After 4 unsuccessful applications to run the London Marathon I finally managed to get through in the ballot for a place in this year’s event. Unfortunately I am not as fit as I was when I first entered so I am not expecting a fantastic time I just want to get around the course. I am running for Dorothy House a local hospice in Bradford on Avon and War On Want, a small UK based development charity. If you would like to sponsor me I have set up two online sites, to give to Dorothy House http://bit.ly/A8Rxdy and for War on Want http://bit.ly/zrGIcN
EriK Refner did a great series of portraits of runners at the end of the Copenhagen Marathon who are completely exhausted to get some idea of how I will look in April.
This picture took a full year to expose and was taken with nothing more than a coffee tin. The stripes in the sky is the sun as it travels through the sky at different times of the year.
Vincent J Stoker’s website captures buildings in a state of decay and is well worth a look. The Human endeavour blog includes his work and that of other photographers working in a similar way.
I finally managed to go along to the Holborne Museum to see the Field of Light installation, well worth a visit but if you want to take pictures carry a tripod (which I didn’t). The fence posts around the site make OK ‘make shift’ supports.
Wouter has sent shots from most of the assignments and class activities so rather than separating them into genres I have put his shots together. here.
Last night we looked at Platon’s book and particularly the lighting style he uses. While we used continuous lighting he almost certainly uses flash in his pictures. Follow this link to his web site. http://youtu.be/zO2DdJy8OUI
On BBC4 on Thursday night there is a a programme on the iconic photography from Life magazine presented by Rankin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017svd6
