lisadb
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Hi everyone,
Les has just joined the forum and I was telling him [moaning] that me, Chris and Mark are feeling very lonely  as lots of folks seem to have disappeared for the summer!!
I know it's the holidays and folks with kids are very busy but it would be really nice to know what you are all up to. So come on....
Michael, matts3, Sheila, Carole, banitsa, Azzi, Fozzy - where are you now and what are you doing??
Lisa. 
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Fozzy
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Reged: 04/08/2006
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I am still here and stuck on Module 4. It took so long to get Module 3 marked that I lost the impetus. Head down tonight to do some more.
On Saturday my wife and I went to Tate Britain to see 'How We Are: Photographing Britain'. which is a surprisingly large and very fascinating exhibition. It is not only the development of photography but a documentary about Britain and the way of life of mainly ordinary people.
It made me think about all the prints and negatives I have stored in the loft over the last 50 years of taking photo's and I wondered if in 50 years time when hard disks have failed and CD's have been lost if the years from 2007 to 2057 could be displayed at a similar exhibition. It would seem to me that hard copies tend to survive, if I had items stored on floppy disk I would have a problem reading them now!
I would highly recommend a visit if you can before it closes on the 2nd September.
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lisadb
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I know the feeling Fozzy - I've been stuck on mod 5 for quite a while. I keep thinking I've finished it then something else occurs to me. Mod 4 shouldn't take you too long but mod 5 is a bit of a b... so head down for a burst of activity. The exhibition at the Tate sounds very interesting but I don't think I'll be able to go. Lisa. 
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lisadb
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Oh dear! They're obviously all busy taking photos.  Lisa.
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Edited by lisadb (01/08/2007 17:16)
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Carole
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Hi Lisa and everyone else, I am still here, still (vaguely) active on the course! I got module 3 finished a while ago, but life just seems to have been so hectic that I haven't got very far with mod 4. I've done the reading and have been playing a little with curves on my own pics, but haven't made a start on the course photos.
I'm hoping to find some time this month to get that one finished, as I've been reading al the mod 5 chat with some trepidation (and a feeling of module 2 deja vu!!!)
I have been keeping an eye on the chat page, but haven't had much to say, so I'll try and be a bit more vocal over the summer (my summer hol is probably not until october - by which time, summer will hopefully have arrived  - so I shall try to do my part to keep the forum active over the quieter months!! )
Carole
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lisadb
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Hi Carole,
it's really nice to hear from you! Yes there's lots to do at the moment isn't there!? I'm feeling out numbered & in need of some female support on here, and so need you and Sheila to help me gang up on the lads.
Where are you going on your hols in Oct? I'm predicting lovely weather in Sept & Oct - mainly because I'm going to Wales at the end of Sept and want it to be nice.
Lisa.
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Carole
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Where are you going on your hols in Oct? I'm predicting lovely weather in Sept & Oct - mainly because I'm going to Wales at the end of Sept and want it to be nice.
ooh, haven't got as far as that yet! I was thinking UK right up until a week ago, when I had just about had enough of the rain and thought maybe we needed to go somewhere a bit hotter! Now we've had some sunshine, I've forgotten about the rain, and am back to thinking UK beach somewhere. Probably won't be wales though, as we went there just after easter (and the weather was so good that 5 days into the holiday, we discovered we had a sea view from our holiday cottage!!!  ). But we haven't discussed dates or anything yet, just a vague plan that that would be a good time for us to go away  Just hoping the weather might offer a few more photo opps next time!
Carole
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APchris
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...but life just seems to have been so hectic...
I know the feeling  ! Hi Carole, glad your still around and working hard(ish) on the course. Lisa's need of female support is unfounded though, us lads find she's more than enough to keep us on our toes...
...Hi Lisa,
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I'm going to Wales at the end of Sept and want it to be nice.
was that Wales and nice in the same sentence? I think you may be in for a rude shock!!!
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Carole
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Hi Carole, glad your still around and working hard(ish) on the course.
hi chris, let's not overstate the case! maybe I am thinking hard(ish) about working on the course would be a more accurate description
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Lisa's need of female support is unfounded though, us lads find she's more than enough to keep us on our toes...
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lisadb
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was that Wales and nice in the same sentence? I think you may be in for a rude shock!!!
No it's definitely going to be lovely weather in Wales the last week in Sept. I've decided.
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she's more than enough to keep us on our toes...
Lisa.
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tal
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Reged: 19/10/2006
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Hi guys!
