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So this edit was inspired by this song. I was thinking of youth.. time that drags and all the daydreams we had as children about our lives.. what we wanted to do and who we wanted to be.

I took this photo one afternoon last summer when a dear friend came over to mine to hang out. For some reason I had it in my head that I wanted to do a "cloud" shot today but after 5 minutes outside my frozen self could barely press the trigger on the remote. Winter, you defeated me!

In any case, I found this gem whilst exploring my hard drive. I LOVE capturing my friends.. they are such a big part of my life. And amusingly enough, at some point most of them have conceded (not always willingly!) to being in front of my lens :)

Some of you may already know this but once again, as a massive THANK YOU to all of you guys for following me and for being such awesome people in general, I'm currently holding a giveaway on my facebook page! Check it out and enter for a chance to win :)

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Ps. If you love kittens you might want to check out my twitter :3

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Hi guys!

So as promised, here are the details of how to enter the giveaway!

I'll be giving you all the opportunity to win, not 1, not 2 but 3 prints of your choice (A4 size) and 2 books (Youtube - bit.ly/zZBtpX).

So there are several ways that you can enter.

Facebook
1. Be a follower of my page
2. Comment on this post. ONCE only please. This will count as one entry.

Bonus! If you share this post it will count as another entry!

Twitter - Follow me and tweet this phrase "Entering Bella's photo giveaway at www.facebook.com/bellakotakphotography #bellakotak"

Tumblr- Simply like/reblog the post

I will be closing this in one week and will draw the names on Sunday the 5th of February.

As this is my first time holding something like this I will also be doing a bonus draw and give 5 more people who enter a chance to win a print (also A4) of their choice!

Ok so there you have it. 4 ways to enter and 6 winners!

Thank you all and Good Luck!! :)

Bella

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One from a series shot this weekend with the painfully beautiful Martha. Rest of the images from this series coming soon. Keep an eye out on facebook for behind the scenes, outtakes and a massive print giveaway coming soon!

Happy Tuesday Wednesday everyone! - Lol I lost a day somewhere!

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my thoughts swirl and opportunities call.. I'm doing what I love and hopefully everything else will fall into place.

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It's been a busy week and I'm looking forward to an even busier weekend. One of my resolutions is to shoot more this year. I've got one tomorrow, another on Sunday and hopefully one on Tuesday. I'll be videoing the behind the scenes on my small camera to share with you guys! I've been saving my money to upgrade from the Canon 450d that I currently use. Am waiting for the rumoured 5d mark III to drop before I make a decision what camera to upgrade to. I'm craving to create beautiful videos.. what would you recommend?

Have a beautiful weekend everyone!

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I'm fascinated by the idea of death personified. A little morbid it's true but a concept that interests me nonetheless. It was in Philip Pullman's, Dark Materials when the idea was first introduced to me, death walking side by side with you through life.

"Doesn't it scare you, having your death close by all the time?" said Lyra
"Why ever would it? If he's there, you can keep an eye on him. I'd be a lot more nervous not knowing where he was."
"And everyone has their own death?" said Will, marvelling.
"Why yes, the moment you're born, your death comes into the world with you, and it's your death that takes you out."
- The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman

This is my little take on such an idea. The model is the lovely Sevgi. We took this at a meetup in London last year. I've put together a blog post about it here :)

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