In Camera

[Rob MacKillop]

With Klaudia in a Catholic church. I was contemplating how a church is like a camera. Stay with me...The room manipulates light (= God) through the stained-glass windows, leaving an impression on you. You are the film in the camera. Take it or leave it, but that was on my mind.

The church was very dark, and my DP2M was struggling a little, and I was cursing myself for not bringing a tripod. I did manage a couple of 30-second exposures by finding shelves to put the camera on, but not where I really wanted to point the camera. Ah well, here we are.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Bumpety Bump Bump...

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Please Mr. MacKillop, are you swearing in church Well after all you may have been forgiven since the pictures turned out well. I particularly liked the two pictures of the Polish one.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Ivar. I've often swore in a church, and will probably rot in Hell as a consequence. Ah well...

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice set Rob. That 3rd one is excellent.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Brian. Appreciated.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Isnt it a pain when you see that great light you get in the church or Cathedral, to find without a tripod, there is no way to steady the camera into that direction. Our local Cathedral you can hand hold a camera, use of a tripod costs £5 and you sign an indemnity clause. You did well Rob, though wondered why you did not use very high iso but must have had your reasons. Favourite is the second to last as I am quite fond of blurry images.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hi, Julian. I did try a highish ISO of 800 on some shots, but I wasn't keen on those shots for some reason. These ones worked well enough at 400.

£5 to use a tripod???

This place is empty every time I go in, admittedly not very often. I'm sure I could spend some time in there with a tripod. Mind you, I do also like blurry shots...

 

[Brian Moore]

The non-blurry ones look very sharp to me considering they are hand held in what appears to be very low light.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Buy a pentax or a monopod and pretend it is a walking stick you are leaning on to. The pentax has stabilisation in its house Rob. It can take verbal abuse too including buckets of water thrown all over you

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Handy, Ivar. You never know when you'll need it.

Brian, the first, second and last were with Shelfpod - I'm sure you are familiar with it - and 30 seconds of exposure. Sorry I wasn't at all clear above.

 

[Beth Carter]

the second one is brilliant.

 

[Brian Moore]

Handy, Ivar. You never know when you'll need it.

Brian, the first, second and last were with Shelfpod - I'm sure you are familiar with it - and 30 seconds of exposure. Sorry I wasn't at all clear above.

I thought a pod of some variety might have been employed. A shelfpod, eh? Och aye,...I've used the shelfpod from time-to-time myself.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Really?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The "Really? " was in response to Beth, but Brian nipped in. Sneaky wee bug

 

[Pete Askew]

I like that camera analogy. A great concept. And the first two shots capture something of the illusion that religion creates I think and the final works feeds into that too I think. The empty chairs waiting to be filled and then the people waiting to be filled (fulfilled). The ethereal smoke, just ripe for illusion and the icons with their trick lights. However, the first portrait is the one that shines here the brightest. There is a fabulous intensity to it; awe and expectation too. And the second portraits hints at the why. The held pose and the held camera. Two people working to make a portrait. A great collaboration.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You described the moment exactly, Pete, and the mirth of it's immediate aftermath. "Don't move!"

The place is worth a revisit. Klaudia says it might well become a project for her. I'm pleased about that.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Love em Rob especially the third.....

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Kev. Appreciated.

 

[Douglas McMann]

...a great set Rob, especially the biblical like effulgence in the second image...

I've always wanted to use that word in a sentence...