Sunday 28 January 2018

One Film

Beer Porn


Yesterday I joined up with the One Film Facebook group.  The premise of one film is, to go out and shoot one roll of film on a given subject (yesterday's was Dusk) get the film developed at a 1 hour processing lab then pick your best three images to be judged with all the other participants. 

Yesterday started at 3pm at Charing Cross and was to end at 6pm and meet at Brewdog Soho for the judging.

There were roughly 20 people on this meet but unlike a photowalk, everybody goes their separate ways, some when to the Southbank, one even make their way out to Canary Wharf.

I decided to stay in the centre and went around the usual spots, Soho, Chinatown and the West End.

As this was a last minute decision for me to go, I didn't have a great deal of choice of that film I would use, so it was a 24 exposure ISO 200, poundland film.  As it would be dark for most of the shoot I took my Olympus XA3 mainly because this is the only camera I had that has a flash, not that it helps as I was reluctant to use it (I'm not a lover of flash).  The XA3 is full automatic so this meant a lot of slow shutter speeds as the light dropped and a lot of blurry images.


Horizontals and Verticals 

   
I ♥ London

Dinner for two

The real fun and social aspect comes once everybody meets up again in the Pub. It's the usual chat about where everybody has been and what they think they may have captured, its a nervous hour waiting to see what is going to come back from the lab.

Once all the films are in, everybody chooses their best three (mine are the three above) and David the organiser collects them and numbers each in a random order then lays them out for the judging to being.  The judging is via an app on the Facebook group and everybody gets to choose their favourite three, the one with the highest percentage of votes is the winner.

60+ images ready for judging. Red glow from the Beer Porn sign.

This was enjoyable event and definitely something I will attend again, though next time I will make sure I'm better prepared. 

Tuesday 9 January 2018

British Life Photography Awards 2017

Last night I attend the British Life Photography Awards, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.  It was the preview evening of the exhibition that runs for the month of January, then goes on tour around the Country.

My Love is...never having to put down your phone was commended in the Street Life category and also appears in the accompanying book.

BLPA Book

All the winners and their images can be seen on the BLPA website.

The dates and times for the Royal Albert Hall are a bit strange but I guess this is to fit in with major events happening in the hall.

The exhibition will be on display in the Royal Albert Hall’s Amphi Corridor, and can be viewed when attending a performance here between Friday 5 January and Monday 5 February, or on the following free open days:
Friday 5 January 2018: 9am – 5pm
Saturday 6 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Sunday 7 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Saturday 13 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Sunday 14 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Saturday 20 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Sunday 21 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Saturday 27 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Sunday 28 January 2018: 10am – 1pm
Monday 5 February 2018: 9am – 5pm


(These times could be subject to change so please check first with the Royal Albert Hall website).


The exhibition will be on tour at these venues


  • Redbrick Building, Glastonbury, Somerset. 12th February to 25th March 2018
  • Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar,Yorkshire. Early April to early June. 2018. (Dates to be confirmed)
  • The Auction Centre, Leyburn, North Yorkshire. 28th July to 9th September. 2018
  • Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. 13th October to 17th November. 2018

Oh yeah, my image :-)

Love is...never having to put down your phone