Biscuiteers: 194 Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill
Now I may be biased as I do work for the company but I think Biscuiteers might be one of the most instagramed shops (and brands) ever. I constantly see the shop front on my feed and people are always tagging us (Biscuiteers) on Instagram. The beautiful hand painted illustrations do make for a lovely photo, plus there are loads of tasty biscuits and cakes inside which are also super fab to take a photo of. They also have an icing cafe on the Northcote Road if you're based in South London.
Sketch: 9 Conduit St, Mayfair
I was a little reluctant to include this in my list as I didn't have the best experience here but I can't deny that the place isn't beautiful. The pink interior of the parlour is bound to perk up anyone's feed and we can't forget about those toilets! Even social media queen Kylie Jenner is a fan!
Peggy Porschen: 116 Ebury St, Belgravia
The only place I feel rivals Biscuiteers as the most Instagrammed shop is Peggy Porschen! I happened to stumble across it one evening and managed to take snap whilst there was no one else in shot. I unfortunately was too late to try any of their delicious cakes but I really do hope to soon! I absolutely love the sugary pink colour of this shop and it's the perfect haven for a sweet toothed girl.
Chelsea in Bloom, Sloane Square (Runs during the Chelsea Flower Show)
I've wanted to visit Chelsea in Bloom for a few years now and this year I finally got the chance. Walking around the the area in the glorious sunshine, taking lots of floral snaps has to be one of my favourite things I've done so far this year. I can't wait to see what theme they have next year (as every year is different) and doing it all over again. It does get very busy so you'll have to be patient, you have been warned...
Liberty London: Regent St, W1B 5AH
One of the prettiest shops in London is located right off Oxford Street and leads you into the heart of Carnaby Street. A fantastic location to get shots of the iconic front as well as the gorgeous flowers by Wild At Heart by Nicki Tibbles. At Christmas they have the most wonderful window displays, last year it was themed around The Nutcracker ballet and it was just delightfully festive. Plus they have a cute tea room, treatment rooms and I have spotted a celeb or two in the loos!
Berners Tavern: 10 Berners St, Fitzrovia
Regent Street, Soho, W1B 5AZ
Regent Street is one of the best places to shop in London and is connected to so many locations which are perfect to Instagram! It's only a short walk to Sketch (mentioned above), so whilst your safely crossing the road to spend some more of your pay day cheque before having afternoon tea, why not try and get a snap of one of London's most iconic roads filled with taxis and red Routemaster buses.
Bronte: Grand Buildings, 5EJ, 1-3 Strand
Bronte is the perfect place to take a tourist or a friend visiting for the day. You're only a stones throw away from lots of the tourist hot spots including the National Gallery, a short walk to Buckingham Palace or Covent Garden. The interior design of this place is so luxe and that's what makes it so special, it was built under the creative direction of Tom Dixon, the man responsible for those copper candles. It really is an Instagram dream...
Westminster Bridge, London, SE1 7GL
This might be one of my favourite Instagram shots of all time. I snapped this whilst on the BB bakery afternoon tea bus, and I couldn't quite believe I'd got the shot. You could easily recreate this shot whilst popping to Regents Street to visit another one of my hotspots. I know if you take the 159 bus you go over the Westminster Bridge (and I'm sure many other buses do too).
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So I've been a bit MIA from the blogging scene recently and this is all because I was finishing my degree in photography! Which means I've finished university, it's unbelievably scary to say this but very exciting at the same time. My three years here in Birmingham are over. I've had some really amazing times here and made some of the best friends I'll ever have, but I'm really looking forward to moving back home and starting my life again back in London. I want to do a whole blog post on my university experience as I think it might be helpful for people who are unsure what they want to do about going. As I know when I was thinking about going something like this would have really helped me out. So if you're interested in that please let me know in the comments!
I'm also currently entered in the Jack Wills Young Brit competition, so if you have a spare minute please vote for me here. All you have to do is click on the creativity category, search for Daisy Kent & click vote! It would really mean a lot if you could help me out.
I'll be back to my usual fashion/beauty/lifestyle posts soon but I thought I'd show you all what I've been up to. My work was based on the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, I decided to focus in this set of photos on the dark personality of the wolf. Which I think and hope these photos reflect. These photographs are from a mixture of two photo shoots I did over the space of 4 days and I'm really pleased with them! I was also in charge of styling and obviously photography, however I wouldn't have been able to do it without, Model: Annie @ Profile Models, MUA: Harriet and MUA: Sarah Hines.
