Eleanor Jane

A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE & A COMPETITION

Woohoo - Check out my spanking new Facebook page. To celebrate the launch of this new page (& my eventual catching up with social media) I have decided to run a little competition as it’s been a while since I’ve had a good giveaway and everyone loves a freebie! So, as of today you have the opportunity to…

WIN AN ENGAGEMENT SHOOT WORTH £250!

A pre-wedding engagement shoot is a fantastic way to familiarise yourself with your photographer and learn to relax in front of the camera before the wedding day. This is a new venture for me in 2011 and I’m really excited about collaborating with lots of awesome couples. I’d like to encourage my brides & grooms to be as involved as possible in the creative process so that the shoot reflects your personalities, interests and quirks as a couple. It’s also a fabulous way to make some beautiful portraits which you can send out as save-the-date cards or display at the wedding venue.

All you have to do is ‘like’ the Facebook page and leave a comment on the competition thread telling me who you are, where & when you're getting married and why you’d like to win the shoot. Simples!

The only rules are that you have to live in South Wales and you do have to be engaged. There's no pressure to book a wedding photography package - although that would be nice ;) - and we can schedule the shoot for any time up until the end of October. Competition closes July 31st. Good luck!

VOTE FOR ME (please thank you!) & win a present

Click the above image to go VOTE FOR ME (please thank you!) in round two of the British Airways travel photography competition. The prize is an opportunity to go on assignment in North America with one of their photographers which would be perfect so if you could vote for me it would be very much appreciated and I would send lots of ffoto love vibes your way in thanks! You do have to register but it honestly only takes thirty seconds and if you voted in round one you can use the same log in details.

Also, if you tweet or blog about the competition and help me collect a few more votes I'll enter you into a little prize draw to win a mini print of the image! Just leave a comment linking me to wherever you have promoted it and I'll pick a winner at random on October 31st when voting closes. Thank you!

Godsticks & a competition

Here are some shots I took a couple of months ago for a prog rock band called GODSTICKS. They've just released a new album and have a full page feature (using one of my pictures!) in the latest issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine, out now. Also, Planet Rock Radio are running a competition where you can win a copy of the album and two Boss guitar pedals, a super generous giveaway if you're musically inclined. ENTER HERE!

I've not done much band photography in the past but given the unlikely and impossible chance, I would love to follow one of the big rock bands around on tour, shooting black & white backstage candids and documenting all the craziness. Oh, you mean it's not the seventies any more and all the legends are dead? Eighties hair metal is over too? And all the best rockstars are old & crinkly & uninterested in being lairy and debauched? Damn!

Link me to some awesome band photographers? I need inspiration!

& the winner is...

Congrats! I'll be posting your zine out soon, Nicola. If anyone else is still interested in picking up a copy of the final Girl Photographer eveeeeeer then there are still a few copies left on Etsy or via the Paypal button in the post below. I'll also be listing the remaining copies of issue 1-4 on Etsy as soon as I remember where I've put them... & then it's on to zine pastures new!

As for the rest of my photography, I'm getting back to business after my little hiatus. With a band to shoot, a lovely classic wedding at a 17th century mansion and a weekend snapping away at Download festival (also had my fingers crossed to film an interview with Slash but that's fallen through - boo! I had my Guns & Roses t-shirt all ready to go & everything!) I'll hopefully have some more interesting pictures to post soon.

Anyone else going to Download? Look out for me in my stomping new wellies & come say hello! I'm also going to attempt to catch up with technology and tweet from my phone so check out my Twitter for all the hairy metaller action from the backstage press tent. I probably wont know who anyone is but we can all be mystified together. Hmm, I hope they have good veggie food... two days munching out of a burger van do not a happy Ffotogirl make!

The Final Hurrah...

Echo, echo, echo... is anyone still out there? I'm afraid I'm still flying the blog flag at half mast but I'll be back properly soon, I'm sure. In the meantime I'd like to introduce you to my final Girl Photographer per-zine... Girl Photographer FIVE! There are lots of reasons I feel like I'm done with per-zines, none of which I really want to get in to just yet, but thank you (lots ♥) to every one who has supported these silly booklets of my random scribblings and snapshots in the past. I have some older issues left over from London Zine Symposium (more on that another day) and lots of copies of the new issue waiting to be stamped up and posted out but after they're gone I doubt I'll be making any further reprints. This really does seem to be the final hurrah for Girl Photographer!

Girl Photographer five is 48 full colour quarter sized pages mostly all about my first trip to the United Arab Emirates to visit Dubai but also mentioning my current obsession with gardening and focusing on the positive when something rubbish strikes you down. 

If you'd like a copy for FREE (yay, who doesn't?!) then please leave a comment on this post and I'll do a little prize draw on the weekend to choose a winner.

Or if you simply cannot wait for ziney goodness it's available via the Paypal button below or from my Etsy. 

Now, let's see how many copies Royal Mail will swallow this time!

