You May Now Kiss The Bride...

On Friday the 5th September, I was asked to join a lovely couple on their wedding day as their photographer. The wedding took place in a small but beautiful reception room located in the St Helens Registry Office. This wasn't a large wedding but that didn't make it any less beautiful…

The room rose for the entrance of the beautiful bride who appeared linking arms with her father with tears of joy falling from her eyes. The whole atmosphere of the room completely changed, the room was filled with some of the biggest smiles I've ever seen.

The ceremony was beautiful and following this we moved onto another location where the bride and groom were to celebrate their wedding with a small selection of their family. Before they sat down to eat, we took the couple across the road to a spot that overlooked some beautiful rolling hills that were covered in fine mist, which provided the perfect backdrop for some beautifully taken wedding photographs.

Congratulations to the beautiful bride and groom and may the future hold happiness for you both

xo

Day Nine: Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling

Sept 9th: Let's talk personality types. Introverted? Extroverted? Unsure-troverted? ;) If you know your Myers-Briggs type, tell us about it!

Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling

So I've just taken the Myers-Briggs test to find out my personality type , I chose to take it multiple times just to be sure and each time the results came back the same, INFJ. This means Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging. After finishing the test and reading up on my results afterwards, I was shocked to find out that INFJ is actually an extremely rare personality type, making up less than 1% of the population. 

Finding this out has explained so much to me!

I - Introversion preferred to extroversion: INFJs tend to be quiet and reserved. They generally prefer interacting with a few close friends rather than a wide circle of acquaintances, and they expand energy in social situations ( whereas extroverts gain energy)

N - Intuition preferred to sensing: INFJ's tend to be more abstract and concrete. They focus on the big picture rather than the details, and on future possibilities rather than immediate realities.

F - Feeling preferred to thinking: INFJ's tend to value personal considerations above objective criteria. When making decisions, they often give more weight to social implications than to logic.

J - Judgement preferred to perception: INFJ's tend to plain their actives and make decisions early. They derive a sense of control through predictability..

I'm the kind of person who doesn't really like to be around many people, I love being around my closest friends, but throw me into a situation where I know nobody and I will begin to panic and feel extremely awkward, being extremely self conscious doesn't help either. I love spending my nights in, I hate the nightlife seen, I hate the idea of clubbing, I always feel like the walls are closing in and I just need to get out. I spend most of my nights playing video games or watching Netflix and I love it, i have fun and that's all that matters.

After sitting here for around an hour reading up on my personality type, I couldn't agree more with it, it perfectly describes me in a way that I've never been able to describe myself. 

"INFJ's tend to see helping others as their purpose in life" see here

This statement describes me perfectly. Helping others is one of the things I care about more than anything.

"INFJ's hold a special place in the heart of people they are close to, who are able to see their special gifts and depth of caring. INFJ's are concerned for people's feelings, and try to be gentle to avoid hurting anyone. They are very sensitive to conflict, and cannot tolerate it very well. Situations which are charged with conflict may drive the normally peaceful INDJ into a state of agitation or charged anger. They may tend to internalize conflict into their bodies, and experience health problems when under a lot of stress." see here

I have never in my life been able to read something so perfectly true about myself, People's feelings are very important to me, it would hurt me to know that I had hurt somebody else. Everything I do in life is with the best intentions, I tip toe around every situation to ensure that I don't hurt anybody. Conflict actually scares me, I cannot deal with it, it makes me feel so uneasy, all of my anxieties start screaming out. Stressing is a big thing for me, i have had so many health problems due to stress, it's another thing I don't deal well with. 

After finding out my personality type I am really interested to know other people's, there are so many different kinds and those with mine make up less than 1% of the population, so it would be really interesting to know people with the same personality type…

Take the Myers Briggs personality test, you won't regret it, you will have never read anything in your life that can perfectly describe you.

What's your personality type?

Until tomorrow
xo

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Day Eight: Music Is My Everything

Sept 8th: Music that moves you. Are you a Spotify addict or a Pandora guru? Tell us your favorite artists/stations!

"Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't."
- Johnny Depp

Music connects with every single individual, no matter who they are. A single song, or even lyric can remind you of a certain time in your life, whether it be a song that reminds you of past memories or certain lyrics that remind you of somebody in your life, somebody you once knew. We often use music to occupy our minds whilst going through our everyday life. Music can emotionally move us, for many of us music is used as a distraction, or a means of communication between strangers.

Music has always been a huge part of my life. Taking it as a subject in school helped me to understand it so much more than I ever dreamed I would. 

"When you're down and lost, and you need a helping hand, when you're down and lost along the way, oh, just tell yourself, I'll, I'll be ok"

Although I'm only 20 years old, I have had some really rough times in my life and the one thing and probably only thing I have been able to count on to help me through is music, specifically McFly and Taylor Swift. Without these guys knowing it, they have been the biggest rock in my life, their music warms my heart in times of need.

McFly

When I was younger, I could never imagine loving 4 guys as much as I do now, these guys are 4 of the most amazingly talented and nicest guys you could ever lay your eyes upon. Everyone has bad day, no matter who they are and it's always nice to have something to cheer you up and for me, that comes in the form of four guys, more commonly known as being McFly!

"The world would be a lonely place, without the one that puts a smile on your face"

The goosebumps I get from listening to this band is insane, the intense feelings of absolute love gets me every time. When I really take the time to sit and listen to them I often become an emotional wreck. To have a band like this in my life, that can cheer me up at any moment and make any day amazing, no matter what, it one of the greatest thing I could ever ask for.

"The Heart Never Lies" is by far one of my favourite songs in the entire world. The feelings this songs gives me are incredible and the huge cheesy grin that appears on my face without even noticing. 

When McFly first came out, I absolutely adored them (although I was hurting from the Busted split) and I can honestly say (even though i never thought it was possible) I love McFly more than anything, more than I ever thought I could. I used to thing that I loved them on a huge scale, but that doesn't compare to my love for them today.

I still remember that moment in Manchester Apollo, the moment my life changed. This moment changed everything, the moment James Bourne stepped onto the stage and began to sing, it was truly amazing, but it was nothing compared to when he opened his mouth and started singing Year 3000, and that was certainly nothing in comparison to the tour we have just witnessed…the McBusted tour!

Being a girl who loved Busted and adores McFly, the announcement of this tour was possible one of the greatest moment of my life, to have been able to witness this more than once aswell was just absolutely amazing. 

I can't ever possibly thank the boys for how much they have helped me through life, how much they are there for me without even knowing it…we've just welcomed in a new era, the era of the galaxy crashers (galaxy defenders and wedding crashers…do you get it?) And I really look forward to what happens next, I can't wait to see where McBusted take us and I can't wait for McFly's next album…McFly are forever, never forget that.

Taylor Swift

Taylor has been my favourite female artist for a long time, I connect with her music on so many levels. She is probably one of the most loving and caring people that the celebrity world will ever know. When reading some of the things she has done to help her fans, or just to help people in general, it often brings me to tears.

"And I don't know why but, with you I'd dance in a storm in my best dress, fearless"

Taylor gives me the courage in life that I often need to get me through. I know that if I had never found her then I would probably be such a different person. Her words really speak, louder than anything I've heard before and they really get into my brain. 

She's so magical, she is everything any girl ever wants to be. Her music is magical, her tours are magical. This song "Long Live" is by far my favourite song…ever, this is a song that has really got me through some hard times in life.

Music is a lot to most people, to me…music is pretty much everything.

These are just two of my favourites, I love so many more artists and bands, but these two are in a way two of the biggest loves of my life.

Artists

McFly
McBusted
Taylor Swift
One Direction
Ed Sheeran
Foo Dighters
Demi Lovato
5 Seconds of Summer
The Vamps

Albums

When an album first comes out by a band or artist that I love, I often spend a lot of my time playing that album on repeat, it drives so many people insane. At the moment I'm still loving Taylor Swifts Red album, Wonderland is still by far one of my favourite albums. I actually recently fell back in love with My Chemical Romance, so at the moment I cannot stop listening to The Black Parade also, Foo Fighters album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace and Ed Sheerans newest album X.

Genre

I'm a pop girl, I love pop, the smile it brings to my face is insane, I'm a bit of a rocker deep down, but pop is my truest of loves.


I adore music, it's helped me so much throughout my life…who do you love listening to?

xo

Day Seven: Books! The Best Weapons in the world

Sept 7th: What's on your current reading list? Or what have you read that you recommend?

