February 25, 2009 by cat
In April/May I will be exhibiting in Manchester. The venue is still to be determined, but the opening night will be the 30th April.
Now this is your chance to get involved.
Are you a photographer?
Would you be willing to give me 30 minutes with you, your thoughts and camera for a photograph and interview?
(and are somewhere relatively close to Manchester or going to PhotoCampLeeds this weekend)
If yes, could you email me on cat@catashton.co.uk
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February 25, 2009 by cat
On the 28th January we were broken into. Sadly, my laptop, Wii and 360 were taken. They also tried to take the film scanner, but left it without a power supply. They have also damaged the TV amp.
This does however mean that I’ve lost about 6 months worth of work. Everything I’ve done since about August (except certain shoots that have been printed off-site) is gone. This also includes my Project 365 which I was about 8 weeks from concluding!
In the past month we have replaced the scanner power pack, my laptop, the kitchen window and we’re in the process of sorting the other stolen things. Project 365 will restart on March 16th – my 21st birthday!
Also got a back-up solution being tested atm. Now time to get on.
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September 26, 2008 by cat
This week I started back at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am officially a second year! With that means that my student loan has come through.
Do you know what that means boys and girls?? Shopping time! I’ve bought myself two new lenses – Canon 85mm f1.8 USM and the Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6. I also bought a new camera body, Canon EOS 50E, one beautiful film body! Yes, a automagic film body, but it works nicely along side the digital body. Sadly, I haven’t been able to get the lithium batteries that the 50E requires, but I do have the battery pack to go with it which takes AA batteries instead! Not to forget about the ordered things that have still to come though the mail – sensor cleaner, filters for the lenses (don’t forget to get your UV filters to protect the front element!) and a few other odds and sods for the camera bag.
This does, however, mean that my dear Epson R340 printer is being dicky. The yellow printing head is clogged and has been quite rapidly not printing things right for a couple of weeks. Kian is working his technical genius on it to help me out (I really don’t want to buy another printer for another 6months or so – when this one hits 3years old I was planning on replacing it…). Annoyingly, Epson feel that it is time to replace my printer and offer no way of repairing it – only replacing with an all-in-one unit (further down the scale then the R340, but *slightly* cheaper!).
Things that are happening at uni – part of our education this term is that we must enter 2 photographic awards/competitions/contests, one of them being the Nikon Discovery Awards. There are a few people that don’t like the idea, but I’m not too sure that their reasons are that logical – the work, if chosen by our tutors, *might* have a chance of winning a place at an exhibition and having their work printed and publicised by Nikon and the British Journal of Photography. As it is, the brief for it is so broad that I don’t feel restricted by it in anyway! Its getting us ready for next term where we *must* put on a public exhibition. So, on top of the Nikon Discovery Awards I need to choose another photographic competition to enter before Christmas. Got a couple in mind.
Still debating going to the fencing competition this weekend – its the Manchester Cadet. I’ve not been around the fencing scene since last December – got the next lenses and camera I want to try out. We Shall See.
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August 6, 2008 by cat
So I’ve been rather absent from this blog for a while. I’ve not updated since coming back from Edinbrough in May. Since then I’ve been keeping up with my project 365 – there is a photo per day from the time I’ve not been updating. I’ve broaden my camera use – now using my Polaroid for stuff.
Anything any of you want to know?
83/365 9th June 2008 – one of the few nice days I’ve been able to go out with the camera
88/365 14th June 2008
92/365 18th June 2008
100/365 26th June 2008
102/365 28th June 2008
113/365 9th July 2008
115/365 11th July 2008
127/365 23rd July 2008
130/365 26th July 2008
Random selection of the photos from the collection.
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May 29, 2008 by cat
29th May 2008
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May 29, 2008 by cat
23rd May 2008
24th May 2008
25th May 2008
26th May 2008
27th May 2008
28th May 2008
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May 29, 2008 by cat
14th May 2008
15th May 2008
16th May 2008
17th May 2008
18th May 2008
19th May 2008
20th May 2008
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May 15, 2008 by cat
Here’s a week’s worth. It’s been a very heavy week getting stuff done and sorted (including two day at Chez Parents). Hope you enjoy.
13th May 2008
12th May 2008
11th May 2008
10th May 2008
9th May 2008
8th May 2008
7th May 2008
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May 6, 2008 by cat
6th May 2008
Here in the Republic of Ashton-Ryan has been a very busy week. I’ll point out that I have been doing my photo a day – many with my phone’s camera. I’ll just link to them, rather than give you a weeks worth of images in one post.
48 5th May 2008
47 4th May 2008
46 3rd May 2008
45 2nd May 2008
44 1st May 2008
43 30th April 2008
42 29th April 2008
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April 28, 2008 by cat
28th April 2008
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