Maude Fealy

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Myrna Loy

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Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934).

Marie Prevost

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Marie Prevost

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My week in pictures: 21.04.13

With my wedding creeping up closer and closer, it's proving a bit harder to fit in time to take photos, but either way here are a few photo-related bits and bobs that I've been up to this week. I've got one last fashion test next week, and from then on I think I'm going to have to take a break from personal work for a bit to fit in my duties as a bridezilla!

THIS WEEK IN PICTURES

On a hunt for self-portrait inspiration, I rifled through my wardrobe and re-discovered this dress that I nearly forgot I owned! I love it to bits, but when you're wearing a brightly coloured puffy dress in a field full of dog walkers, there is no hiding that you are being a bit weird and taking pictures of yourself. Ha.




Lizzie and Sam came to visit so I managed to convince them to come out with me for a quick 5 minute portrait session on what was the most beautiful day of the year so far - I can't believe how quickly the weather has perked up!




My website has undergone a little bit of a facelift this week, and I am really happy with how it's turned out. New things include a "work with me" page, a retouching portfolio and much bigger images. Next stop - new blog! www.cat-lane.co.uk




Interesting app alert! Rando works on the idea of anonymously sharing and receiving snapshots of your life with other people around the world. With no likes, ability to follow people or leave feedback, it's an interesting break from the instant gratification and popularity obsessed world that social media can be at times. And what's more.. it's free!

What have you been up to this week?

Marie Prevost

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Marie Prevost (November 8, 1898 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 1800s yielded a collection of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec, along with Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin, are among the most well-known painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when La blanchisseuse, an early painting of a young laundress, sold for $22.4 million U.S.

Dancer in the legendary Moulin Rouge, between 1910 and 1930

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Pola Negri

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Blossom

Blossom trees are one of my favourite settings in the world to shoot portraits in, so when I came across this beautiful tree on a walk one day I knew I had to shoot in it as soon as humanly possible. Luckily Amy and I were already in the process of planning a shoot together, so everything came together at just the right time!

Model: Amy Binns
Styling: Myself

The Old Bridge in Mostar at Dawn

The Old Bridge in Mostar bathing in the golden rays of the afternoon sun. The Old Bridge and It's Area are part of UNESCO's World Heritage List. It was constructed in the year 1566 and the building was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent. The goal was to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability.


Upon its completion it was the widest man-made arch in the world. Certain associated technical issues remain a mystery: how the scaffolding was erected, how the stone was transported from one bank to the other, how the scaffolding remained sound during the long building period. As a result, this bridge can be classed among the greatest architectural works of its time.

Beauty from mids 1850s.

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Sandstorm

Being the crazy photo lady that I am, I couldn't resist getting up at a ridiculous time on Easter Sunday morning to go out and shoot on the sand dunes at sunrise. We'd travelled up north for the weekend to see family, and this change of scenery was way too inspiring for me to not go out and shoot in it.

You can't tell at all in the pictures but it was absolutely freezing and the only thing that kept me warm enough to shoot was my running to and from the camera to start the self-timer (sadly I was too far away from the camera for my remote to work!)



And finally, a little Instagram behind the scenes peek - how amazing is this place? @catlanephoto