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| Print came 3rd in competition |
This last week or ten days seems
to have been dominated by all things photographical . Just after my last post, my camera club took
part in a ‘print battle’ with four other local clubs. I do love hearing the judges comments at
these competitions and seeing which images do best – it’s a great way to
learn. In the event, although our club
came joint third with 2 other clubs, one of my prints came 3rd
overall.
Last Tuesday, both Liz and I
treated ourselves to new cameras. We
both bought Panasonic FZ200’s – this model is much lighter than the Canon and has a brilliant Leica lens
with a huge range. It won’t replace the
Canon but it will be much handier for taking on holiday and fell walking. It had its first outing on Saturday when we
went to see the new hotel '30 James Street'.
This iconic building was originally owned by the White Star Line which
was the owner of the Titanic and has always been one of my favourite Liverpool
buildings. Inside, photographically, it
was a bit disappointing but I’m sure, when it’s finished, it will be most
impressive. It was a beautiful day so we
stayed in Liverpool for an hour or so photographing the Liver, Cunard, Mersey
Docks and Harbour Board building and Albert Dock before the cold really got to
us.
The photography group we belong
to had a very interesting talk with photos, last week, from a mountaineer. It was really fascinating but it didn’t explain to me why on earth anyone would want
to put themselves through such hardships and danger in the name of fun!
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| Underwater |
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| leaves |
Last Friday’s felters meeting was
a little challenge. The idea was to
create a piece of felt from a small bag of ‘bits’ – wool tops, fibres, fabric
scraps etc. which everyone was given. It’s amazing what ideas
people came up with – my offering was a fairly tame underwater scene which, in
the fullness of time, will, with some stitching, become a picture – I’d made one with leaves on
a couple of days previously and that too will require some stitching.
On Thursday, we went, with his
parents, to Manchester to see our grandson play his own marimba composition in
a lunchtime concert – what a proud moment.
A marimba requires the instrumentalist to use 4 ‘hammers’ at the same time – I would have
difficulty just holding on to them, never mind playing a melody with them.
In the meantime, I have been
fairly productive – a cotton tote bag, a little quilted needlecase, a tweed
purse, a silk cushion and a book cover! I’ve also, at
last, finished constructing the silk and satin evening purse from the sampler I
made weeks ago. Added to all this, and
with lots of huffing and puffing and even a few curses, I have finally warped
my loom again and I’m well into another project in mostly shades of red.
This weekend has been entirely taken up with printing and mounting 18 prints to be entered for the Club's Annual Competition. Wish me luck!
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