Well, the mince pies are in the local supermarket and I’ve seen my first Christmas tree, so it must be nearly Christmas? So I thought I would get my greetings in early, in case I forget nearer the time.
I have found another outlet for my pictures in that I am now doing some lectures at camera clubs, I am trying to win the award for the corniest title for a lecture so mine is called “Have I Got Nudes For You”. The purpose of the title is twofold, first camera club lectures usually have corny titles, I have no idea why but it’s a bit of a tradition. The secondary reason is because I don’t wish to offend anybody who doesn’t like nudes, I like them but I respect that some people may not like them, and with the title of my lecture I don’t think anybody is going to get confused about the content of my images.
I don’t do religion, politics or sex on this blog, as it usually all ends in tears when you offend someone, and frankly life’s too short. I have had a few people come up to me and say that they would love to invite me to lecture at their camera club, but they couldn’t as “we meet in a church hall”. I find this rather strange, firstly because I don’t think churchgoers are any more or less likely to like nudes than the general population, and also because most of the classic nude masterpieces of art – sculptures and paintings – were commissioned by the church.
Anyway all of this is a very roundabout way of introducing this series of images of the angelic Holly shot in a disused chapel, hopefully not offending anyone along the way. I often shoot in abandoned or disused buildings in various states of disrepair, and I always say a little thank you to the people who built our location for the day all those centuries ago.
First some colour images, shot in a window and archway, including a couple of clothed ones, and a mucked about one, for which I will probably reverse or tone down the treatment applied.
And some mono ones which I really love, including some that Holly kindly featured in a recent post on her blog, but which I thought were worth seeing again. The window was truly a playground for Holly to produce some amazingly creative poses.
And finally one which I entered for the first time in an exhibition in Taiwan, which I am very pleased to say was awarded a gold medal – thank you Holly :)
I would also like to thank Janet Haines, a photographer who I met in an RPS forum, who kindly invited me down to stay with her, as long as I bought a model :) We got some super images, and she found all the locations. Hopefully I can pay a return visit in 2013.
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Wonderful to see what you took that cold March day Tim. It was my pleasure to have you both to stay and to shoot with you both. And YES let’s do it again in 2013.
Happy Christmas? I thought you may have hit your head on too many stone archways over the years, Mr. Pile. But, yes, I understand your point.
I’m thrilled to hear of your lecture work. You have the talent and with your ability to communicate your ideas, you should do very well.
Love the photos!
Looking forward to a return visit in 2013 Janet :)
And thank you again for your kind words Mr. Pope. Lets hope the audience agree ;)