Fire and Ice
I usually shoot some film alongside the digital when I’m out and about, although it can take a while before I get them in for developing! Just got a couple of rolls of Ilford FP4 back from the lab - dev and scan from Peak Imaging in Sheffield.
Group shoot yesterday, we ended up taking Leanne and Lora to Oldbury Court, known locally as Vassalls Park, where you could say it was chilly but it was definitely damp (anybody want to buy me a weather sealed Canon body? No? Didn’t think so!).
The cloudy sky was pretty much one giant softbox, but it was late afternoon and the evening was closing in. A couple of my favourite shots below.
This morning we were hosted at a small studio in Bristol run and managed by the Disabled Photgrapher’s Society at the Vassalls Centre in Fishponds.
While not being very large, the studio is pretty well equipped, and perfectly usable for individual and small group shoots. Out of the studio there are also plenty of opportunities for more urban style shots in and around the centre and its grounds and the more more natural setting of the nearby Oldbury Court (known locally as Vassalls Park).
The Society needs to get some more usage out of the studio to be able to fund it into next year, and it’s available on a donate as you go basis so if you need a studio space every now and again, keep the DPS in mind!
Another shoot at the weekend, this time courtesy of the Royal Victoria Country Park who I don’t really think knew knew what thy’d let themselves in for when nearly two dozen photographers and models descended on their museum in the old chapel.
Working around the displays and utilising a number of “found items” as props, the smell of burning ozone filled the air as flashes popped left and right. The day was nothing short of a success and the quality of the images produced using portable battery powered equipment continues to astound me. I’ll blog through a couple of my favourite shots form the other photographers who attended but for now, here are my favourite shots of the day.
So, the Southern Strobist group had a little get together at the old Tudor House Museum on Southampton at the end of October and I went along to see how they do things down there 
From memory, there were some eight models, ten or twelve photographers and dozens of wondrous locations in the museum, which is closed for renovation so we had the run of the place. It’s a pity the weather wasn’t cooperating and put paid to several outdoor opportunities in the gardens.
Not generally being much of a people shooter, I was pleased to find that I was getting some nice shots. Maybe I really can do this after all!
