tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44683451325949953322024-03-13T16:54:30.578+00:00Mid Cheshire Photography Show 2011Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-33688006661068415052011-06-08T21:58:00.000+01:002011-06-08T21:58:53.638+01:00Emma's UpdateWell im pretty much finished now. I have alittle bit more logbook work to do before the hand in this Friday. I received my book yesterday and im really pleased with it. My postcards are all ready and I have chosen the final three images to be exhibited on the wall. Choosing the final three was the hardest thing ever but i managed to do it!<br />
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Well the exhibition is really close now and I know everyone is really excited but alittle nervous too. We had a group photo taken the other week and i thought we have to upload this to the blog, so here it is!<br />
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The moving portraits are looking really good and have a nice contrast with the flash images. <br />
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I have another film to pick up on Monday so I'll update again with some of the streets shots i have taken. :)<br />
<div align="center"></div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-24907135130189649202011-05-10T20:48:00.000+01:002011-05-10T20:48:41.044+01:00Forget Me Knot - Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udXHiO1Mlb0/TcmWKMOR_7I/AAAAAAAAAEM/DMD2NJDw11k/s1600/Postcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udXHiO1Mlb0/TcmWKMOR_7I/AAAAAAAAAEM/DMD2NJDw11k/s320/Postcard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-88453116679415874532011-05-10T20:30:00.000+01:002011-05-10T20:30:39.709+01:00wave<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok so I have decided I need to put something on this blog, here goes.</span><br />
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I have spent the last two weeks out on the road travelling Britain and meeting more and more members of the 28dayslater.com community. I began these two weeks having a few vague connections with some of the more serious members, and ended the second week with a group explore to Denbigh mental asylum with a few of the legends and current members. Within these two weeks i have met fourteen new explorers, travelled 4,000 miles and spent roughly £700 on petrol. But it has been totally worth it, this project has investigated my own interests and helped me to dive headfirst into the community that i adore.<br />
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Here's some of the results i have come up with from doing it:<br />
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Shoot 1: Turn up at fire station, tape background to wall, set lights up, get camera out of bag to start test shots an what do I hear?.... I'll tell you what I hear, what can only be described as an air raid like siren followed by a mechanical female recorded voice booming over the air raid siren with the words "MOBILISE ALL UNITS, MOBILISE ALL UNITS!" And then I watch as my portrait subjects all hop into two fire engines and a support vehicle and whizz off with sirens blaring and blue lights flashing. I feel guilty as I stand there cursing my luck because I know that they are now on their way to save life from departing this mortal plain in the form of a six car collision with persons trapped or an RTC-6 as they referred to it as they ran past me. It's at this point that I remember why I'm here and why I chose these brave lads and lasses for my final project. They turn up an hour later and stand patiently for me....I felt my own existence pale into insignificance, it becomes clearer to me with every visit that these people really matter.<br />
Shoot 2: I turn up at the fire station praying it all goes well, this is my last visit to Tadcaster Fire station before our exhibition. The guys are all on good form, the banter is upbeat and plentiful for 8am on a bank holiday Monday. All is going well, I'm halfway through this final shoot, there is a light at the end of the photography tunnel. And then I hear it....the air raid siren, the robot woman's voice...."MOBILISE ALL UNITS MOBILISE ALL UNITS..." and off they go, off to save another life. "Good luck boys and girls" I say to myself as I turn the 5D off.<br />
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Iv'e been doing some more moving portraits but still need to record and photograph a few more teenagers. <br />
I had also managed to get myself invited to a house party. This aloud me to be able to get more personal images and get right up close to my subjects. See some images below.<br />
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More images to come, incuding a Royal Wedding house party - which was very interesting alot of drinking, dancing and kissing!<br />
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My project focuses on teenagers in pursuit of 'something to do'. I have been following and photographing different groups for the past few months in a variety of locations. I have had my fair share of excitement from getting muddy in 'Maggie's Cave' to being chased by a security guard. "You only live once", was the encouragement one of the teens said while trying to persuade others to go into an abandoned hospital. <br />
