The Future...

A big bold statement, some can't wait for the future, others are terrified, personally I'm stuck in the middle. As much as I love what I do it is very scary to think it wont be long till Im finishing university and truly going into the big bad world. Especially since I am at a crossroad on wether to leave after third year and get my degree as opposed to honours, however this will ultimately depend on my placement next year and what me and kevin decide for the future in terms of living situations. For some honours is essential however over these 2 years I have come to learn it is more experience and passion as opposed to education when it comes to my specific field. All I know is I'm going to make the most of this year work as hard as I can with uni work, my business, radio, and much more. It will be tough and stressful and no doubt there will be tears but in the end it will be worth it, the best advice I have ever been given is to do the best you can then push

further to meet your full potential, no dream is too big or too small.

xoxo

Films That Inspire Me

Hello everyone! Apologises for not blogging in a while i've been super busy with work and redecorating and lots of other fun stuff. However I promise I will be blogging regularly and I am in the middle of editing a blogger event video :).

So I thought I would do a blog on something im very passionate about-film. Film is my life, my career it's everything to me. So I thought I would share with you some of my favourite films which inspire me and which I hold very dear to my heart.

The first film is a Tim Burton classic Edward Scissorhands, made in 1990 this was the first ever tim burton film I had seen, which had started a life long love for this film genius. Personally this film really speaks to me back as a child and even now I can relate to the misunderstood nature of edward and his struggles with social acceptance. Tim burton had shown me it's ok to be different, its ok if kids make fun of you for being weird, reading and writing books all day as opposed to playing outside. Looking back now I find the filming very impressive, some of the close up shots, colours, music and the ending scene are all simply beautiful.

Another film I adore made the same year is Misery, based on Stephen King's classic tale. Having read the book I was a bit skeptical of the film wondering if the story would work as it is predominately in one small bedroom. However was I wrong, unlike horrors of today where everything is all blood and guts, Misery terrifies the mind. The relationship between writer paul and obsessed fan annie is intense to say the least. To this day I cannot look at Kathy Bates without shuddering. Although primarily in one location the impressive acting by both characters makes you completely forget everything else. The subtle filming during scenes which would have the potential to be gory makes for an even scarier experience for the audience, letting their imaginations run wild. For once a film has matched if not been better than the book.

Last but not least although it is not one film I just had to put in Harry Potter, the books and films were my entire childhood. Words cannot express how much these mean to me as sad as it may sound to others, both the book and film opened my eyes to a world of a fantasy genre I could only dream of. To see the progression throughout the films, the maturing of the characters and continued realism of creatures I could only ever imagine through the power of CGI these films have a very special place in my heart. One of my biggest goals in life is to be published and have the opportunity to film my book.

I hope you enjoyed a tiny look into just some of the films which have inspired me throughout the years, if you would like more of these comment and let me know. I am also thinking of doing movie reviews in the near future on my blog and on radio next semester once I am production manager. Till next time.

xoxo

Download Festival And Haul

Hello everyone! It's been a while as some of you may know I was away last week in england for the greatest heavy metal festival ever known as Download and Im not gonna lie it was amazing :D. The 8 and a half hour drive was soo worth it, especially getting to see one of my favourite bands bullet for my valentine for the second time this year and Papa Roach an old favourite of mine as a teenager, however on the friday stupidly me and everyone else decided to get right to the front for slipknots set, well that had to be the most mental gig of my life. Being the clumsy mess I am I tore the ligaments in my ankle being thrown in a huge mosh pit. Unfortunately we did have to leave early as I couldn't really walk and my boyfriend got a stomach infection, whom by the way never gets ill! Guess it was just bad luck however I enjoyed every minute anyway and we have planned our trip for next year already.

Anyway while we were at Download there were some amazing stalls, including clothing, body jewellery even oxygen bars. I was really tempted to get pierced while I was there but slapped my wrist knowing a new piercing and a festival with zero hygiene don't mix. So I did treat myself, I first got this amazing frankenstein and bride cardigan, I had my eye on this for a while but it was sold out EVERYWHERE so when I saw it at download I just had to have it.

The next item is an alice in wonderland shirt but with a bit of a makeover, I love this top with the piercings,tattoos and metallic top I have to say Alice looks badass a much better version if I do say so myself.

Next is a gorgeous dark angel top, what I love about this top is the long sleeves with lace detailing its great for a colder day as most of my top don't have long sleeves and the gothic background and goblet are a nice touch.

Now one of my friends told me its a sort of tradition at your first year at download to get a hat. There were soo many I couldn't choose but when I saw this checkered leather hat with the goggles I knew that was the one for me. It was perfect for slipknot and my boyfriend got a similar with devil horns and our friend Lewis got a gas mask, he looked pretty scary with it on and his hood up but at least no one barged into us at the arena thanks lewis!

I also got some jewellery as you can see below, including a melting Chanel necklace I've wanted for a while and a new jack skellington pendant because frankly you can't get enough of anything tim burton. I also got some cute hair bows.

xoxo

Benefit North East Bloggers Event

It's Friday! Everyone's looking forward to a sunny weekend and a new blog post ;)

Last night me and some fellow bloggers met up for a Benefit make-up event, it was great fun!. We got given a demonstration on some new products with helpful tips and tricks and even some cheeky freebies. Both the benefit girls giving the demonstration were soo lovely and energetic, the life of the party! They managed to get everyone to mingle, and the organiser of all north east blogger events Laura was there. It was really good chatting with her and discussing future film projects not only with the north east bloggers but benefit too!. All the bloggers were really friendly and it was nice to meet people with different talents and interests within the blogging community.

Below you can see the video I made during the event and a few little snaps too hope you all enjoy. :)

Klayer Davidson Photo-shoot

For once I was in front of the camera as opposed to behind and my god was it strange! Definitely a completely different experience however it was soo much fun regardless :). In the past I had been offered modelling opportunities but was too shy and self conscious to take the opportunity, but lately I've been more willing to put myself out there and out of my comfort zone especially with the business doing so well. Fellow photographer Claire was such a sweetheart, a pleasure to work with she put my nerves at ease instantly and we bonded over common interests. She was always asking my opinion on where to shoot and worried for my safety in my giant heels!. Me and Claire discussed the shoot to be more of a gothic feel, as this is the type of modelling I would like to get into, the editing particularity in the trees was a great representation of that. Overall I loved the way the photos turned out hope to work with claire again in the future. :) Rest assured though everyone my main focus shall be BEHIND the camera and film sets.

On another note I have an exciting interview tomorrow about possibly doing permanent studio work for a family photography business, however still continuing my other freelance work and a meeting tomorrow about my film festival project, exciting stuff! Below you can see all my photos from the shoot, and please check out claires blog too!

-http://klayerdavidsonphotography.blogspot.co.uk

New Logo!

As you can see from above I have a new logo :D soo happy with the design and now I can finally print of new and improved business cards!. Was delighted to come home to see these after a fun day of shooting. Credit has to be given to Julie Small an Art Student at RGU her work is brilliant, gave me great feedback to my ideas, and we were able to collaborate our creative minds together for this great logo. Check out her page here- http://designbyjulie.weebly.com

xoxo

Vision Romania Video

Well I have certainly been busy this week, I can now finally tell you all what I've been up to. Earlier this year I had been asked by the wonderful charity Vision to create a promo video for them once they had gotten back from visiting and helping in Romania. They brought me back some great footage, the work they do is really amazing and the charity members have been soo lovely and kind to me. So here we have the promo video from their May 2013 trip. Hope you all Enjoy :D

For more information visit-
www.visionromania.org