My passion is photography. It is the reason I cannot be too far away from a camera.  My kids are growing up knowing how to pose for ‘mummy’ and are learning how to use a camera themselves.  My favourite thing about photography is how it is not limited to just one kind of person or... Read More »

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If you have been around this blog for a while you know that I have a hobby of taking self portraits.  While the proclaimed ‘selfie’ has been around since the days of Myspace, taking a simple self portrait is more of an art.  For me it began in last year with a new photography series... Read More »

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One of the fun things about being involved with a theatre group is attending script readings. Last night my theatre group, Bath Drama, had a rehearsed reading of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. As with the reading I was in last month (A Letter from the General), it was a rehearsed reading that... Read More »

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I love people. As a photographer I love photographing people because of how we are all different.  I like that we do not all look a like.  That we each carry our own personal armoire of stories, scars, and triumphs.  To me a person is not really beautiful because of their skin, their body type,... Read More »

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In this next installment of The War on Girls I take another look at how society is failing us.  I feel the need to preempt this with the fact you may not whole heartedly agree with me.  I am not a medical professional and I do not claim that all medications are unnecessary.  Perhaps you... Read More »

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My first self portrait for November has to deal with lies ahead for the rest of 2013.  We are now officially in my favourite time of the year.  This month alone is filled with Bonfire night and fireworks,  a blogger meet-up in London, my husband’s birthday, my birthday, a friend’s wedding, Panto rehearsals, and preparing... Read More »

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“We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess.  Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.”  ― Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk  I Want More.  This is easily a subject that can attack us all no matter your sex... Read More »

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