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I'm using an Olympus 35mm SLR with flash. My choice of film is transparency. I'm using this as it increases the contrast and the colours are more vibrant. <br />
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As well as documenting them and what they get up to on the streets, in parks or in each others houses I am also using video to produce 'moving portraits'.<br />
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I'm in the early process of getting them all to stand still in front of a black background alone for 2 minutes. This allows the viewer to study each teen and then make up their own opinion about them. Being in front of the black background alone isolates them and displays some vulnerability through feeling awkward or embarrassed. Also, when asked to answer a random question the teen gives the viewer a better understanding of their character. A picture captures the essence of the moment. A video captures the complete moment.<br />
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Below is a video still - <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thats it for now, will keep posting regulary for here on, Emma McKay.</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-91742637491923483792011-04-04T23:04:00.001+01:002011-04-04T23:39:59.316+01:00Minute by MinuteWell I thought it was about time for me to put some stuff up about my project. Its called Minute by Minute and will be a series of portraits, mostly self portraits I think...<br />
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The idea is capture the ever changing form which is the individual or self. I plan on doing this through long exposures then using darkroom techniques or digital equivalents (not quite decided yet, more experimentation me thinks) mash them together to make a really cool composite type thingy! When you add all the times up it should be about a minutes worth of exposures hence the name, maybe even each one will be a different day or something...<br />
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Anyway, the resultant image will be an expression of who I (or the model) was for that minute, on that day etc etc etc<br />
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Casey Carlin<br />
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originally posted on <a href="http://greydogphoto.blogspot.com/">http://greydogphoto.blogspot.com</a><br />
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I've been doing a bit of walking around the backside of Manchester recently for my final project at college. Following the Bridgewater Way gives you a new perspective on areas that you thought you knew well. Distances change, for example - a long-ish journey by road is actually quite short along the towpath; five minutes by tram becomes half an hour on foot.<br />
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What you also see from these alternative paths are some stunning examples of the graffitist's art. The illiterate scrawlings that pepper the well-travelled areas bear no relation to some of the stuff you can find in these out-of the-way places. Who would have thought that this sits underneath the A56 in Stretford:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/major_bloodnok/5578913807/" title="Under the bridge by Cap'n Maj Bloodnok, on Flickr"><img alt="Under the bridge" height="265" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5578913807_42fc5baaeb.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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Lovely, vibrant colours and sense of joie-de-vivre. It has no point other than to exist, and maybe bring a smile to someone's face and the secret knowledge that you've seen it, but all those thousands passing a few feet above have no idea.<br />
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If this project's done nothing else for me, it's persuaded me to explore the back ways and byways much more than I have before. You never know what little gems might be out there.<br />
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Thanks again.Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-74714671163436925642011-03-23T20:54:00.000+00:002011-03-23T20:54:52.748+00:00Ricks Update7 test shoots done now, so far I've shot a PCSO, a Beer Brewer, a Librarian, a Book Binder, NHS Eye Clinic Staff, a Smallholder and a Town Clerk. I've organised my first proper shoot for weekend after next, can't wait. And thanks to a play in the studio coupled with revisiting one of my favourite portrait photographers I have a really good idea of how I want my images to look.....and breath.Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-3790111523158942802011-03-21T23:01:00.000+00:002011-03-21T23:01:50.647+00:00Forget Me Knot - UpdateSome of the awesome ladies of the GMAVSG who have allowed me to photograph them over the last 3 weeks.