Whilst walking along the busy streets of London, on my way to an interview, I stumbled upon this shop, which looked an awful lot like Zara.. but wasn't..

Zara being on of my fave shops, of course I had to pop in and have a look,

Well, let's put it this way, Zara is now my second favorite shop...

And in case you girls out there haven't discovered this wonderful place.. Here are my Top Picks to get you started!




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Fur 

Trainers

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Having recently bagged myself a new job, it was time to celebrate!

So off I headed to London for a weekend of celebrations... including, food, wine, more food and more wine...



I headed down on the Friday, in the day I did a photoshoot with the lovely Diana  for her blog. It was 27 degrees so London was lovely, hot, and very sticky.

After nailing our shoot we grabbed a bev and I headed over to Jo's, where the fun began.

We cracked open the Prosecco and got ready for 9pm as we were heading out for dinner at Bodo Schloss.





Safe to say the food was AMAZING - Chicken Snitzle - my fave, the most amazing potato salad, and soooooo much winnneeeee.

We ended up staying there till 2am.. totes was not the plan... we met the stunt double for the women knight from Games of Thrones... Cool! It was supposed to be a sophisticated dinner.. yep that didn't happen..

So on Saturday, we died a bit... and then we went to get pizza.. but not any old pizza.. only a 20" pizza would cure this hangover.. so crawled to HomeSlice.







SO yeh... that was great.. as you can see.. that's one epic pizza...

After stuffing our faces, we then met up with Holly and headed to Clapham Common to go to the best Ice Cream place EVER.. did I mention we ate a lot this weekend....

Known as the best Ice Cream in London... Nardulli's  is the place to be! The common is lush on a hot day, and literally doesn't feel like you're in London.. it's amazing.. 





Definitely shouldn't have gone for two scoops, my stomach felt like it was about to explode...

So after sunbathing, and Ice Cream, we went home to get ready for Drama that night..

I mean, I was hanging bad already, but pretending that I'm not a total grandma I powered through...

We got there, got a table and a bottle of Belvedere to ourselves, and our night was SORTED
I mean the club wasn't amazing... it's basically a re-vamped Whisky Mist.. but with the Love Island Girls there, our own table and bottle, we felt like we were ball'in so we didn't care!

Hey guys, Me again

Getting back into the swing of things blog wise and thought I'd share some tips and tricks from shooting on location, both great for shooting in a hot and cold country...



I've learnt a lot from constantly shooting on location with Lucy Lu Rose, from camera techniques to finding the right light. So I thought as sharing is caring, I'd share my knowledge with you guys!

Top Tips 

1. White Walls are you best friend

with a white wall behind you, you can reflect some great light onto your model when either the lighting is too bright in direct sunlight or the lighting is looking overall naff.

Even getting your model to lean up against the white wall and face the white really flattens blemishes and gives them a flawless look which is great when you're trying to get that editorial shot.

2. Second to white walls, shadows are also our friends 



Shooting in direct sunlight is for the brave! It creates a real harsh light and you'll really struggle to get that flawless look you want, and the shadows will infuriate you.

3. The Golden Hour.. Hours 

So these means getting up at sunrise and shooting till the end of sunset. But believe me it's worth it. That dewy glow you'll get is insane.. trust me. And if you have to get up at 3am like me and Lucy did in Santorini.. well drink LOTS of coffee, then a lot of wine in the afternoon! Ha!

4. Go for a Gander

Getting the shot you want in one area might be quite difficult, the model needs to warm up, you need to decide on the right angle, and well it can get a little stiff up in there.


Go for a walk and continue shooting till you warm up enough to get the shot you want, then head back to the location you were shooting before and nail it!

You'll all be a lot looser and it will be a lot easier than dedicating all your time to that one spot.

There will be more tips and tricks blogs the more I learn so keep reading :)

Hope those tips helped :)

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Thanks for reading

Pip x