Just been watching this inspiring documentary on BBC 2. This was part 4/6, covering from the late 50s onwards.

There were all sorts of things covered, from b&w intimate street work to the more inclusive colour street work as imposed by the slower shutter speeds demanded when using colour for that type of work (i.e. needing a good dof but slower speed to counteract noise). Still that's an SEP, a JFT while I concentrate on mono :) SEP - somebody else's problem; JFT - job for tomorrow

It was really interesting to listen to well-known contemporary (and less so) photographers commenting on others' work as well as their own. Sort of comforting to hear some of your own understanding of situations / scenes being confirmed by the acknowledged greats.

That conformation then leads to a better comprehension of hat's being said next and its those parts that I found inspiring. I've now got some new approaches / techniques slotted away in the back of my mind for whne the opportunity presents itself.

Note to self - must watch the last two parts!

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Looking forward to my big day

Monday - tomorrow - is my "meet the artist" salon, 4-7pm at ParkArt, Tamar Science Park. I've got my box of bits ready, as per this guide and all the various other bits organised - food, drinks, raffle slips, slide show etc.
I'm getting real excited to meet the folks who have enjoyed my art, hearing what they have to say and what they got out of it...

Other stuff..
I'm told that a party of A-level students from St Boniface school came a-visiting and left excited and maybe a bit inspired?

...and I wandered down to the Big Screen in Armada Way today to see if I got a mention - there it was, big and bold, a 3m high mention of my ParkArt exhibition in their events section at 3:30 - just after a load of Olympic footage. I didn't see any of my work (though they did ask for the images) - maybe that's on at a different time?

Ok, now off to watch Father Ted and go over my tick lists.

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