Miss Aniela Photography

This weekend, Fri 5th to 7th Sep, is the Lantern Media Festival in Tunbridge Wells. The festival is the first of hopefully more to come, developed by Anthony Jarman and Sam Marlow, aiming to bring together a range of the arts under the roof of the Trinity Arts Theatre. Amongst film and music are also visual arts - I am a featured artist at the event and three pieces of my own work will be on display. I think I will be there on the Friday. So, come on up (or down)!

Read everything you need to know at their website here.

Here’s the schedule:

Friday 5th September.

6pm - opening
7pm - Music from Charlie Rivers
8pm - Selection of short films. (Finale, A Man Of Letters, Girl 23)
8.30pm - We Are All Rwandans (25mins)
9pm - Red Sands (30 mins)
10pm - close.

Saturday 6th September

10am - opening to browse gallery.
2pm - Selection of shorts. (Just One More Night, The Dance, Frites, I Know Where Nowhere Is,)
3.30pm - break.
5pm - Selection of shorts films. (We Are All Rwandans, Chainmail, Chainmail, Back To The Fuchsia, Sense and Synesthesia, Dark Vengeance)
6pm - Music from Michael Orson
7pm - Gypo, Featuring Paul McGann and Pauline McLynn (90 mins)
9pm - close.

Sunday 7th September

10am - opening to browse gallery.
2pm - Selection of shorts. (Wiggas, Are You Sure You Can Spare 2 Mins, Tomorrow’s Forecast, Hell In High Water, Saviour)
3.30pm - break.
4.30pm - Selection of short films. (Just One More Bite, Girl 23, Home, A Man Of Letters)
5.30pm - Music from Michael Hall
6.30pm - Ruby Blue, Featuring Bob Hoskins (112 mins)
8.30pm - Q and A with Ruby Blue Director Jan Dunn and Producer Elaine Wickham.
9pm - close.

NB - I think I filed this as a ‘newsletter’ accidentally at first so I apologise if it popped into anyone’s inbox…!

I’m still sorting through my pics taken in the US, some of which you can see on my Flickr site.

Recently I graduated…

and celebrated my 22nd birthday with all my family down to visit (I’m sure they won’t mind this blurred pic which obscures them from public view)… taken on the beach after our birthday BBQ.

This coming week, I am having some documentary filmmakers from Spain to visit… oo-er!

Upcoming Sep plans: exhibiting a couple of my pieces at the Lantern Media Festival in Tunbridge Wells this September (more about that later, as I’d like to spread the word about the festival) and plans to speak at Photokina in Germany…

Apart from that, anyone got any advice on cameras?
I am considering one of the following DSLRs: Nikon D80, Canon 40D, or Sony Alpha 350.
I’m thinking of the Canon primarily (almost ruled the Nikon out because I’ve been focusing on the other two). Considering the Sony primarily because it has a swivel screen like my current R1, it doesn’t turn 180 degrees. Is it just best to make a new start with a Canon?