NoFilter Amsterdam

As some of you may already know at the end of the last year we had an amazing city break in Amsterdam, one of our favourite cities in Europe. As with any trip we took lots of photos and as normal when we returned I did some basic editing through lightroom, as well as posting a few on instagram. Such is life now that we all use some kind of editing wether it be filters, sharpening, levels etc so when I came across the really interesting #NoFilter project run by London City Airport I was keen to be involved. The aim of the project is to get back to the roots of photography and celebrating the fact that photos don't need to be edited heavily with apps such as instagram to show how beautiful the city is. I have been asked to share up to five unedited photos of our trip - all of these are straight off my memory card with absolutely no editing not even cropping and I think they still managed to capture this colourful and exciting city. Here are a few tips fo......

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Moving house with a toddler - are we crazy?

Our new Kitchen, although the rest of the house needs work Well hear we are again, one year later and on the move, it was just before Christmas last year that we completed the sale on our house, moved into a cottage my mother owns and now we are finally back on the housing ladder although this time with the luxury of being able to take our time to move into the new house although in a way I don't think this will make things any easier, in fact it will take longer and be a bit more disjoined than the first time around. Saying that we can get those little things sorted like having a plasterer to come and cover some artex left on one of the bedroom ceilings (who ever thought artex was a good idea I don't know) as well as being able to give each room a nice new coat of paint, we can take our time over sorting out labelling and making sure the right stickers are on the right boxes and hopefully de-stressing the whole thing, as well as hopefully de-cluttering our lives and ......

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Weekend Review

So John was away this weekend at the Salon trade show in London, which is an event for the hairdressing and barber industry. This meant I was at home with Arthur and would have to keep him entertained, so we decided to take the Aquabus from Bute park in Cardiff to Cardiff Bay - a really fun and relaxing 30min boat trip - which only cost £3 one way which was well worth it. We passed the Cardiff water activity centre and there where loads of rowers on the river. I also managed to pick up a cheeky little peace ring from Topshop while I was in town, it's big, brash and kind of fun. My peace ring from TopShop Rowers on the river taff Arthurs first boat trip Muddy weekend attire - Trespass wellies, Topshop skinny trousers, H&M Tee and Bodens cardigan John's weekend outfit - Vera Shoes, Albam Jeans and Norse Projects shirt ...

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