The Foxes

Magical Moments first wedding video.

The Foxes, July 2017 

We have lots more wedding booked in and we are SO excited to capture more special days!

Exploring B Town

After 6 months apart, my best friend Becs travelled down to Brighton from Bristol to spend a couple of days with me. We explored Brighton pier, the lanes, the beach and best of all, the sushi! 

With Go Pro in hand I filmed some footage of our quality time together. Not my best, but everytime me and Becs are reunited we always film a video for memories. So heres another video to add to our special collection..

Next adventure : Drusilla Zoo!

Beth

6 things I learnt in 2016

Two thousand and sixteen

As each year draws to an end, I always become very nostalgic. I've never quite liked saying goodbye to a year and welcoming a new one, whether it has been good or bad, I just become very attached to the last 365 days and their memories. For me 2016 was the year of maturing and whilst sitting on the train (what a surprise, where I seem to get most of my ideas lately) I decided to share the 6 things I have learnt during 2016.. Here it goes!


1. Achieving goals is possible but also damn hard
It has been a dream of mine for many years to move from wee Northern Ireland to England and this was the year I achieved that! 2016 mostly revolved around planning and saving for my big move. I could write a long list of reasons why I moved to England, one of them being more career opportunities. And this is where the 'damn hard' part is explained. Even though I have achieved my goal of moving to England, another massive goal of mine is to get a film/media career/job. This year I have learnt this is much harder than I thought. Some days I think that I will never get the film career I so desperately desire but I also thought the same about moving to England and here I am, writing this in my first little flat in Eastbourne, miles away from home. At the moment I am feel very disheartened by this goal but I am determine to continue to work hard and maybe, possibly, please God, can 2017 be the year I get a full time film job. 

As we are on the topic of jobs, this relates to point number 2..

2. Every step is a valuable step to your future
Retail is not for me! I've always known this but sometimes you've got to do what you gotta do! At the start of 2016 I needed to find a retail job to work alongside my freelance work, to help me save for my big move. I hated applying for retail jobs and lying in applications, pretending I really wanted to work with tills rather than cameras. I have had retail jobs throughout the years and hated most of them. I eventually got offered a job in *insert big retail store here* and I was dreading it. I just didn't want to do yet another retail job, as past jobs made me miserable and I expected this one too would destroy my soul. Well how I was so wrong! This year I learnt that not every retail job is awful and this was just the next step in my life. It turned into the best little retail job and my work mates became my second family. Sometimes we have to do dreaded things but not to judge a book (job) by its cover as it may not be as bad as we think! Everything has a purpose; I worked my butt off in that job and every pay day I moved hundreds of pounds into my England savings account. Even though retail is not for me, working that job helped me to progress forward in my life.

3. Relationships - You don't know what happens behind closed doors  
That happy looking couple on instagram might not be so perfect behind closed doors. This year I found myself as a shoulder to cry on as my friends opened up and told me about their unhealthy relationships. I saw some of my favourite Youtube couples break up and thinking 'but they were so perfect for each other?!'. This year has opened my eyes to how many people are actually in unhealthy relationships and you really don't know what is going out despite what their social medias say. One friend told me that their partner makes them feel good about 70% of the time!!? Everyone should feel safe, secure and 110% happy in every relationship and friendship in their life. Being with someone who truly loves you is so important. They should never, for a second, make you doubt yourself or their love. That person who makes you feel controlled, leave them. That person who makes you question your beauty, bye bye. That person who makes you feel less than 110% happy, not worth it. With all this is mind, I have realised that I am beyond lucky to have a very healthy relationship with someone who makes me feel truly loved and appreciated.. and who tells me I look beautiful even though I just ate a full pizza to myself and look about 6 months pregnant! I hope 2017 is the year people realise they deserve the very best.

4. Spotify and Halloumi 
This year I discovered Spotify and hallouim cheese and they both have changed my life for the better. Yep.. that's all for this point!

5. Northern Ireland vs England
Being a Northern Irish gal living in England, I have learnt a lot about my new country. For example, SOUTHERN RAILWAYS. Southern is the Donald Trump of railways. Yep.. Enough said. England's food does not compare to Northern Irelands. Whilst living here I have realised just how amazing Northern Irelands restaurants, takeaways and food actually are. I miss being able to drive a few minutes down to road to Ramore or go to the shop and buy potato bread or taco sauce. Instead I have replaced potato bread with english muffins and Ramore for Five Guys. I always knew moving away from NI would make me appreciate home more but wow, it has made me fall in love with Northern Ireland. This year I've learnt that Northern Ireland is my beautiful home and even though I adore living in England and I can't wait to spend many years here, I feel so lucky being able to fly back for visits and see the beautiful North Coast coastline, hear the awful but brilliant accents, eat all the food and have all the craic and banter with the locals! English people really are lacking craic and banter, sorry guys!

