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  1. Project 365 Days 18 to 26

    April 11, 2009 by cat

    Over the last week I’ve been a little busy – last Saturday I went car shopping, Sunday I bought a car and Monday my sister and nephew came to stay for a few days. Now, of course its Easter weekend. Today (Good Friday) bought new Red Dwarf. This had me somewhat excited!


    April 7th 2009 (spring cleaning!)


    April 5th 2009 (ice cream at Fredrick’s post first real drive!)


    April 10th 2009 (shot after dark in the garden)

    All in all its been a busy few days. The next few days I’ve got a few shoots going on for ‘Why Photography?’. Anymore volunteers for it would be great! Especially if you’re not too far from Manchester!

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  2. Project 365 (Days 4 – 17)

    April 1, 2009 by cat

    Been a little busy with the end of term, my birthday party and fund raising for the exhibition next month. Still doing my project though!


    April 1st 2009 (if you look carefully you can see me!)


    March 25th 2009 (outside the exhibition venue!)


    March 28th 2009 (Cookie at my birthday party)


    March 31st 2009 (Hannah is a poser atm!)

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  3. Today’s Project 365

    March 18, 2009 by cat


    March 18th 2009

    This is Walnut – she’s growing up too quickly! She’s about 10 months old.

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  4. Project 365 beginning

    March 18, 2009 by cat

    Well, yesterday was my 21st birthday. Thank you for the lovely messages! I started my new Project 365


    March 16th 2009


    March 17th 2009

    Today I have been sat in the office trying to get prints done for a print sale fund raiser for my exhibition next month. If anyone would like a card with this on the front then let me know. Also if there are any others on the site you’d like then drop me a line.

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  5. Birthdays..

    March 16, 2009 by cat

    Today is my 21st birthday. This means pretty much one thing – starting my “new” project – Project 365 is starting again. Since the last one was derailed thanks to the break-in.

    I’m currently scanning negatives from my last few shoots today. I’m quite happy atm. Also writing about the photographic books I’ve been reading recently.

    Also if you fancy dropping by, tonight there is cake and games.

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  6. Why photography? First day of shooting

    March 7, 2009 by cat

    Today was the first set of shoots for my project “Why Photography?” which will be exhibited in late April/early May.

    Tootdood’s metaphoto (photograph of a photograph being taken…etc..)

    The first person I was intending to see was Tootdood. He was the first person I could arrange to see about why he does photography. I was very pleased that Tootdood introduced me to AirAdam. Adam agreed to join the project too. Which makes him another of my favorite people!

    While photographing AirAdam, Pixel.Eight wandered across us. Once AirAdam wandered to do some more photography, myself and Pixel.Eight wandered around Market Street, Piccadilly Gardens and upto Victoria train station too, chatting and discussion photography.

    Today I have shot 18 frames on the Mamiya C220 with either the 55mm or 80mm lenses. Been using Kodak Tri-X 400. Gonna dev in Kodak TMAX when I’ve finished the second roll.

    Looking forward to further shooting!

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  7. Exhibition Season!

    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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  8. Break-in

    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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  9. The Renaissance photography competition for the Lavender Trust

    January 11, 2009 by cat

    This term I have been working on getting my work into photographic competitions. Tonight one of them closes – The Renaissance photography competition. I have entered 4 photos in 3 categories.


    Happy Birthday (Emotions)


    Dancer’s Heart (Emotion)


    Ready to Dance (The Human Body)


    Roma (The World We Live In)

    Competitions gallery

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  10. New Printer: Epson R1900

    January 7, 2009 by cat

    So a few months ago my Epson R340 gave up the ghost. The yellow print head clogged and the paper feeder claimed it was blocked when part way through a print. Epson customer services told me that it was going to be more cost effective to get a new printer rather than to repair this one, they offered me an all-in-one unit that didn’t really do photos, but at a reduced price.

    At this point we gave it up for dead and started looking at new ones. Of course, to go with the Epson V700 we purchased earlier in the year we wanted to stay with Epson and I wanted access to larger scale prints at a reasonable price.

    That’s where the Epson R1800 stepped in. Only to find that the ones that were still being sold were going fast and it would soon be easier to get replacement compatible cartridges for the new model R1900. Sadly that meant that it was going to cost about the same as the scanner and we simply couldn’t get it then.

    Yesterday (6th Jan) Orange Tentacle bought the Epson R1900 from Parks. It takes up almost the whole desk it is on leaving enough space for the Epson V700 and the in and out post trays.

    The print quality is wonderful once the print heads are fully charged (took about 3 prints to get the heads charged with ink). Comes with colour profiles for Photoshop and glossy prints that you can see reflections in!

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