Chris Wormald popped in to UCC today for a tour of the school and some hospitality. It was good to meet him and see some of the students perform, but I wanted to share a couple of pictures of the food - doesn't it look amazing! From the UCC Catering team kitchens.
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During April and May, I took part in an online film course run byAdobe Generation. Whilst I've been involved with film elements at Ullswater Community College, it is an area that I really wanted to get some training in, as well as have the opportunity to give time to filming creatively. Firstly, I can not recommend the course enough. The free course provided tutorials, industry guests, encouragement, peer assessment, forum discussion and a framework for progression, all hosted by great tutors. It was both fun and challenging from a creative and technical point of view. Adobe Generation are currently running a game design course and an app design course following that. I think they will be continuing the courses next year, so keep an eye on their website if you are interested. The final project for the course was to create the intro section (60 seconds or less) for a book that you love. Having gone through lots of my favourite books - Never Let Me Go, The Remains of the Day, Midwich Cuckoos, Count of Monte Cristo, Toilers of the Sea - and discarded them as either having been done too well or needing to live in Guernsey etc, I settled on Cloud Atlas. I have avoided all the trailers etc for the Wackowski's film as I was nervous of losing the version I had from the book, so it was an exciting prospect to film my own introduction. It was a pleasure to plan, film and edit this. A pleasure to bump into the 2nd Ashton Scout Group from Preston who so very very kindly let us film in the cave whilst they waited outside for a good half an hour. A pleasure to work with my brother who composed the music based on my mad scribbles and gesticulations of 'more sad', 'loopy and repetitive' or 'more scratchy'. A pleasure to spend the day with my brother and sister-in-law helping me (and eating food at the amazing Chesters by the River). And it was a lovely lovely thing to win the competition at the end of it all. So if you think a spot of filming would help people connect with what you do, or would like a filming aspect to your wedding photography, it would be my pleasure to work with you. My Cloud Atlas film: And a couple of shots from the day: It's rather late in arriving but I've been compiling a 'favourites' folder from 2013 for a while. Looking back and forward is a little luxury at this time of year and I can hardly believe how quickly this year has gone. Sadly I was without a camera for my trip to France in the summer, but other than that I've had a ball! Time with Ullswater Community CollegeI have had the privilege of spending time at UCC photographing many of their events. Once again, I was able to see and shoot the A-Level art exhibition which included the light shell on the magazine page above, which was a particular favourite (you can see the shell in action in the footage we shot in the second part of this mini-film). It's also been a pleasure to photograph productions and devised pieces from the Drama department - much is due to Jane Reardon (pictured), who has left this term. One of the true highlights of the year was the visit of actor John Hurt to the school to launch the Branch Out reading event - what an honour and a truly lovely man. Brilliant work from the students at Eden Boutique Hair SalonIt was almost impossible to choose a few for this blog from the session - a larger selection were put in May. Some travels and wildlifeTime with some wonderful peopleIt's been a great year - thank you to everyone who has been a part of it!Once again, I've been lucky enough to photograph the multiple successes of students at UCC (though the luck doesn't run to the photos from Venice!). Another great term!
Yesterday was quite a day! It was one of those days where the Rachael of de la Mare Photography and the Rachael of the UCC LRC meet at a common event. On the LRC front, it was the culmination of months of work from the three of us in the LRC to create a special film for the opening of the UCC Prize Day. Last year's film was 'school' themed featuring students from each of the years and clips from some classic school's from film and TV. This year we were hoping to showcase more of the students and push up the quality and style again. I think we really did manage to open the show with a good bit of fun, with the help from over a hundred students, staff voices and The Muppets! From a technical point of view, the amount of layering in Final Cut was a challenge but definitely worth it. UCC is such a unique school and hopefully the film reflected that character. I'm often so impressed at the willingness and confidence of the students and staff to take part and trust us, which is a credit to them and the school. From a photography point of view, the cards are now full of all the gymnastics, dance, drama and music performances as well as many, many students receiving recognition for their hard work from Rob Norbury, who starred in Hollyoaks. He really threw himself into the day and his smile for the photo with the three hundredth and something student was the same as with the first. I've never seen Penrith Leisure Centre look so full!
Now the one-to-one time with my laptop starts for some serious editing! Back in February, I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of dishes made by Lee Hutchinson (food specialist!). Both a professional chef and a teacher, Lee's dishes looked very tasty!! The images were taken 'in-situ' where he teaches. Whilst their summer-y look might suit warmer climes than we've had this week, it's always nice to be reminded of summer, sun and good food!
The last few of the Eden Boutique Models are up! They were so much fun to do - and wonderful to have such a variety of styles and creative people to work with. To see a few more from each click on the images - thank you Eden Boutique!
A fab use of make-up, wardrobe and hair to compliment each other here. More on facebook. Only a few more posts of Eden Boutique left now.
To brighten up a rainy day! Some more Hollywood glamour, prom night and Avant-Garde! Click on the images below to go to a few more on facebook.
Another three albums from the Eden Boutique sessions - a good variety of styles here. Two prom styles I think and one Avant-Garde, moody and beautiful! Click on the image for a couple more on the facebook albums.
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