Life Through A Lens Update

This morning, we met with Colin Tennant and volunteers involved with the Life Through A Lens Project.

We will discuss possible ideas for photos which will represent the things which are barriers to inclusion and society for us.

Our Wednesday morning college course has now finished. We enjoyed learning about using the internet with Dhugal.

Our book Ellon Through Our Eyes is now at the printers and we are keeping our fingers crossed it is going to be ready for the centre's 20th anniversary.

The garage conversion has started because they're doing it now.

Next DALNIA Meeting

The next DALNIA meeting is held next week, on Thursday 7th June.

The points are:

• Updating the blog
• The blog is about Ellon Community News
• The Bumper Edition Of Centre Scene
• The Brewery and The Bakers Are Our Next Stories
• Ellon Through Our Eyes Book Nearly Finished Printed By The Council And Launched On Our Birthday Week
• New Cameras
• Colin's Workshop, How To Use The Cameras

Ellon Through Our Eyes Redesign

I am redesigning the Ellon Through Our Eyes book by adding some pictures, including Reminiscence Group, and adding some text. We won't have page numbers until the book is finished. The book would have approximately 50 pages.

Weekly Report

We've been giving references for the Ellon Through Our Eyes book. (Grrrrr!).

We are also having ideas on what they are going to add into the big Centre Scene newsletter.

We went out several times with Colin last week and he taught us how to use cameras better.

A lot of us joined in the sponsored walk round Ellon on Friday. Using our photography skills, the photograph of the group doing the sponsored walk was at the old Ellon bridge.


I was going to get an old register for the list of the service users for my yearbook, which I designed at home.

That's all for now, we're enjoying the sunshine!!!!

Bumper Centre Scene Book For 20th Anniversary

We are publishing a bumper edition of the Centre Scene book for their 20th Anniversary.

The stories we have to put into the book are:

• Colin Tennant's Photography Workshop
• Tom's Yearbook, which he made at home
• Disability Sport
• Sponsored Walk
• 20 Good Deeds Sponsor
• Ellon Through Our Eyes Book
• Can-Do's 10th Anniversary

Colin's Photography Workshop

We've been doing a lot of work with Colin Tennant on the Life Through A Lens Project. We were out on Monday night, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Colin brings the rain with him. We took pictures of the river, the bridges, the Ellon Editors team, the bus stop, the car park and entrances to various shops in Ellon, and hoping to go for a day out with him. We are getting on well with the Ellon Through Our Eyes book (final draft is hopefully being printed off). We've also viewed pictures on a slideshow. We have also learned how to use our new cameras and we think they are really good.

 

Colin Tennant

Colin Tennant came this morning and he was showing everyone how to use the new cameras, which we got from the DALNIA committee. Thank you to DALNIA for funding these.

He'll be coming back to Ellon on the week beginning, Monday 14th May 2012, and he will visit Drop-In as well as going out and taking photographs with the Ellon Editors Group.

He'll be coming to the centre from 1PM to 3PM on Wednesday 16th May and 10AM to 12PM on Thursday 17th May 2012.

We hope the weather will be better when Colin comes back so we could get out to take some photos.

Ellon Editors Group