The Cats of Princes Avenue

Cyril

Cyril

first blog!! eeekk

Hi guys, I have never done this before so bear with me while I get to grips with it! :)

Basically I have started this blog because I had an awesome idea for my photography.  I am currently studying BTEC Level 1 in Photography. Photography has become a great passion in my life and I like to capture photos of scenes we pass by everyday without noticing becuase we are all so busy with our hectic lives we miss what is right in front of us :)

I am a cat person through and through and to be honest probably am a crazy cat lady but I don't care!! haha
I have one cat called Rambo he is 3 years old and looks like a baby black bear - he has his teenage attitude at the moment!!

Seriously though where I live there are so many cats and I thought it would be cool to capture pictures of the cats down each street off Princes Avenue Hull - they have their own world, existence among us and most humans don't notice.
I will be taking these photos over a period of time, I wont be chasing the cats down the streets or anything or distressing them just a quick shot I would not want to cause any distress.
I will also try not to show what is obviously peoples homes as much as I can.

I am going to take pictures of the cats of Princes Avenue and create collages/prints of each street with the photos of the cats I have taken photos of.
I will upload photos of cats from each street I have took their photo.

I am hoping fellow animal lovers/cat lovers local and far away will enjoy the photos I take.
I recently went to an exhibition at art link for take me to the kittens please see link
http://www.takemetothekittens.com/
D Jun-Yu Low inspired me to make this happen.

Princes Avenue is a popular cafe/bar/restaurant area in Hull and theres a number of streets that lead onto the avenue, I live off one of them, theres 11 streets in total;

Welbeck street
Thoresby street
Clumber street
Belvoir street
Blenheim street
these then lead onto other streets
Wharncliffe street
Perth street

There is also The Avenues off Princes Avenue much larger houses but I thought I would just concentrate on the streets above at this time.

I will upload the photos and keep you guys updated as I go along. I got started today with my photos, the weather was a lot better today so more cats were out!! They don't like rain, just like us!!
I'm hoping once the weather gets warmer I will be able to get more photos.

If I get enough I am hoping to put an exhibition at Dove House Hospice in October with all proceeds going to Dove House and Hull Animal Welfare Trust.
Hull Animal Welfare Trust help rehome animals in the area and also help any animals in any way they can, they never put a animal down unless its the right thing to do for them.
They supported me with my cat Cyril with his many vet visits and were always supportive with Cyrils wellbeing and always at the other end of the phone when I needed to talk (Leah was so understanding and helped me through)
http://www.hullanimalwelfare.co.uk/

My photos at the top are of Cyri Christmas 2011, I got him from Animal Welfare 3 years ago he was my best friend and was always at my side. Cyril sadly passed away Friday 9th March 2012, he was an old man and kept going as long as he could. I miss him loads, he now rests overlooking the sea.

This project is dedicated to Cyril and all cats out there.

The following photos are photos which I took today, the first of many!!

Hope you enjoy and any comments would be appreciated.

Until next time

Stephanie x x