oh deary deary me, I knew I should have stuck with my usual practice. absolutely woeful results!
I could claim that this was my intention, and write a creative piece about what they represent and why, ( and I’ve done that before) but sadly it was not, and I want to be honest with you, fellow travellers on this journey of self expression. I was looking for atmosphere not total gloom! this is all I am prepared to share.
I have shelved the idea of exhibiting this project next month, am going to have to go through my old work and use something from that, as there just isn’t enough time left to get this right.
coming home from london on the train after picking up the processed negs, with a lighter purse and heavy heart, I felt a bit more detached from the east end than usual, and wonder if the ancestral connection and interest in the place is weakening.
It’s enough to drive you to chocolate biscuits and strong coffee, in fact it already has….
Today I have finally done some work, but before I come to that I should catch up since my last posting.
On monday I attended a fellowship meeting, where a small group get together in someone house and discuss certain text from the bible, chat and pray. this was another getting to know people kind of thing, and what a lovely group they are, so friendly and welcoming. Over the course of the evening though I got to thinking that no photographs could really reflect or demonstrate their relationship with each other and with their beliefs.
Actually what I now think would be interesting to see and to exhibit would be a combination of photographs of the church together with video of the people and their activities. The contrast of the stillness of the church and vibrancy of the people would be a good demonstration I think, that while the building is symbolic, its nothing without the life of its congregation, and their relationship with God…. so where does that leave me.?? I have precious little moving image experience nor video editing software experience. Anyone interested in collaberating in a social documentary style piece of work in East London?
anyway , back to today’s shoot. I took 12 large format images which I will be taking for processing tomorrow. not sure how confident I am with them, as I have changed from my usual practise of having a very shallow depth of field. Only used ambient light, again as usual. Got very frustrated at my inability to get in the correct position for certain shots, much as I love my wista it really isn’t the most manoeverable of cameras. another lens might be handy too.
more next week after processing , in the meantime another digital test shot has been posted.
