Cold, grey, dreich but beautiful - skylines and roofs making exquisite shapes in the glowering sky, astonishing architecture, pigeons with attitude and kids bouncing with vigour, vim and gallusness. This was half-term, that was Edinburgh.....
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Having spent a lot of 2013 wishing I lived somewhere a bit more urban and frenetic, looking at the superb street photography of colleagues and peers with envy, I came to the decision at Hogmanay that:
a) Envy was a pointless, tiresome waste of time - I'm never going to move again (probably).
b) I should capitalise on the extraordinary environment I am very lucky to live in.
With this in mind, I began to think how I could use the breathtaking landscapes that surround our wee wooden house in a way that suited my passion for photographing people. And so the idea of the 'Little Red' project was born.
The idea was to frame the landscape in a way that emphasised its sheer size, wild and remoteness by using a small figure captured in each frame, often gazing out to the land or lochs, or moving through the spaces. The winter in Argyll is a bleak and beautiful season, full of washed out, muted colours and often overcast skies. By dressing my figure in red she or he would be a distinct presence throughout the images - and the size of Little Red would emphasise also a sense of isolation in a vast space.
250 raw images later, which were distilled down to 45 and a final cherry pick of the 10 strongest images - here is Little Red:
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...Action, during a fun filled, immensely creative two day Workshop for ARC (Arts and Recreation Club - wonderous Summer School for local kids at Glendaruel Village Hall!). Film and Photography Fun was the order of the day, second year for some of the bright young things, and they threw themselves into it with relish.
By the end of the second day the kids had developed, story-boarded, rehearsed, filmed and edited a thrilling, chilling Zombie Horror (Zombie Glen), whilst a Heist Movie is in the can but still getting it's final edits; there were also a multitude of fantastic and inspiring stills images. Can't wait for year three!
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