was bound to happen.
My instructor explained how I was nothing like this even on my very first lesson I did ever! On my very first lesson ever I was so confident and rearing to go! And this lesson I...I wasn't a nervous wreck as such, but I was alot more aware and paranoid about things without the "f**k it let's do it" approach as I've had for all my other lesson! But I'm pleased with how it went...could have been horrific, but I got there in the end! Roll on next lesson! :D

Hopefully other things will be going forward now I've had my month of mishaps. :)

Start of StopTober! ;) bring it.

Autumn

I'm actually really excited for Autumn, I've been a sucker for the cold weather and I absolutely hate going out in it. But this year I think that I'm going to have to make a pit stop at some lovely places I've visited this summer and capture some great stuff.

I can't wait for all the browns reds and orange colours to take new shots of, especially with the petal head hood to help me. :)

Can't wait!

Competition and businesses on Facebook

There seems to be a lot of competition within the photography industry on Facebook lately, and I don't really like it. But in a way I do?

It took me long enough to finally pick up the courage to make my photography page because there is SO much criticism out there and so many horrible people, and then one day I thought why not.

Anyway, my point is...ever since this day I've noticed a S**T load of other Photography pages of other teens I know and stuff, and yeah fair enough...whatever, that's fine. But the stress and competition it's put on me and the rest of is, is so intense! Like what the hell? Where did this even all come from?

It's like, calm down guys...it's basically a place to blog your work and get feedback and an audience! Not piss on each others fire. And be absolute c*nts to each other?

In a way I'm liking and enjoying the pressure, gives me more of a reason to boost myself and set new objectives and directions, so cheers. :)

Dalyan Boat Trip

Thought I'd give you another insight to a cool feeling photo from the boat trip. It feels kind of chilling because the colours are quite cold and edgey. I like it. :)

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Update

Hi there again guys! :)
I said I'd update you on my new petalhead hood for my camera, so here I am....uuupadating you!

I haven't actually been out to try it properly yet, but I have fixed it to the camera and gone around the house (I know that doesn't make a difference whatsoever because that's controlled lighting) BUT here's the pros and cons:

Pros:
- The fit is strong onto the filter screw.
- Hard and sturdy plastic, so you get what you pay for, not the cheap plastic stuff.
- Doesn't look cheap and nasty, looks professional.
- Does it's purpose for a great price.

Cons:
- Although it fits strongly onto the filter screw, you have to think about it instead of being able to put it on quiclky, which for some people may be annoying depending on preference.
- You can't pack it away onto the camera as it doesn't have the screw setting on the otherside (turning it the other way so it basically hugs the lens) which makes it nice for putting in camera bags, but with people like me, it doesn't matter much at all.
- Moves around with the lens on "AUTO mode". Though, when you're on Manual setting it doesn't do this.


At the minute it has a '10% off' offer, so take a look and get your hands on this fab cheap lens hood and add it to your kit!http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130641425195?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Today I got a new toy! :D

This is what I got in the post yesterday!

Looking forward to using my new petal head hood for my camera. Which means I can take LOADS more Landscape and Portrait photography outdoors without the dreaded streak the sun makes sometimes!

It's so lightweight it felt like there was nothing inside the box! Nice little addition to my kit. I will write a review post one day soon about how good it is, pros and cons etc. :)

Thanks, Sam.

Meal, photoshoot and presents! :D

I did a photoshoot with my girl today! :)

She took me for a meal and then we went for a drive, and found a pretty spot sitting at the sunset and took some nice pictures.
She bought me an AMAZING new backdrop for our 2 year anniversary, for my own personal studio to work with. I'm so happy with it. When we came home we both had a little play with it! :D Thanks ever so much Laura! I will be editing and playing with those images over the next week or so. :)

Here's a photo from the drive we had to somewhere random in the countryside.

Wonderful shot of my lady that I did today! :) Hope you like!

Feedback

When people get defensive about feedback.

Get up, think about it, decide, move on.


Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

If people are being c**ts, yeah okay! But I was genuinely making a suggestion, not critisized what.so.ever. not even told you anything for improvements...I gave you an IDEA.

Pipe down! :/ ha okaaay

Hmmm :(

Anyway! Feedback would be awesome right now! Just uploaded some new material!
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Go go GO! :D

TATTOO

These tattoos were done at Club Exelsior hotel in Marmaris, Turkey. The service was great and very clean. The man who did it was lovely and funny, very cheeky lad! All items were sterile and out of New packets/packaging.

Both me and my girlfriend and really impressed at his work. Very happy!

It really annoys me

It really annoys me when photographers who are at my stage and lower or a bit higher, who arrange with clients a photoshoot...and then they either they don't turn up AT ALL or let them down mere hours before?
What is that all about?

It annoys me in my sense because it affects people who are still in the early days of their career in this industry because people and locals will be weary and a little less trusting in photographers therefore not getting much service they'd like or expect.

I can't stress this enough, I don't want people spoiling this for me when it's something I want so bad.

Hmmmm! Sort it out guys!

Orca Boat trip to Daylan

Cheeky Picture from the start of the boat tip on the Orca boat to Daylan.

Marmaris and shenanigans. :)

Last week I went to Marmaris in Turkey for a week with the Girlfriend. :)
It was so lovely, and so nice and romantic at times. I had such a good time, and it was both of our first time without our parents being there, which made it pretty special. 

The only downside was the men who owned places like the gift shops or "knock off" shops that they have absolutely everywhere baring in mind. They were horrible! Absolutely disgusting. They are actually the reason I wont ever choose to go back there. It made the holiday awkward because all the time, we'd want to avoid them at all costs. 
Most of them are like LEACHES. They are obsessed with sex and girls. Shouting and asking if me my girlfriend and him want a gangbang? Yet he was telling us he's tired from f**king his wife excuse my language ..yes WIFE every night? What an idiot. You get looked at like you're a piece of meat everywhere you go.
Funny thing was, we passed a place where a sign said "No hassle" but as we walked past a waiter shouts to us " CHIIIICKS" raising his eyebrows as if to call us over. No. Just nooo? Why?! g.o.a.w.a.y GOD.

Don't get me wrong....The country is gorgeous, the boat trip was romatic and peacful, yet hilarious at the same time and I loved every minute of the holiday! But wow, some people in this world! Stunned.

Nevertheless, I got some pretty fine images on my camera of the week, so I'll be sure to post them at some point when I work out how to use this thing! 

Cheerio. :)

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