Location

Within UK £4.77 Outside UK £5.53

Print Sale

Hey! Don't decorate your lovely home with pictures of stinky old pebbles from Ikea! Support independent  artists & ffotogirls ;) I'm attempting to raise some funds for my impending (& impossibly expensive - flights are £500 more than I paid 18 months ago!) trip to America this summer by having a bit of a.....

PRINT SALE

All prints are 9"x6" digital c-prints made on FujiColor Crystal Archival paper.
Sealed in anti-static sleeves.
£6.50 each (including UK postage - email me if outside the UK)

Thank you!

ETSY SALE!

Oops, I didn't have chance to post a Ffoto Week this Monday as I've been super busy working on a new project, organising two upcoming exhibitions, driving around checking out new studios, celebrating birthdays and sneezing for Wales  (achooo!) so haven't had a great deal of time to take snapshots. But fear not nosey people, it will be back next week.

Meanwhile, I'm having a SALE on my Etsy... woohoo! 20% off (refunded after purchase) until Sunday on all art prints & zines in the shop. Just click the picture below to be taken to the goodies. If there's anything you fancy that is missing or sold out just send me a message and I'll get it relisted for you asap. 

Christmas treats

Cinnamon-apple scented candles, cinnamon & brown sugar muffins, spicy cinnamon tea... sorry to come over all Christmas on you while we're still in November but I'm on my belated summer holidays to Dubai this weekend so I've needed to get my prep in early! In my efforts to support mostly independent businesses and craftspeople this Christmas I invested many hours last week trawling (not that it's a chore I begrudge doing!) through Etsy on the hunt for handmade goodies to give as presents. I think Chris is living in fear of receiving an extensive selection of quilted coathangers and lavender parcels on Christmas morning but fear not my little peabrain, Etsy is far hipper than that! I've also been twiddling about with my own Etsy shop, listing lots of cute new mini prints at stocking filler prices. Order before the 21st December within the UK or the 10th December internationally and receive your print with free Christmas treats! And because I am slightly obsessed with putting gifts together, keep an eye on the TREATS section of this website for a chance to win a special Christmas goodie bag! Ho ho ho!

And the winner is...

Congratulations Christina! I'll be popping your goody bag in the post tomorrow.

Sorry if you were unlucky this time but keep an eye on the TREATS page for more goodies in the future. You need to keep an eye out for sneaky hints on the blog though or you might miss out. Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treats

Mwahaahaahaaa *cackle cackle* 

Not everyone has noticed that the TREATS section of this site has been updated with a new giveaway- I need to work out some sort of alert system - so I thought I would repost the page here before it's too late.

I'm not entirely sure why but I'm really in to Halloween this year! It started when I was tabling at LePub's A Fashionable A'Fayre mini market event last month and was asked to donate a prize for the raffle to help raise money for the charity that kindly donated the tables for us to use. I'd been saving some Paperchase Halloween goody bags ever since I bought them in the sale last year and had been eager for an opportunity to use them so I popped a few zines in one and then went on a mission to the supermarket to buy a few spooky treats to fill it up with.

I seriously have never seen shops in the UK stock so many Halloween goodies as they have this year! Tesco had two whole aisles of costumes and decorations and enough sweets and chocolate to rupture your insides zombie style! Even all the regular brands have got in on the festivities and brought out limited editition cakes like Fiendish Fancies, Lime & Slime Jaffa cakes and Cadbury's Cinder Toffee cakebars... yum yum! So I picked up loads of ace snacks and silly accessories and was especially pleased with my contribution to the raffle.

I know so many people are all cynical about Halloween as it stands today - a commercialised amalgamation of the Irish Samhein, the British Calan Gaeaf and the Celtic All Hallows' Eve - but really, what's wrong with a little bit of fun?! Get yourself a pumpkin, carve up a Jack o'lantern, invite your friends round to drink scrumpy cider and bob for apples, tell ghost stories, light a candle for a deceased relative, paint your face white, pop in some fangs and run around the streets in the crisp Autumn air foaming at the mouth from sugar overload. No? Why on earth not, you stuffy old trout?! Enjoy yourself! Most importantly, instead of complaining that no-one speaks to their neighbours and communities don't exist anymore - stop hiding behind the curtains when children come knocking. Open the door! Admire the creativity in their costumes,  challenge them to perform a trick, share some sweets or make some toffee apples and actually meet the local children in your area. Be generous. You'll be a much happier person for it.

So, incase I haven't made myself clear... Yay for Halloween! And in the spirit of generosity I've put together another Halloween goodie bag full of zines and treats. Just email your name and address to eleanor@eleanorjane.co.uk with the word 'TREATS' in the subject line by Monday 26th October and hopefully the Royal Mail will stop striking long enough for me to get your treats to you in time for the 31st.

Unfortunately, in my excitement I forgot to check the  ingredients in the sweet packaging and as a result, not everything is suitable for vegetarians. Which is really rather naughty of me being a vegetarian myself. Oops! So if you do happen to be a veggie then please say so in your entry message and I shall endeavour to swap the treats for something a little friendlier should you win. You can always give the spares away to trick or treaters...

Good luck!

PS. Pumpkin bucket not included... he's mine :)