Camera

Here is a picture of my SLR camera with two of my lenses. This camera was a birthday present for my 16th birthday from my mother when I told her I want to go into photography. I love my mother because she is very supportive of what I do. In year 10 I decided because I'm not of legal age to get a job I would find ways to make my own money. First I started by ordering things like popular watches or belts on the internet then i would add maybe 20 pound's or more onto it and sell it on in order to make a profit. I later got tired of it because sometimes when I ordered something I would wait up to a month for my customers to come and collect they're item. With the money I got from this I bought myself a small fujifilm and decided I would start taking pictures. People saw my pictures and liked them and started asking me to take pictures for them. I asked my mother if she would help buy a SLR and she did for 16th. In year 11 i started taking pictures at partys and small events and even started recording videos later on. I have always been interested in media and videos and still photography and I hope to get into that sort of field in the future.

Some Signs Of Spring

Finally i woke up this Sunday morning to find some sun, as we had been seeing some unexpected weather for spring. I was very happy to see this weather that I decided I would celebrate by wearing a dress to church. When returning from church i was looking out of my balcony window and I decided I liked the way the sun was shining onto the houses opposite my own so I would take a picture. I took a picture of this to show summer is coming. This means fun and sun when college is done and as per usual I am very excited about it.

Creams

My and two good friends of mine decided to treat ourselves and go to creams. I took a picture to show my usual order and my friends orders in the background. I bought myself the strawberry delight, which is a waffle covered in strawberry's and strawberry sauce and some ice-cream. I like to treat myself occasionally especially when I feel like I have worked hard and deserve it. I'm not usually a desert person but I do like to go out to eat once in while just because I'm catching up with my friends or loved ones.

SFX

Here is a picture of my ID card. I have been a student at SFX since September 2012. I attended primary school and secondary school in my area so to move to clapham was a big step for me, but I was happy because I felt like I was growing up and becoming more independent. I don't really like my ID picture so i focused the lens more on the college name and my name. I took a picture of this because obviously when I am representing myself I am also representing the college I attend, so I decided it would be a good idea to show my ID pass.

Braids

Here is a picture of my current hairstyle. These are called braids or single plaits. This hairstyle is mostly done by African or Carribean people. Braids are one of my well known hairstyles since primary school. I love the hairstyle weather big braids or small braids. This time i decided to add the color burgundy. This has become one of my favorite colors I now own a lot of burgundy clothing and even matching converses. I took a picture of my braids as I am known for having different styles of braids. Of-course these braids were done by one and only mother.

Pay Day

Pay days first purchase. I did quite a lot of overtime this past month so when pay day came i got a good amount so I decided to treat myself. Majority of my friends have done shisha before and I wanted to try it so i decided to buy a Hookah. While trying it I decided to take a picture. I thought it tasted very nice and it was a nice investment. I also felt good to be trying something from a different culture.

Pay days second purchase was a pair of Air flights 2013. These trainers are exclusive as I was told in JD and I haven't seen anybody with it so I decided to treat myself to a pair. Ive become interested in trainers since I started college as that's all I wear to college. I think my trainer collection is going to grow as I keep getting paid and I am looking forward to it.

Harris Academy Merton

I decided to take a trip to my secondary school and take a picture of it. From year 7 to year 11 I attended Harris Academy Merton located In pollards hill. My secondary school is 3 bus stops from my house. I have a lot of memories from my secondary school both good and bad, I wont even lie I miss attending school sometimes even though I like the independence at college. Secondary school is probably where I changed most. When I started secondary school I was very quiet, with no confidence and too myself. Throughout secondary school i learned to accept myself, I also grew some confidence and became more comfortable.

Hairdresser

In this image I attempted to cut and style my younger sisters weave. I have never cut hair but my one before so this was a bit of test. To my surprise it was a success, I went to show my mother and she told me I had done very well. I think the reason why I can do hair is because my mother is a hairdresser and because when Im not out or doing work she asks me to come help her I learn. I look up to my mum and I aspire to be like her because she is a very hardworking women. In a way I try to be like my mother with the hairdressing and everything and I enjoy it. I like to think of myself as a mini version of her.

