Napalm Death @ Independent 15/01/10.
First gig of the year I've had a photo pass for. It was a great gig with the exception of some supporting burlesque act who thought it was great to throw milk all over the stage before Napalm went on (seriously at a grindcore gig???). Needless to say Barney wasn't too impressed, being the animal activist/veggie he is. The rest of the photos can be found here.
The 365 project of 2009.
As predicted I didn't stick with it, however I thought I would post a few of the photo's that I actually did take throughout the year. The remaining photo's are, as per, on Flickr.
Feeding pigeons in the park.
My friend Wakey and I messing about on Photobooth.
The life drawing studio at uni.
My arm after a session of tattoo lasering.
Tea light at the buskers night at my local.
Self portrait after I'd had my eyes lasered.
My degree certificate.
Self portrait of myself and my shiner.
Remember, Remember the 5th of November…
I love this time of the year, despite the cold weather. This week I've practically lived on Pumpkin, Chili and Lentil soup which was made from the innards of my Halloween pumpkin (I would post the recipe but I made it up as I went along I'm afraid) and on Thursday myself and a few friends went to the local fireworks display where I took the following photo's.
A few friends and I with sparklers.
A Sky Flower.
The rest of the photos are, as per, on my flickr page.
Meteor Spotting on Tunstall Hill
A few weeks ago my friend Lisa and I decided to try and take some photos of the Perseids at the highest point of Sunderland we knew, which was Tunstall Hill as we figured there wouldn't be much light pollution up there. We disturbed some poachers who were hunting for rabbits and saw some meteors but they were far too quick to get on camera. My shutter speed also only goes up to 30 seconds so that along with forgetting the base attachment of my tripod meant I had to make do as best I could. The rest of the photos can be found here.
Wodensthrone
Local Black Metal band Wodensthrone, who consist of some pretty good friends of mine asked if I could try and take some photos of them on Sunday. Naturally I obliged as they're a good bunch of lads and I'm very proud of them and their achievements so far. We ended up in Durham which is a city I don't visit enough, despite only being a short journey away from Sunderland and all in all, despite it being a spur of the moment thing I'm pretty pleased with how some of the photos turned out, my favourite being the one below. Wodensthrone's debut album 'Loss' is due out very soon and can be pre-ordered here. The rest of the photos can be found on Flickr.
RIP Jimmy Forsyth…
I've just found out that Jimmy Forsyth, a local photographer passed away a few days ago. I really like his work, purely because of the human elements in it. You can tell that this was somewhere that meant a lot to him. The surrounding streets and houses not only remind me a lot of where I live in Sunderland, but they also remind me of the film "Get Carter", which was set and shot in Newcastle as well. Below is a few of my favourite photos of Jimmy Forsyth' that I took from here.
- The New Coat
"Maureen Beveridge on the corner of Oak Street and Suffolk Street. Sometimes, I like to see my shadow. It shows that it was me that was taking the picture."
Park Road 1959.
"Angela Pearce, left, and Pat Norman in their Sunday best. I saw the seagull flying about and waited until it reached the middle, to make the picture better."
Bille Prendergast & Friend, 1957.
"Showing off their new brothel creepers in the back lane at 127 Sycamore Street. You can see they were pleased with themselves. They thought they were dressed quite posh."
29 July 1957
"He lived in Cambridge Street and used to go to sea. He asked me if I'd take a photograph for his two daughters as he knew he might not be there for ever."
Flickr Favourite’s #6.
1. Life in a Teapot, 2. Ribbon Winner, 3. Accessory to Murder, 4. Where Apple's Go to Die, 5. NO!, 6. henna hands bride, 7. SOUL © Engin Korkmaz 2007, 8.Flickr Art Directors Club, 9. Fur Is Beautiful On Their Original Owners!, 10. Wonderland by Lucia, 11. Battle royale, 12. Going out into the world, 13. Always the center of attention, 14. Have A Heart Go Veg, 15. Untitled, 16. Bento Box n#15 - Flower Power
Being productive…
I'm halfway through editing and uploading the backlog of gig photos which I was talking about in my last entry. The ones I've done so far are on Flickr if anyone is interested. I just have an all day Death Metal festival to go through when time allows and then I'll be up to date.
The Stitch & Bitch continues to go well too. I quite enjoy my Thursday evenings at Cafe Roco and I really didn't think that things would have turned out as well as what they have. The staff/owners of the cafe are lovely, the regulars who turn up each week are lovely too. There's no bitchiness (that I'm aware of) and there is a a good mixture of people who attend be it their ages, skill levels or backgrounds. I'm so glad it's finally here. It's still a relatively small group however so when I have time I'm probably going to knock up some posters advertising it and put them up at the local library, yarn shops etc. in attempts to get some new faces attending. My knitting as a result is improving I think as well. I'm currently knitting a hat for my soon to be nephew. A year ago I wouldn't have known where to start.
Finally this week I received a parcel from a friend in Japan which contained the much coveted Helvetica Moleskines. I'd been after these beauties for a while but I just couldn't find a way to order them in the UK and not being able to read kanji doesn't exactly help so I thought it was never meant to be until I asked my friend who happily obliged. Both Kaytea and her husband run their own business doing very unique hair extentions and wigs in Tokyo and come highly recommended.
I'm always writing/doodling in journals as this photo proves. I use them for everything, shopping lists, doodles, quotes, good random song's I've heard and want to remember, brain dumps, project ideas, collages, diary entries, you name it, it goes into a journal. I find it quite cathartic and although sometimes I may not touch one in weeks, when I finally do so I become a woman possessed. On average I fill around one each year, sometimes more, sometimes less and I always carry one with me just in case I have a few minutes to kill/get the urge. I also don't let anyone read them. I've considered burning them on a few occasions but I always bottle out in the end.
Flickr Favourite’s #5.
Flickr Favourite’s #5. Originally uploaded by Burn Black.
1. Giving New Life to Something Long-Since Dead, 2. virgin, 3. Koi Says Hi, 4. sweeties, 5. You are radiantly black, 6. Vector Art of "Hatty", 7. Joan of Arc - Allen Douglas for Holt Rinehart & Winston, 2003, 8. Japanese Antique Pattern Fabric, 9. Why Me, 10. Green Bottle Fly, 11. Valentine's Day Cupcakes, 12. lightning, 13. Synthetic, 14. no more Mr Nice Guy, 15. Valkyrie with Battle Squid, 16. Carcharodon megalodon
Dublin.
My best friend and I recently went to Dublin, pretty much purely to catch Amanda Palmer do a solo gig at The Sugar Club. We're both big fans of hers/The Dresden Dolls and thankfully after travelling all the way from Sunderland she didn't disappoint. During the encore she did however prop herself up against the back of my chair (I nearly shat myself) and afterwards we met her (she was lovely). The next day Jill and I had a lush lunch at a local veggie restaurant and we and also went to Neil Gaiman's book signing at Chapters Book Store (one of the best book shops EVER). Neil Gaiman has to be one of my favourite authors. The Sandman Chronicles and American God's are two of my all time top 10 books/works. There's a few more photo's on my Flickr.
Apologies for the crap quality of the videos but they're via my mobile. Bah.
I love how clouds look whilst flying.
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