6. Everyone has their own time
This photo explains what I tried to learn this year and will continue to remind myself throughout 2017.

And there you have. My 6 realisations of 2016. I've had a wonderful year of love, growth, friendship, family, travel and so many memories. At the moment 2017 looks like the year of job searching and bill paying! but hey, at least I have halloumi cheese now!

Beth

Adventures in 60 seconds

Hey blog!

It has become a weekly occurrence for train strikes throughout Southern railways. As much as this is a hassle and frustration to many, I however have used my 1.5 hour bus replacement as a place of creativity! On one of my many replacement buses I came up with a new video project idea... Adventures in 60 seconds

Episode 1 : London

Adventure 2: Eastbourne 

Adventure 3: Dublin coming soon!

Heres to more adventures..

Beth x

England Adventures

I filmed my first week in exploring my new home in England, featuring V Festival, Brighton and my girlfriend!

B 

The Big Move

When the Northern Irish girl moved to England..

I am currently sitting in a new library to nervous to ask for a library card or ask how the printer works. I moved to England two weeks ago and it has been a surreal yet life changing experience. I have dreamt about moving to England since 2012 when I started University. I stayed at home during my University years and felt so much envy towards those who were going to Universities across the sea, meeting new people and exploring new towns. I was jealous that I never got to experience what it’s like to live in halls and not knowing what stranger had the bedroom next to you. As a very ambitious person I told myself that one day I would achieve my goal of moving to England after I graduated so I too can live in a country where they sell Pimms cocktails and you don’t have to pay 5p for a plastic bag.

For me, moving countries was easy. I have wanted this for years and dreamt of decorating my own place and have responsibilities like bills, rent and hoovering! I reassured myself that Northern Ireland isn’t going anywhere and it will also be my home where I grew up and became the person I am today. But I lust for new adventures, cities and towns and to be around new, open minded people. It's the little things that I am excited for the most! I'm excited for English accents, Bill's cafe, London underground and Pimms cocktails. This place has more people, more jobs, more activities, more experiences ready for me to explore. I want to go to the new towns, new beaches, new coffee shops in my new town.  And as sad as it sounds, I want to walk down the street and see same sex couples holding hands. This is something you rarely-never see where I am from. England seems to be 5 steps more forward than Northern Ireland in terms of social issues and politics and I've always been on the 6th step. I live so close to Millie’s cookies! The little things eh!

Week 1

It has just started raining outside the library, the first sign of rain I have seen since I moved here. It never stops raining in Northern Ireland but since I’ve been in England I’ve been wearing shorts and skirts every week and showing my pale irish skin. The first week felt like a holiday. I went to the aquarium, the beaches, ate fish and chips along the seafront and walked the piers. I bought a Go Pro before I left NI and I excitingly started using it the week I moved. I filmed V Festival as we camped in big muddy fields, ate junk food and watched lots of our favourite artists perform. I filmed my first few days exploring the new towns and unpacking my life into my new flat. I collected all these video clips and I'm editing them into a montage video, which I’ll post asap. It’s really for me to look back on and watch the first week of settling in, being at a music festival and my excited face. I think I will continue to do this. Filming is all I want to do and I think living in a new place will encourage me to do so.

Week 2

I’m very lucky that in my 2^nd week here I have had job interviews and bagged myself two jobs! I got accepted as an intern at a film production company in London, which I start on Monday for two intensive weeks. Excited and as nervous as I am, I can’t quite believe I am going to be commuting to London, Monday – Friday, to learn from professionals and learn the ropes of video production in a city where media is booming. Only down fall to this is the amount of money I am going to be forking out for transport each day, but I know it will be worth it. I’m hoping I won’t get too overwhelmed by the big city and can handle the London transport stress free and on time. Following my two week internship, I will be starting a new retail job, just to pay the bills (like council tax.. I didn’t even know that was a thing!). The work plan for this year is to continue to do what I was doing in Northern Ireland, juggling freelance videography, film jobs and retail jobs. I am happy to do this as my new flat is more than perfect and I couldn’t ask for a better house and location. I miss my car, I miss driving and knowing the roads like the back of my hand. I think in the new year I would like to drive my car over and see if I could handle the stress of driving new roads and getting a parking permit!?

My stomach is rumbling in this quiet library, I think this might be my que to leave. Maybe I’ll even puck up the courage to ask for a library card before I go! If the librarian understands my accent! It has been nice to sit down and reflect on the last two weeks and I feel inspired to write more on my blog.

Now it’s onto week 3 in England.. working in London!! Wish me luck.

Until next time, #achievethemgoals!

BM