I'll have you know, Chris, that despite living in Lancashire, I come from Wales,  so that's it now. I'd been wondering what to use for indoor shots til the daffodils come back, so I'm off to get some leeks...
I've hit a great big apathy stage - big changes at work, partner working away quite a bit (so I seem to have been away a fair bit at weekends, which is really my only camera time) and now family illness... I think I did Module 4 along with module 3 in a burst of enthusiasm some months ago, but have cleared my memory stick away in a huge pile of paperwork that I'm making no impression on, so it ain't got sent yet. Module 5 looks very scary, so Im thinking about it in little stages. My life seems to be short of fluorescent lights (not a big problem, normally), so seeing as the fish in the fluo-illuminated fish tank keep moving too much for me to get them sharp (even at ISO 1600, little b*****s), it's going to have to be a still-life of some leeks in the ladies' at the local pub. Sure there's a puerile joke in there somewhere...
Still, nailing white balance will be good... Mr Tal will be happy, I keep trying to make him wear grey and sidle into photos. What a patient lad he is...
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lisadb
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Hey Sheila, there you are!!! Your posts are always very humorous, we need more of them! Poor Mr Tal - what having you been doing to him now? no wonder he's working away. Leeks? ladies loos? you'll get banned from the pub! Re the fish - put some brandy in their water, that'll slow 'em up. or superglue them to the side of the tank like I do with the birdies. Really nice to hear from you. Lisa.
PS hope your family illness gets better soon. xxx
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APchris
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I'll have you know, Chris, that despite living in Lancashire, I come from Wales...
Hi Sheila, despite living in Lincolnshire I come from Wales too, and we go back every year on holiday.
I know that apathy feeling, I've been so busy fitting the new kitchen into the extension I've hardly had time for photography.
The fluorescent sets were a problem for me too. I ended up taking the pics at work at 2am.
Still... glad to hear your still around and at least thinking of the course.
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matts3
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Hi Lisa
Its been ages since I have been on the forum. I'm currently on module 4 but haven't been giving it my full attention to be honest although I'm aware that I need to get my backside into gear and get this done and then start module 5 before the end of September in order to get myself back on track.
I'm still taking lots of photos and have just completed a wedding for a friend of mine (they love the photos I took thank god!) and on the back of that I am doing another one in October!
So keeping busy but not with my course.
How are you keeping and what have you been up to over the summer (if you can call it that!)
Matt
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lisadb
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Hello Matt, there you are. WHAT!! You're not taking photos for the course! You're doing weddings instead!!! You brave man, think I'll stick with the course photos - weddings would terrify me. For most of the year I've been taking photos for mod 5; it's taken from April till August for me to do it. Though like you I've had lots of other things to do - work, week's togging in Yorkshire Dales, work, a couple of PS courses, more work etc etc. So now I'm on mod 6, and some of the photos I rejected for mod 5 are coming in very handy. I'm off to Wales in a few weeks and despite Chris' predictions of a biblical flood I'm hopeful that it'll be nice. So, you need to get mod 4 finished ASAP so you can start the epic that is mod 5. I'm sure your tutor won't mind getting wedding crowd shots for your submission. Hope you hear from you again soon. Lisa.
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LesR
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Just going away for hopefully a few weeks so will not be around. Camera packed so hoping to get some pictures for mod. one. Also taking laptop so if I get reception I can check on you all to see how your modules are getting on.
Now where did I put that grey card.
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lisadb
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Hope you have a great time Les and get lots of photos. Lisa.
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LesR
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Thanks Lisa. Well first time I've got a signal on the laptop. The weathers been great and many picture opotunities but haven't taken many, as when I see them I have the tiller in my hand. Tried to get a shot yesterday of a line of narrowboats but just as I went for the camera two very large barges came towards me and as the gap was 10 feet and we needed a total of 14 feet I thought it was prudent of me to stick to steering  . Never mind, better luck next time.
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lisadb
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Sounds like you're having a good time Les. Can't someone else steer so that you can take some pics? Where did you start from and where are you now? Lisa.
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LesR
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I wish I had but my wife hates steering so she leaves it all to me. Coun't even get her to take the boat into a lock, but that does mean that I can just sit on the back watching her doing all the hard work.
We started at Milton Keynes and traveled up the Grand Union Canal, then on to the North Oxford Canal to just above Rugby before turning around. The weather was very good, I even got a slight tan, or is it rust . We still have the rest of this week off so I guess we will take the dog over to the coast and into the Derbyshire Dales for a run. He likes a lot of exercise and its quite cramped on a narrowboat for 11 days. Then back to the course.
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