Books are truly amazing things and I absolutely adore reading.

" A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - George R.R Martin

Currently Reading:

- You're The One That I Want by Giovanna Fletcher

- Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 

Like most people that thoroughly enjoy reading, I do have a favourite writer, that one person who could write anything in the world and I would still read it. Stephen King is the by far my favourite writer, his novels are out of this world, he is insanely talented! He's absolutely fantastic, I'm sure if you have read some of his books yourself, you will probably agree. Here's a list of my personal top 5 Stephen King books, I highly recommend all of them:

- The Stand

- Under The Dome

- Misery

- IT

- Riding The Bullet

These are just my 5 favourite at the moment, it changes quite often and he has a lot of truly, truly amazing novels, I suggest you give him a read!

Current Reading List:

- Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

- Just After Sunset by Stephen King

- The Fault In Our Stars by John Green 

- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

- Billy & Me by Giovanna Fletcher

- The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet by Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter

Which then brings me onto something else…those of you who know me quite well will know of my everlasting love for the McFly boys.When I found out that 2 of the boys ( Tom & Dougie) had decided to release their own children's books, I was over the moon. They are absolutely fantastic and hilarious little books. Everyone is a little childish and these books definitely show this, give them a read…you know you want to!

- The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet

- The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas

- The Dinosaur That Pooped The Past

All Time Favourites

- Harry Potter ( 1-7) - J.K. Rowling

- The Lord of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

- The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

- The Stand - Stephen King

What's on your reading list?

Until tomorrow…

xo

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Day Six: Currently in September

Sept 6th: A "currently..." post. Tell us what you're loving, hating, reading, eating, etc.

…reading  You're The One That I Want by Giovanna Fletcher! Although I am only a few chapters in to this, I can already tell how much I am going to love this book.

…watching season 2 of Under The Dome, season 8 of Doctor Who and currently waiting for the 10th season of Supernatural to air.

...trying to get myself motivated for university, which starts rather soon now that I think about it. I am really excited to go back, these holidays are so long and boring.

…eating strong mints…I have a huge obsession for strong mints.

…pinning ideas for the home that the boyfriend and myself will be sharing, hopefully very soon.

…tweeting about anything that comes to mind to be honest. My twitter posts are usually quite random.

…going to spend my day editing some beautiful wedding photographs.

…loving how many lay-ins I've had recently. Unfortunately for me though, uni starts soon, so I am going to have to fix my sleeping pattern.

…discovering that I need to take this year seriously and make sure I have fun.

…enjoying the fact that my student loan comes in soon, I have been completely broke for the entirety of the summer period.

...thinking that I really need to tidy my house…I hate tidying.

…feeling rather down, mainly due to the idea of going back to university. 

…hoping that my third year of Uni is less stressful than the rest.

...listening to Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran.

…thanking the universe that I worked so hard last year and made it into my final year of uni.

…starting to understand that distractions in life aren't often a good thing.

What are you currently up to today?

xo

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Day Five: The biggest love of my life

Sept 5th: "I am passionate about ______________. "

My truest passion in the entire world is capturing moments and documenting life. I as an individual consider myself to be nothing without a camera in my hands. 

"To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work." Sister Mary Lauretta

For my entire life I have spent so long trying to find something that I am truly passionate about. Something that truly sparks the creativity inside of me and makes me want to achieve great things. I felt this passion the first time I held a video camera in my hands. Ever since that very first moment I haven't been able to live my life without the ability to create art in the form of the moving image.

Just under a year ago I purchased one of my most prized possessions, my DSLR. Purchasing this (mainly for videography purposes) sparked a new passion inside of me, that passion being photography. Ever since that moment, I have grown so much as a photographer.

I used to look around me at people enjoying life because they had found their truest passion, and to say I was jealous of this would be an understatement. Now I look around me and see the world in a different way, I see all of the beauty and opportunities that the world has to offer, and I'd hate to see it any other way.

What am I passionate about?

- Freezing time in the form of photography.

- Documenting life.

- Bringing my imagination to life in form of videography.

- Learning about new cultures.

- Traveling the world.

- Watching as many films as humanly possible.

- Living life to it's fullest

- Being happy.

Everyone is passionate about something, no matter who you are…what's your passion?

xo

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