Soft Focus Photography

Now that summer is around, i feel the need to change everything, i want to go blonder again, i want to buy a whole new summer wardrobe- to go along with my 40s/vintage idea, i want to buy a camera and take lots of photos. I did photography as an Alevel, and i adored it. I have a massive old wind on film camera, and used to develop the pictures myself.. For 3 years photography was a huge part of what i did, in every subject i would incorporate some kind of photography- even if it didn't need it. I have to admit, i got pretty good at it. Since leaving college, and feeling so uninspired, i lost interest, broke or got rid of my cameras and now i am really craving it again. I live in a countryside.. there not much else to do than take photos! And i think my blog is really lacking some good photography.. So this summer.. i will have a decent camera.. and ill spend my life taking photos and making art from them. I want this to be a creative and inspiring summer.
Here are a few images I'm really feeling right now (I have used some before). For some reason i just adore this soft focus.

Some photos courtesy of Tumblr, some Ive just been collecting off various blogs/websites

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Vintage Vogue.

Everything previous to this era is just so much better. You wouldn't see someone like Cheryl Cole back then.

Whisky a Go-Go on Sunset Strip

The Whisky a Go-Go was a new sensation that hit the Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip on January 11th 1964. An American nightclub, playing live bands and then records in the intervals. "Adults in coats and ties dancing to rock and roll" Johnny Rivers were amongst the first few people to play, and soon it was the 'it' place to be. On the First night a female DJ didn't show up, so they gave the job to the cigarette girl, Patty Brockhurst, who was wearing a fringed slit skirt, and dancing around to The Shirelles' "its my party" " I want to hold your hand" "hes a rebel"... the crowd went nuts, and thus was born the Go-Go Girl. The got two more female dancers to dance in cages above the stage, the streets were packed with young mods, rockers and beatniks wanting entry to this unmissable place. Bands such The Bryds, Alice Cooper, Buffalo Springfield, Love, The Doors, Frank Zappa, The Kinks, The Who, Cream, Slade, Led Zeppelin and SO many more.
The starting place for many of the bands, the best nights for most of the people.
There is so much more i could say about this place, and not do it justice, so i suggest you look into it yourselves.

Pretty things.

I want to stare at beautiful things, pretty things and girlie things. I'm not a girlie-girl at all, and i tend to post about more rock and roll type things, but today i want dainty, soft focus, sweet little images that make me smile.. Pretty photography that influences and inspires me. Here are just a few pictures that represent what i'm talking about.

Some photos are from http://thestylerunaway.blogspot.com/ & http://daisypinkcupcake.blogspot.com/