Here Comes The Summer - Lily Off Shoulder Red Tartan Swing Dress from Dolly & Dotty (*Ad PR Gifted)

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Since moving to Brighton a few months ago, I feel like a totally different person. It's always been my happy place, but with the sea breeze and and crashing waves, for the first time I feel like a person who is genuinely at home. I feel like a person who likes the summer. I feel like a person who has settled in.

Photography: Patchwork - Test shoot with Ruby Lorcan and Louise Lerego

Sometimes, just sometimes, things fall into place unexpectedly. I'd had an idea for a shoot I'd wanted to run with for such a long time - something simple, with mixed prints, mixed fabrics, and a bit of a vintage-but-can't-quite-place-it aesthetic to keep it timeless - but I couldn't quite find the right model or right brand to pitch it with. Then a model who I had wanted to collaborate with for a very long time posted a photo so different to her usual style that it blew my mind, and suddenly she was the perfect star for this role. And so began the mission of me standing utterly clueless in a North London fabric shop for an hour with no plan, clumsily gluing my fingers together with fabric glue, and somehow ending my year with the shoot of my dreams and a team who understood and even expanded on my vision.

Photoshoot: Lost In London with Luna

Summer is the time of year when a coffee date can turn into a full on photoshoot, and that's exactly what happened when I caught up with my beautiful friend, Luna.

Spring Refresh - Test Shooting with Louise Lerego, MUA.

Louise Lerego is my favourite person in the world to shoot with. Not only is she an exceptional make-up artist who creates magic with a few shakes of a make-up brush, she is a calming force on any set and appreciates the joy of a cup of tea and a doughnut. Dubbed my "work wife" by Howard, here are some beauty snaps shot recently where we just wanted to test out some ideas and have some fun.

Spring Refresh - Test Shooting with Katarina Adderley, MUA.

It's been a while since I've blogged about my photography (or indeed anything!), so with spring tentatively announcing it's arrival, I thought I'd share some recent test shoots which were done to bounce around a few ideas. This first one was done in conjunction with make-up babe Katarina Adderley, with the two models being Aleesha Hansel and Arianne-Unity.

Strange Galaxies - Bypassing Lights Ring by Labradorite Magic

When this beautiful Labradorite Magic ring arrived in the post, I actually gasped because of how stunning it is. Labradorite is such a pretty mineral, with a huge array of colours shimmering from it's centre. It's like wearing a tiny universe on your finger, and instantly became one of my favourite items in my jewellery box the second I slipped it on.