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BlFWbh-7xDA/TYfW2i8SRhI/AAAAAAAAAC8/dV8_xYRnPqA/s1600/Carol19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BlFWbh-7xDA/TYfW2i8SRhI/AAAAAAAAAC8/dV8_xYRnPqA/s320/Carol19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carol</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-47486534903596928392011-03-17T20:22:00.001+00:002011-03-18T19:01:36.901+00:00My photo submission :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R5gvYTF3JRA/TYJsCzjNBsI/AAAAAAAAACE/gLkRtzueMXY/s1600/IMG_2970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R5gvYTF3JRA/TYJsCzjNBsI/AAAAAAAAACE/gLkRtzueMXY/s320/IMG_2970.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Natasha WatersMid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-51197883168996155662011-03-14T21:41:00.003+00:002011-03-14T22:14:02.173+00:00My Crowdfunder Submission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3bOXkBhBoKE/TX6LhUmarAI/AAAAAAAAACA/ZNkw6HflaGU/s1600/stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3bOXkBhBoKE/TX6LhUmarAI/AAAAAAAAACA/ZNkw6HflaGU/s320/stairs.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amy Hutchinson</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-21931050529886319522011-03-14T17:37:00.002+00:002011-03-14T17:37:29.160+00:00My photo submission =]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4dJI1BHzJD0/TX5SMPoTooI/AAAAAAAAAB4/jzWizBX2s74/s1600/finaljpegimage+copy+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4dJI1BHzJD0/TX5SMPoTooI/AAAAAAAAAB4/jzWizBX2s74/s320/finaljpegimage+copy+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Emma CrossMid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-56328006788698600852011-03-13T20:43:00.003+00:002011-03-13T21:32:38.357+00:00My photo submission =]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5290321301_08818898fd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5290321301_08818898fd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is probably my favourite photo i have ever taken =]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris Bethell</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-64976265212061930142011-03-13T19:58:00.000+00:002011-03-13T19:58:39.374+00:00My photo submission for crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgQuVNZQ_UA/TX0hpt6XM_I/AAAAAAAAAB0/kh3Oi4H60Hc/s1600/20110227-castlefield-7215-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgQuVNZQ_UA/TX0hpt6XM_I/AAAAAAAAAB0/kh3Oi4H60Hc/s320/20110227-castlefield-7215-Edit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Graham Douglas</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-83785363468181797122011-03-13T19:51:00.000+00:002011-03-13T19:51:07.996+00:00My Photo Submission For Crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wwv8FKkwxP4/TX0fSyXxOsI/AAAAAAAAABw/mSRm5AcC8Gc/s1600/crowdfunder+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wwv8FKkwxP4/TX0fSyXxOsI/AAAAAAAAABw/mSRm5AcC8Gc/s320/crowdfunder+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Natasha HalliwellMid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-63042146253375481492011-03-13T19:02:00.000+00:002011-03-13T19:13:09.214+00:00My Photo Submission For Crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAd5ZF22Xm4/TX0UOetECDI/AAAAAAAAABo/mbydNYHtvHs/s1600/blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pAd5ZF22Xm4/TX0UOetECDI/AAAAAAAAABo/mbydNYHtvHs/s1600/blog.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lisa Blagg</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-83455058555752007522011-03-13T17:36:00.000+00:002011-03-13T18:28:49.117+00:00My photo submission for crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jwI_DWKFZ18/TX0ASHo8xpI/AAAAAAAAABk/bQQMHKt_9_0/s1600/Catherine+Blamphin%252C+Apple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" q6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jwI_DWKFZ18/TX0ASHo8xpI/AAAAAAAAABk/bQQMHKt_9_0/s320/Catherine+Blamphin%252C+Apple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catherine Blamphin</span></div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-5247786154163819062011-03-13T16:53:00.000+00:002011-03-13T18:28:29.944+00:00My photo submission for Crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-udQBpRQVJXE/TXz2I_eb9nI/AAAAAAAAABc/ij0pQXp5LFg/s1600/Crowdfunder+Image+%25281+of+1%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-udQBpRQVJXE/TXz2I_eb9nI/AAAAAAAAABc/ij0pQXp5LFg/s320/Crowdfunder+Image+%25281+of+1%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Casey Carlin</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468345132594995332.post-1289582454306705322011-03-13T15:27:00.000+00:002011-03-13T15:41:05.114+00:00My photo submission for crowdfunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OlH0QJGdfLw/TXziTjmUfBI/AAAAAAAAABY/getM0ymRQ1c/s1600/Berlin_0185web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OlH0QJGdfLw/TXziTjmUfBI/AAAAAAAAABY/getM0ymRQ1c/s320/Berlin_0185web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rick Danks</div>Mid Cheshire Photographershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09113460564937108993noreply@blogger.com0