Baby Priscilla

This is a baby picture of me when I had just come from Ghana, (I wasn't born in the UK). In this image I was about 6/7 months old. From a young age I always had a lot of hair, not to mention the fact i was a chubby baby. I think I looked more like my dad when I was younger but as I've grown I look more like my dad. I found this picture displayed inside the sitting room cabinet and decided to take a picture of it to add to my blog. I thought a baby picture would be a good way to show how I have changed but also in a way how I haven't. I'm always told my face never changes, and how I look exactly how I did when I was a baby.

Ghana Independence Day

Ghana independence day (6th March) happened to fall on a Wednesday of this year. On this day I decided I was going to represent my country to the fullest as it the 56th year of independence and as a Ghanaian I wanted to let everybody known that I am very proud of my image. I wore a Ghana flag around me to college, traditional cloth around my head and a customized t shirt translated in Twi saying "Ye Fr3 Mi Afua", which means they call me Afua. I had an induction on this day for my Primark job but I still dressed up in my Ghanaian gear to show of my country and changed in croydon to go to my interview. I uploaded this because I wanted to show how proud I am to be Ghanaian.

Mixing

In my spare time I make mix's. This is one of many things I can do. I like to think of myself as a mini DJ. I started of mixing because I use to burn Ghanaian songs on CD's for my dad and I wanted the songs to flow into one another. As i carried on using the mixer I would play with it in my spare time and try out new things on it such as different effects and filters. As time went my mixing just seemed to get better that I even started making mixes to listen to on my phone and play when I am at home. I enjoy mixing because I enjoying listening to music.

Real Hair

In this picture I am just showing my hair. This is my real hair and my hair is one feature of me that I am known for. People are always shocked when they look at my hair to find out it is my real hair. This is because African and Carribean people don't usually have long hair and I am fully Ghanaian so it is a shock to them. Throughout my 17 years of life my mother has been my hairdresser and is the reason why my hair is so long. Even though my mother has long hair, her hair isn't as long as mine. I'm like an exhibition of my mothers work to her customers.

Trainers vs Heels

When I was younger I was a bit of a tomboy, I wasn't really into the color pink, dresses or skirts. As I grew up I started realize maybe dresses and skirts aren't that bad. To my surprise the color pink even became one of my favorite colors. I took a picture with one foot in heels and one foot in trainers to show that, even though I'm not really a tomboy anymore I still love my trainers and wear trainers casually to college and maybe out or when I'm going out, to say Croydon, at the same time I love my heels and make sure I look nice when I am going out to dinner with my friends or to a party.

Year Book

While looking throwing away my old stuff i came across this book I made in year 11. This was supposed to be a year book because our school didn't do yearbooks at the time. This image is the front cover of my year book with old pictures of me from year 7-11. I thought it was funny to see how much I had grown. While looking through the book and looking at some hairstyles I found myself to be asking "what was I thinking?". I took a picture of this because these are old pictures of me which show what I've looked like throughout the years and I decided it represented me and how I've changed.

Chinese

We came home from church on a Sunday and my mum said we could order Chinese as a treat, so i decided to take a picture. I enjoy eating oriental food for a change from Ghanian dishes all the time. This picture is of the shop I order from. I'm very lazy and try to avoid leaving my house when I can so i always order it my house and pay for the delivery, my mum tells me I waste money, while typing this i realised why.

