Been a while

I’ve been busy.

Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Carolyne.

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Photos from my Yashica. No title/subject, I was just noodling about.

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Carolyne.

Back.

So no word of me for years and then suddenly two posts in two consecutive days, what’s going on Carolyne?

Joe
her hurm
The top one is bloody excellent. I love how each panel has a different character in it and how you’re kind of the last panel as you’re always behind the lens. It’s kind of bleak but bright.

Carolyne
ahh thats what I thought!
great minds jar

Joe
I love have the second one has a consistency in the last two panels because the girder carries on. It’s also like a narrative; the first is dawn to the last being night. The sun goes up and down and that with the girder kind of gives it a message of whatever fucks you up (first two panels) life will always be the same (last two panels)

Joe
The third one is just really simple but beautiful. The benches kind of give a message of human existance in this natural environment and then in the last panel we see tom.
I also like how in the fourth one, human existance is slowly introduced into it, like a kind of evolutionary narrative.

I jsut really like the colours in the 5th one
I dont think I can say too much about the others
excepet that they’re amazing

Carolyne
ahh joe, thank you, You’re quoted on carolynelane.com by the way, hope you dont mind

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Carolyne.

Useless 2.0

So hi.

What an awful start. I feel really awful. I haven’t posted anything on here for ages. Awful.

I do have things to say though! Some of you may know that a while back I posted a post about Lucy performing at pizza express. I guess this is a follow up, plus a few pictures that I’ve been taking.

In that post I talked about how I really admired people who had the courage to just perform, and showcase themselves to people. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do that. For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to dare myself, to do things that I wouldn’t normally do. After going to pizza express I decided that what I really wanted to do was to perform for people, to sing, in particular, because I can, but I don’t. It just doesn’t happen, I’m too shy. I ended up auditioning for my school’s young musician of the year and consequently got to the final. I didn’t sing in my audition and didn’t intend to for my final performance but I thought that if I didn’t I would be cheating myself a bit. The point of me doing it was so that I could do it properly, not do things in halves. So the day before I changed what I was playing and sung and consequently won the upper school competition over a guy playing Beethoven because “I’m a great performer” – that’s what surprised me the most. That and the fact that I really enjoyed it.

Afterwards, I had people coming up to me asking for me to play at other events, asking me to join various musical organizations, I don’t know or think that I will, I’m still terrified of performing and of singing in front of people but it was nice to be asked. And I’m glad that I went for it.

+ some pictures. (from a camera I built, be nice)

Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Carolyne.

Slush.

Okay the snow has lost any initial novelty it had – it’s just an inconvenience now, town in covered in slush, all the pavements are covered in slush. I really really dislike it.

My holga I think is broken, all the shots I’ve taken on it for the past two rolls are blurred and messed up, which has depressed me slightly. But I’m really liking my super sampler at the moment, it’s just really nice, although I fear that that might be broken as well, it makes a really weird crunching noise when I advance the film so I’m worried that there’s something wrong with the spring that snaps the cord back. Anyway, I’m off to go and cry in a corner about my various photographic injuries. Bye.

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Carolyne.

Snow.

It’s a snow day today so I left the house bright and early this morning to take some photos and I think you’ll be pleased to know that there are three rolls of film waiting to be developed. For now here are some digital ones from today – there was more snow than I’d ever seen in my life today – it looks magical.

Posted on December 18th, 2009 by Carolyne.

Cold.

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Carolyne.

Sharing.

I thought I’d share with you some of the photos Ive taken this past year on my DSLR – This isn’t really relevant to arts award but I don’t really care all too much, I feel a bit like you guys haven’t seen half of what I do which is quite saddening and it would be nice to get some feedback.

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Carolyne.

Confusion.

Okay so I developed a roll of film this week – I for one was really excited about it because my Holga turned out such a good roll last time.

But alas, this roll just – confused me I suppose? I dont understand how this roll of film could be SO messed up – there are light-leaks and distortion in colour everywhere – I just don’t get it, the holes in the film are also visible, like half way through a frame, it’s puzzled me, majorly – maybe there’s something wrong with my camera? God, I hope not but how am I meant to explain THIS.

Posted on December 13th, 2009 by Carolyne.

Useless.

Well I did say don’t take my word for it didn’t I? – I’ve been stuck in my room all week, no chance of photo oppurtunities I’m afraid.

A week locked up in one room gives you a lot of time to surf the internet. If I knew how this photo was taken, I would be so happy.

Posted on December 6th, 2009 by Carolyne.