I recently had my first day off work in weeks. It’s something of a myth that self-employed people can take holidays or chill out whenever they feel like it…certainly in the longer term my husband (and in this context business partner!) and I will be aiming for an improved work/life balance, but for now, it’s work that holds sway the majority of the time. At the moment I’ve been working so long and so hard that I’m feeling a little unlike myself. A little of my natural spark, my deep-seated love of life, is feeling subdued. I needed to do something to remind me of its existence; to breath some life and tranquility back into myself; to enjoy the beautiful world outside. So we went for a day out to walk around the gardens at Chatsworth, cameras in hand. I strolled, I looked, I spotted beautiful things to carefully frame and commit to film.
All photographs taken on the Rolleiflex 2.8F, Reala film, developed and scanned by me back at UK Film Lab
dearest Erica, first of all I love these pictures. Secondly I really really hope you find that balance quickly so you can enjoy the simple things in life and leave work be once in a while at least xoxoxo