BLP / BRB workshop

Last night I had the pleasure of running a workshop for Birmingham Loves Photographers at the request of Craig Bush who is doing great things in the city for the photography community. We worked in a shop unit in the Mailbox and had the company of Matt and Callie, dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet who danced for the workshop / tutorial.  I talked about my dance exhibition ; Still Dancing and generally about shooting "movement" and performance. Thanks to the 30 or so people who attended the event and put up with the paint fumes ( the unit was being decorated) The pictures here are a small sample of the 163 I took. I managed in the short time to do 2 lighting set ups and I am happy with the results. I could have lit better with more time and the background / floor etc lets some of the images down a little, but it was about the experience and the event, not so much the finished pictures. It was a nice opportunity for me to talk about my experience of shooting dance and to let people see first hand a "behind the scenes" aspect of a photography shoot of this nature. My thanks to Nigel Cotterill who took shots on the night and these can be seen here

http://gallery.me.com/ncotterill#100358&bgcolor=black&view=grid

Again, my thanks to all who attended and Craig, Jelena, Matt, Callie.

Workshop 30th May Movement

I have been asked by Birmingham Loves Photographers to do a workshop on "Movement".
This will be at the Mailbox, ground floor (level 3) next Weds. I will be talking about some of my dance
(movement) photography and doing a practical demo with a dancer. It's free, all welcome.Follow the link
for details.

http://www.birminghamlovesphotographers.com/archives/1274

Workshop: ‘Photographing Movement’ with Richard Battye 30/5/12 | Birmingham Loves Photographer

www.birminghamlovesphotographers.com

Birmingham Loves Photographers is proud to announce that we are hosting a free tutorial with Birmingham’s own Richard Battye where he will be giving a tutorial on the theme ‘Photographing Movement’. Richard will discuss the various methods he has used in his work shooting dancers, 

http://www.birminghamlovesphotographers.com/archives/1274

The Olympics

So we are getting closer and I am getting involved on a small level. I am starting a 6 week project as of tomorrow called KALABORATE working with Rogueplay Theatre in a school. I will be working alongside Lorna a performance poet and we are getting the kids to write / act / photograph around the themes of the Olympics and the Jamaica 50 yrs celebrations..should be fun and I am looking forward to it.

Here's a picture I took of Jordanne Whiley who is ranked UK Number one in female wheelchair tennis. She's in the Olympics and is favourite for a medal this year. Wishing her all the best!