Sunday Meal

In this image there is soup being heated on the stove and next to the soup my mother is making the Fufu. Fufu is a Ghanaian dish eaten by mostly all Ghanaian  The soup that is being heated up is called Light Soup, this soup also has meat in it as in served on top of the Fufu. Every Sunday in my house instead of the traditional Sunday Roast eaten in other peoples houses, my mother makes Fufu. I took a picture of this my usual Sunday meal. Even though I don't really like Fufu, I try to eat it, just to sit around the table with my family and share some jokes. Occasionally we will have something different to eat on a Sunday, like the odd Sunday roast just to switch it up a little, but Fufu on a Sunday in my house is a tradition

Ironing

I have regular chorus when I am at home, this can be; hovering, cleaning the bathroom, washing dishes and tidying the kitchen or ironing. On this occasion I was ironing so I decided to take a picture. In this image you can see the iron on top of the iron board and the ironed clothes in the basket. The reason I took this image is because I wanted to show some of the home training I receive  I think chorus are important and should be implemented from a young age to get you in practice, so you will be able to look after you're own home when  you are older. Although I find chorus annoying at times, I am happy that my mother makes me do them, because I know it will benefit me in the future

Ghana Music

This is a picture of my speakers plugged into my iPhone. There is a picture of a Ghana flag on my iPhone because I was listening to a Highlife mix. Highlife is a genre of music in Ghana, it is basically r&b but in Twi or any other Ghanaian language. I like too listen to this music because it is slow and relaxing, especially when I am doing work or chorus as it puts me in a good mood, sometimes it may even slightly motivate me. I love Ghanaian music, the beats and rhythms of it, the lyrics and everything about it. Most of the time its all i listen too, weather I am playing it from my phone or listening to CD's or from my computer.

Snow In March

While ironing i heard my younger siblings shout out "Its snowing". I decided to take a picture as this was very unusual as we are supposed to be in the spring season, and you would expect to see sun rather than snow. Then again this country has unpredictable and unreliable weather in comparison to Ghana which is always hot, then we have the rain season as well called 'Hamatan' and even when it does rain it will gush down for a good 20-30minutes then stop.

Jellof Rice

Here is one of my favorite Ghanaian dishes. This is jellof rice with pasta salad (pasta,tuna and mayonnaise) and kebab on a stick. This food is always served at Ghanaian party's funerals/bbq's and get together  I was really excited to be having this meal, even though I eat jellof rice on a regular basis its not every day my mum makes kebab and pasta salad. Then to top it off I was told to go get a bottle of super malt as well. As you can imagine i was very much over the moon. I love home cooked food above all food, especially my mums cooking. My mother hates when i buy food and bring it home but once in a while we order food as a family, but she prefers us to eat home food. My family is rather 'traditional' but with some modern apsects.

ICT Book

This is a picture of my ICT book. When I started this subject I thought I could through this subject easily without very much effort because I thought I fully understood it. This book was neglected for many months until my A Level results came and to my surprise I had failed. When I received my results I had a wake up call that i need to give more attention to this subject than I had thought, since then this book has become my good friend. In my spare time I pick it up and read it to refresh my memory and make sure I understand what I am learning, to make sure I can get that B grade I need to take me to university.

Favourite Cereal

This is a picture of my favorite cereal. I can this eat this cereal for breakfast lunch or dinner sometimes even as a snack. I never ever by food for the house unless I'm treating everyone to chinese or something like that, but if the curiously cinnamon is finished and my mother has not been shopping I will leave my house just to go sainsburys or tesco to buy some. There is no other cereal I would use my own money to buy. I don't know what it is with me and this cereal but I love it. My mother is the reason I became addicted to this cereal, when i was younger my mother didn't really eat cereal but when she did this was the cereal she ate, I had never tasted it but I had made up my mind that I did not like it, until one day i decided i would try it and to my surprise I loved it.

Nandos

This was my meal when I went to nandos for my birthday in December  This is half a chicken with spicy rice and garlic bread. This is my usual whenever I visit nandos, and I have never changed it since I started going to nandos, the reason for this is because I don't really like trying new things in case I don't like it because I hate wasting money. You would think I would get tired of it but because I don't visit nandos regularly i actually enjoy it. I really love garlic bread. I remember I was introduced to garlic bread by my father in primary school and ever since I just cant get enough, my mother hates when i put garlic bread into the oven because the smell spreads around the house (which she hates), so whenever I am out and I have the opportunity to buy garlic bread I do.