During the past month I have uploaded a set of photos taken back in June. These photos were originally published on Flickr, however, due to the single file upload option that was available on deviantART I was unable to make any submissions. Now with the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) option available I have uploaded that set and I hope as my viewers, you will enjoy browsing through the pictures.


I have intended to re-visit Manchester again to capture more photographs, however, due to an incident which took place on my last visit I will not be able to venture out far to Manchester. I can tell you in the light of circumstances, I will be covering Rochdale as part of my visits and I will be concentrating more specifically on using the macro feature of the cameras.


So far I have covered Manchester and Oldham in my photography, however, I would like to ask you the general public if you would like me to concentrate on any particular areas of the North West and I will let you know if I can arrange a visit.

Thanks!
x x x x

As I promised you all I would take some photos of our beloved Manchester. It has taken me a while to finally post some pictures but now that there are some, I can definitely tell you that there will be more on the way starting hopefully each Thursday.


Now I did say I was starting this project, however, this project changed to just be set for Manchester only and this has helped me with making steady progress in the new project without as many stops in the road of design!

Explosively A2 graphics exceeds my idea of a unit, and with these next 15 weeks, there is no limitation to what is achievable within this time. Each of us in my class are working individually on our own chosen ideas, and as yours truly loves dabble between the lines, I will be working on a piece I would like to call Northwest in Bloom. As you may expect, the title of the piece is summery, however, my idea takes a diversion away from talking about nature, and more about the culture of the Northwest, in particular three areas:

Manchester for its livelihood, extremes in culture and scales to new heights with creative arts. Saddleworth with its scenic surroundings, diverse traditions and cultures, along with being just next to where oneself resides, Oldham. Each area will contribute to the art, through either a source of natural photography or as I have hopefully planned, portraits and faces expressing how the Northwest is actually in bloom with its culture.


Returning to a exhilarating new life at the college, everything is already expansively growing, with the new Year 12s now getting ready to settle into their A-Level subjects and to meet us, the second years as role-models and as an Student Ambassador, I welcome with open arms, every new student to our college and hope they enjoy their time studying with the college, the tutors and their colleagues.

Oldham Gallery has updated with new exhibitions featuring artists Samantha Bryan, John Squire and Baz Armstrong. Each artist features a different style of art, Bryan's choice of art is 3-dimension, Squire looks at metallic decay and Armstrong works in computer generated imagery, all of the artist working in their own unique idea of their styles.

Samantha Bryan
Her art style presents a very intuitive use of materials and ideas that I believe appeal to children because of the simple shapes and textures Bryan uses to decorate her artwork.

John Squire
Squire looks at the use of decay on metal surfaces and uses various tools to mould the metal to his liking to create an unusual but unique artist concept. The exhibition where Squire's art style is shown on display works in two parts, where I ventured into the first and found his art concept difficult to understand, however, after visiting the second, I got a better grasp of his art style.

Baz Armstrong
Now as an artist who loves to work with computers and software packagrs I have found Armstrong's style of artwork to be very appealing as it shows how CGI conceptual / abstract masterpieces can grab someone's attention.

This review may be updated or changed.

Not long before I'm back in college, sitting in a large room doing Graphics again... with Photoshop! To your delight I will be able to start working on typography pieces for posting on deviantART. I haven't done one in so long now, say a few months and producing one is my mission when I get back onto those computers, and if I find any I could bring to here, they'll be here within the week I get back.


After receiving my results, yeah, my hopes got a little lower but I've been giving myself time and I think I just don't want to do University yet, I'd prefer to settle myself down first with a job, so I can keep myself going and I'll have more time on my hands to sort things out first, so University is on hold!

Recently due to changes in my personal life, I have been experiencing more outbursts of inspiration, and so, my poetry has been written more often during the week as you have seen, and I am hoping to continue this steadily, with the new light to life and dark pits I have to stare into for the meanwhile. This stream of outbursts may cut short at times due to I will be starting a new year of college in September, to work with new groups, new pupils and new units in my continued subjects, so wish me luck there my dear friends!


Week by week, I have informed everyone who reads my journal, I would catch photos of the culture city, called Manchester. I would like to try and get this done as soon as possible, but as noted in "Focus on Poems", I am preparing to start the new year, so photographs may appear slowly but hopefully at a steady once I get into the swing!

