ABOUT ME

I am friendly, outgoing, up for an adventure. I work freelance as a photographic stylist, designing room sets, prop buying and dressing/styling sets for photo shoots, short films and TV commercials. I love being freelance as it means my job is very varied and that I am working with different people all the time, which makes it a little bit of a hobby also as I love meeting people and being social. I am often scouring antiques fairs and car boots for an unusual prop. I have lived in the city of Manchester most of my life and it is a very vibrant and creative place. I am close to my family who live nearby and I have a rescue dog called Daisy.

PHILOSOPHY

Be who you are, say what you feel, live life to the full, follow your dreams, enjoy the adventure of being alive, respect others and the environment.

Interests

Reclamation and salvage, I have a lot of salvaged pieces of furniture in my home, some that I have upcycled, I mosaiced my hall floor with tiles from a skip. Eco living ( I watched Mike Reynolds 'Garbage Warrior' and would love my own earthship ), Food, health and nutrition, I love to shop at local markets and delis and love dining out, nothing too pretencious just GOOD food. Live Music, I like Jazz, Reggae, Folk, World, Balearic chillout Music, Art, I like to visit galleries and go to events at galleries. I like to experience lesser known arty venues rather than anything too commercial.

• dogs
• arts
• environment
• dining
• delicatessens
• shopping
• movies
• tv
• socializing
• music
• live music
• jazz
• opera
• freelancing
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Artists and Bands I like are Low, Sia, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Michael Kiwanuka, Birdy, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bob Marley, Cinematic Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, Riot Jazz, all the Cafe del Mar & Budda Bar type stuff, Gotan Project, Maxwell, Al Green, Fleet Foxes, Staves, Hidden Orchestra, Joaquín Rodrigo, Go Go Penguin.

Books and Authors I like are Marie Antoinette Biography, Catcher and the Rye, Victoria Hislop, Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle, Jane Eyre, Power of NOW, Dictionary, Edward de Bono, Paulo Coelho, I am Malala.

Not a huge movie fan but some that spring to mind are Green Card, Kevin Macdonald's Marley, Garbage Warrior, Encounters at the end of the world, Pulp Fiction, Drive.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Minack Theatre, skinny dipping in a fountain in the mountains of Tuscany, haute couture shows in Paris, opera in Budapest and Verona, horse riding along the beach in Jamaica, hanging out with mormon rebels in Utah.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll show you how to turn a lampshade and other inanimate objects into a table if you open my mind to philosophical thinking and knowledge of the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Italy, Jamaica, Morocco, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom