Various thoughts and Le Havre Docks

Today I read an article on the BBC news website which made me think about some ethical questions. The article entitled "Fallen Soldiers : Is it right to take images of bodies?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20223626






This article caught my attention as at the beginning of my Photography Course I had just visited the First World War sites around Ypres in Belgium and was fascinated and inspired by the 3D photography taken at the time in 1914-18. My feelings are that it is fine to take these images as long as there is due respect shown for the dead and their surviving families. These images become a historical record eventually and there are some very powerful images both macabre and moving which gives them a validity. Others may disagree.

(Photos taken from BBC website and are Getty Images)

Photography in Low Light.

I have been doing a bit of research into the camera I should have to take band/music shots of musicians at gigs. My past attempts have not been great. My Nikon D80 struggles in low light despite large aperture/ slower shutter speed/higher ISO combinations and get blurry which isn't always what I want. I know the top range Nikons D3 and D4 are very good but they are also completely out of range of my budget. I have discovered that the older D700 has a fantastic reputation for this so I am going to try and borrow one. I want to work without flash and use the available light if possible as I don't want to change the natural atmosphere if I can help it, please post any advice if you have any.

Industrial Photo's Le Havre France

Tonight I have been sorting through photographs taken around the port area of Le Havre on last week's trip to France while waiting for the ferry. I felt the slight worry of being arrested by the Port police as it felt 'dodgy' but I was enjoying the industrial setting;

 The above two photo's are taken at the massive EDF coal fired power station. The main electrical output runs across these bizarre and abstractly shaped insulators which are alien taken out of context.

 I loved the light coming in behind the above shots of the chimneys and electrical 'gubbins' at the power station. The dramatic sky when the sun was trying to break through the clouds beautifully silhouettes everything in front giving a powerfully and contrasting image.

I liked the uniform shapes of the shipping containers stacked up, brightly coloured and very geometrical. I shot these pics through a chain link fence which gave a very unfocused shadow mask in front which itself imparted an interesting effect. In the middle photo where it stands out more I like the feeling it gives of being an 'outsider' looking in and a slightly illicit feeling which could be an effective trick in future work.

 This geometrical building captured my interest and wondered if the designer had tried to break up the solid and boring box with the different coloured panels.

 This scene of tons of machinery looked like a vision of hell to me being a 'countryside lover'. It just looked like a huge mess of steel that makes no sense to me.

 Two very proud looking 'cranes' for handling shipping containers looking like twins against the skyline.

 I liked the perspective and geometry in this photo.

These shipping containers looked liked they had been carefully and aesthetically arranged as if by an artist, the colours just complimented each other so well.