Exercise 14: An Organised Event

This project was to photograph an organised event with plenty of people and a variety of images to be taken. I chose to photograph the Edinburgh Jazz Festival event held in the Grassmarket in August 2010. I did use a variety of lenses and focal lengths but in the end the 10 photos I took are mostly at the 200mm end... I think I 'hid' a bit behind my lens in this exercise and should have tried more wide angle shots. There were lots of people about (unfortunately more were sitting in chairs than ideal) and I did manage to take a wide variety of photos to 'tell' a bit of a story about the day. The weather was harsh - bright sunlight for most of the time culminating in a heavy rain storm at which point I decided to leave! Here are my 10 best images from the day, posted almost 6 months later and from the other side of the world (now based in Brisbane, Australia).

Photo 1: Clarinetist takes to the stage

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Photo 2: Onlookers enjoying the Jazz

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Photo 3: A happy face!

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Photo 4: Dancing Lady and unamused friend

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Photo 5: A performer

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Photo 6: Clapping

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Photo 7: A keen dancer

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Photo 8: Many happy people enjoying free Jazz on a summers day

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Photo 9: Young jazz fans

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Photo 10: The grassmarket is an excellent open air venue in the right weather!

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Update & portrait photos

A quick update on my one portrait project and other stuff... it rapidly turned into one a week, and now it's one whenever I can manage! The last few months have been hectic, and the next few will continue to be so! We are moving back to Australia in a few days so have been preparing for that over the last few months. It's all systems go (apart from my photography!)

I've recently finished TAOP and sent it off for the next Assessment. I'm excited to hear the results in a few months. The journey has been fantastic for me and I feel I've risen to the challenge quite well. I'm also working on People & Places which I continue to feel more comfortable with.

Here are a few recent portraits that I've taken, expect a bit of a pause from the blogging, but the next photos will be from Adelaide and then Brisbane!

Jazz Festival, Edinburgh. I took my camera out during the Jazz festival free event in the Grassmarket. It was a lovely day with constantly changing light conditions. I took loads of photos (for the P&P course, though I have not posted them here on my blog yet). These were my favourite portraits on the day.

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Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh. This was a sneaky shot, very voyeristic of me, but then she was lying there in the sun so I wasn't being that naughty! I like the composition of this photograph, and it works well with the strong high contrast sunlight. A rare hot sunny day in Edinburgh!

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Jupiter Artland, self-portrait. Not terribly inspired, but I liked the artwork and I never miss an opportunity to star in my photos!

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Rowena, an amazing yoga teacher who I've been very lucky to study with for the last 2 1/2 years (www.ro-yoga.com/). We had a short photo session in her yoga studio, which is a beautiful light place - perfect for practice and photography. I took some photos for the P&P course here which I will post in due course.

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A friend. Would be better without her sunglasses blocking her lovely eyes, but then there wouldn't be the cool reflection of me in the photo too :) She was a reluctant sitter so I didn't push it.

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more to come...