A Rainy Lunch Time

I usually like "good " light for my photography, but when I was in Saffron Walden last month for an RPS event, we were asked to take 6 images during the lunch time break, for projection later in that afternoon. Of course it was rainy .... but here's what I managed to capture - 

Don't think these images are going to make me give up looking for "good" light in which to photograph, but  perhaps it may I should carry a camera even when it rains ....

Final Project

The final project for the BTEC photography course is due tomorrow. This one was rather different to the previous assignments in that the theme and number of photographs to be produced was to be my own choice. A Statement of Intent was asked for and produced. It ran as follows –

 “The theme for the project will be the street performers, buskers and tourists along London's South Bank, roughly from the London Eye to London Bridge and additionally in Trafalgar Square, London

The final presentation will comprise a printed triptych. A triptych typically contains three elements, usually an image. Each of the three elements of the triptych itself will contain three images. This implies that a total of nine individual images are required. All nine images will have a connection in theme, content and mood. However the three images of each individual element will have a closer connection with each other, when compared to the other two elements”

So I took my walk down the South Bank, as per my statement of intent, but avoiding Trafalgar Square for now (another day?) taking photographs of what was going on.

Had them printed as 6x4 size from a one hour photo machine for group discussion in class – which has put me off using those machines again – the quality is so poor (I should have known previous experience).

The net result of the class group discussion was that I abandoned the original theme – think the word ‘contrived’ was used here – in favour of developing a theme of  ‘people and shadows’ began last year – see my previous post here.

Several of the images taken on my meander feature people – on their phones – and shadows.

Here is my selection

Not a triptych in sight. Pity. Don't think the triptych idea wasn't as contrived as was suggested to me - but I'm sure I'll get it done another day. And am happy with 5 pictures as selected.

Doune

Spent last week island hopping, while based in Doune, which is near to Skye in north west Scotland. I had never been to that part of Scotland before - I'd previously visited Edinburgh a couple of times (and enjoyed every minute) but not the west coast. It was good to get out of London for a while and get some very fresh air and even better - no traffic.
I haven't had a chance to inspect many of the photos I took in detail yet - I filled 6 cards, almost 20gb., mostly landscapes. I was with a bunch of other photographers who were more interested in the wildlife - dolphins, deer, minke whales .... and they took many more photos than I did.

We took a flight from Gatwick to Glasgow, and then the train from Glasgow to Mallaig - a long train journey in excess of 5 hours - with the consolation of spectacular views of the countryside.

Our return journey to Heathrow almost ruined the holiday - apart from having to "enjoy" the kerosene fumes, after all that freash air,  it took about 40 minutes for our baggage to come through in Terminal 5. Hmmmmmm.