The second day of the workshop dawned with my worst fear - rain; the night saw the worst of it, with a torrential downpour drenching the landscape, and putting a damper on everything. By the time breakfast was finished, the day was improving, but rather than take our chances with the weather, I set up an available light studio indoors, and the students (and I) spent the better part of two hours photographing the two models on my white sheets, all the while watching the day outside grow brighter!
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Digital infrared original |
The rest of the workshop was spent working outdoors with Ingrid (Miranda
had to leave after the morning images to insure she was back in Halifax
in time to work on Monday). The first set of images outdoors were
solidly rooted in my own interests; outside the main house at Shenstone
was the outhouse, and beside that, a claw-footed bathtub. Since my first
seeing it six months earlier, I knew I wanted to do an image of a model
reclining in it. Ingrid was perfect too, as her long arms flowed
perfectly down the sides of the tub as she reclined.
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Digital infrared original |
The last
hours of the workshop were spent working with Ingrid in the stream that
flows through Shenstone. The night's rain had swelled it so much that at
several places it had shifted its course, but the water was still quite
shallow, permitting Ingrid lots of scope to work with, in regards to
pose and positioning. The students found working with the water both
challenging and energizing, so it was a wonderful way to draw the
workshop to a close.
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Digital infrared original, 34 frame stitch |
The weekend was a major learning experience
for me, as many of my workshops have been. The further I get from it in
time, the more balanced my perspective on the experience has become,
and while I do not expect to follow the same model for a workshop in the
future, the Shenstone workshop will be a major influence on how my
workshops and courses are shaped in the future.
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Digital original, 10 frame stitch |
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