So week 10 of The Big Five Two has come and gone.
Last night I took my Bro-in-law Jonny to the school hall, where my church meets each week, because he wanted a stage setting for his latest video (see youtube.com/wikiriffs for awesomeness). Plus he needed a cameraman, so it was great to be involved & have some serious creative input into it.
This weeks song was a piano based jazz style ballad thing, so clearly we needed piano shots. This upright lives in the hall so we thought it’d be a great iea to dismantle the case and film the inner workings as he played.
I snuck a few photos in between takes and I’m really glad I did.
The video we shot will be on the wikiriffs youtube channel early hours tomorrow morning (17th)
I visited my parents this weekend & stayed in the guest room, which used to be my bedroom.
Hanging on the wall was the dartboard I put there when I was about 16. Since I was on the lookout for pictures to catch up with the project anyway, I thought it would be good to immortalise the memory.
Written on the chalkboard cabinet-doors were two messages that I think were written on the same day. On the left door a message left by a couple of mates who dropped by when I was out, and on the right, a message from Sarah reminding me of the date that we would get married.
I love that it’s still there, but I think shortly my folks will take it down and pass it back to me for use in my house. Hopefully I can keep the messages safe in transit.
Well it’s week 10 of the big five two, so naturally I’ve today submitted my picture for week 8. Hmm.
I saw this solar radiometer on my Grandad’s windowsill and thought it would make a good subject. I grabbed a piece of white A4 for a backdrop & started playing with the flashgun. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.
Eyes open now for shots for weeks 9-11!
So it’s taken me up until the end of the second month to fall behind with my five-two project… who’d have guessed it’s be this soon?
Well, pretty much anyone that knows me actually. In any case, I have shot seven and will catch up on both eight and nine this week.
This scene happened to unfold before me. I was sat on the sofa watching TV when the sun broke out through the rain clouds and cast the shadow of the blinds across the door and floor. I immediately saw the potential and lept off the sofa (dislodging the cat from my lap on the way) to grab my camera from upstairs. When I got back, the cat had taken his place in the warm sunshine – thus making himself the subject of the shot.
I love it when an unplanned occurrence comes together…
This week’s photo is minimalist and one that I knew what I wanted before I took the shot. It’s definitely added to my thoughts that I need a second flash.
Last week’s I took while Sarah and I were at the Essex race arena watching 10 hours worth of motorsport. A long, cold, but really enjoyable day.