P.S If you're interested in any of the clothes I used I've done a shop the post feature at the end so you can find all the pieces easily!
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These photos are a continuation from another shoot based on Little Red riding hood which you can see here. I shot these photos in Birmingham at Winterbourne Gardens which was a great recommendation from my house mate. It's so pretty there if you're ever in the area you must go and the cakes from the tearoom were pretty good too. We were so lucky with the weather as every day that week it had rained, so luck was definitely on my side. The lovely model is Liv from What Olivia Did, styling and photography was done by me!
Around a week or so ago I spent the day with one of my closest gal pals, Liv. She's one of the chosen victims for my latest university project which is all based on fairy tales, I've given myself the theme of fantasy to work within. I allocated her the task of being Little Red Riding Hood, which suited her perfectly! I made a bit of a mistake on the day so some more images need to be re-shot but here are ones I've chosen from that shoot. I hope you enjoy them! For anyone wondering the clothes used in the shoot are a mixture of Liv's own, Topshop and ASOS.
P.S Click on the images to see them in better detail!
A really quick post for you today, this is simply a wishlist of things that are sitting on the top of my wishlist. Some of which would make great Valentine's Day gifts if you are stuck on what to get your lady, what to ask for or simply feel like treating yourself! I'm trying to save my money this and be good as I spent quite a lot over January and I feel the pinch now. However I'm pretty certain some of these things will slip into my basket over this month. I'm really into baby pink and bows right now (as you'll soon notice,) so I'm really happy this colour is on trend as it means there is lots of pink things for me to buy!
If you like them as much as me, click on the image and it'll lead you straight to the page, How easy is that?!
P.S Last week I had the pleasure of taking some outfit photos for Lily Melrose's blog, I'm sure you would have heard of her but if you haven't you can check out her blog here! It was pretty nerve racking at first as I've never had to take someone else's outfit photos before so I wanted to get them just right. We were pretty unlucky with the weather too as it was absolutely tipping it down but I don't think you're able to tell too much in the photographs. We managed to get some pretty good shots despite the miserable weather, let me know what you think!
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P.S Last week I had the pleasure of taking some outfit photos for Lily Melrose's blog, I'm sure you would have heard of her but if you haven't you can check out her blog here! It was pretty nerve racking at first as I've never had to take someone else's outfit photos before so I wanted to get them just right. We were pretty unlucky with the weather too as it was absolutely tipping it down but I don't think you're able to tell too much in the photographs. We managed to get some pretty good shots despite the miserable weather, let me know what you think!
As you may or may not have noticed I've been a little bit M.I.A from the blogging scene for the last month or so. This is due to the time of year when the amount of university work I have to do just gets a little bit too much and blogging gets left behind. After a very stressful month I'm back and I thought I'd show you what I've been up to. I took these photos for this project at Holborn Studios again, with the lovely Zuzanna from SUPA model management. The theme behind the images was to look at "tomboy"styling, so I wanted to keep the hair and make-up very natural. I'm pretty pleased with how they've come out the first and fifth are my favourites. I just wish I had taken more photos from the shoot!
I'm currently in my third year of studying fashion photography as I'm sure a couple of you know. I photographed one of my closest friends, the absolutely gorgeous Liv for one of my test shoots for a project I'm currently working on. I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, as I wanted them to have a really girly/feminine feel to them and I think I was able capture that in these photos. I really loved doing this photoshoot as I loved the styling and working in the lovely Holborn Studios.
I'm also looking for models and Make up artists for another couple of upcoming shoots so if you know of any let me know or send them to this post to get in contact!
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It's coming up to the exam period for us university students as I'm sure most of you are all too aware. Although I don't have any exams my big hand in date is quickly approaching. I did another photoshoot with a friend of mine as part of this hand in - I'm looking for male models if any of you know any for my next photoshoot. Again with these photos the theme is 90s, I hope this comes across in the styling and editing as I've had a nightmare editing some of these!
I'd love to know what you think, whether its good or bad feedback (it helps me out either way), leave me a comment below! After the big hand in I should be back to blogging as usual - and if you didn't see it already I interviewed Lily Vanilli, which was an exciting and interesting experience... check it out here.
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