Stored within the depths of deviantART were a few of my original poems back from January to mid-March. I unpublished these poems after making personal decisions and these had lead me to believe I could no longer presently publish these poems. However, after a long while, I am proud to say these poems (most of them) have been restored and a few renamed.


I should have by now published or captured photos of Manchester, however, because my equipment isn't state-of-the-art and a lack of spots, I will be re-thinking how I approach getting photographs done in Manchester. This may include a visit to Canal Street, with prior permission and permission sheets first. I will also be looking into revisiting the Museum of Science and Industry to capture close-up photos of the exhibits when I go. Hopefully these photos will satisfy your taste for Manchester curiosity!

Favouring my own sexuality as something to be proud of, I like to attend youth groups and show my support for the LGBTQ community, by giving my own ideas on how we can get around issues. For the past few visits to one particular group, LGYM for those who reside in Manchester, United Kingdom, we have been working with a poet to make our poems based on the topic of coming out to our parents. It has helped the group to express their own versions of how it has ended for them, or how it could end for others.

Poems:
*New* - What I Look For,
Just a Phase?,
Took Long Enough,
Concept my Love,
Dear Diary

Sometimes, as you have seen, I like to write prose pieces and in the past few weeks, I've been writing short proses pieces. I hope to within the next while, upload these new literature pieces to deviantART and give you a little insight into how my mind deals with different concepts and different ideas on different topics.

Yes... short entry.

I went to the event I volunteered for on Saturday 18th July and to be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed using the cameras and the assortment of lens we had available to use. I took plenty of shots when I was there, filled up two 2GB memory cards with an delightful lot of photos! I'm looking forward to attend a different event with the Festival when I'm next contacted.


I have not touched on this matter yet but I'm hoping tomorrow, I will be in Manchester with my camera, recharged batteries and two memory cards, ready to be filled with photos and pictures of... Manchester, culture, food and all. We've just got to hope the weather is much better than it has been today with the rain, and the rain, and oh, the rain!

To build up my experience and skills in Photography, I have registered as a volunteer for the Festival of Diversity to help me learn how to work with cameras and new people, which should be a massive benefit to me and my work. For those who do not know what the Festival of Diversity is, it is run annually through the course of the summer, highlighting different cultures such as Ubuntu and Gay Pride to bring people together for social events.

Events
- Saddleworth Folk Festival
- Faith Trail and Rochdale Canal


I seem to be having a hard time deciding upon whether or not I want to pursue photography as a career; I enjoy it as much as I would do with any hobby, and with the works I've produced and published here, I thought I could do more. On a casual basis, I do photography when I feel the mood sweeps me and when the moment is right usually, even though I am getting better at noticing potential spots for good photography. Work Shadowing and the short course I did would be beneficial towards pursuing a career in photography, however...

I would like to pursue a career based more towards computers and multimedia; I like to work with computers and I am innovative with new ideas of how I could solve problems. I do like to add the after-effects to my photographs on the computers I use, but I find myself more comfortable at times working at a desk and by pursuing a career in ICT, I would possibly get pulled along into some photography work as part of the multimedia involvement.


Plenty of my photographs are based in Oldham, United Kingdom but how about Manchester? I've only ever used a camera to place photos on here from my local county thus for your benefit, I hope to try and collect some new memories in Manchester using the cameras I have in my arsenal.

Byes. x

With this summer's upcoming heatwave, we are all getting ready with that suncream and sun lotion at the hand when ready, so let's give summer a warm welcome and hope everybody's got something to do this summer, I know I've got things to do, so let's hear about that.

This summer, I am planning on making my slow return to forum moderation at several forums I have worked with in the past and temporarily resigned from to start my exams and with those out of the way, I can began my projects once again and that'll bring me onto another point later. I am also planning to update my Gallery here quite extensively over the summer, so expect me out and about in Manchester doing what I do best, photography and you'll be in for a few surprises over the holidays!


As you've all seen, my poems keep disappearing off the face of deviantART but most of them are only gone because I have many other poetry pieces I would like your critique on, that I hope to place on here as soon as possible. My poetry now belongs in the Literature section of my Gallery and you will find my poetry submissions along with other fictional pieces of writing.


Well... as you all know it's been a great time submitting my work on deviantART, working with other deviantART members and sharing my feedback, which I hope to all you that I have, has helped you in any way possible. I hope to continue here as a member of deviantART and you lot better be here when I'm old.