The future's bright...

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I read an interesting article this week about the 'death of photography', which asked whether camera phones were 'destroying an artform'.

It was prompted by a photograph of Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt taking a so-called 'selfie' of herself with Barack Obama and David Cameron at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

The article raised a few interesting points. It first of all asked whether press photographers would soon use cameraphones instead of expensive SLRs.

It went on to say that people simply do not remember the things they are photographing, 'making the snap-happy nature of modern photography doubly mindless'.

Workshop heaven

One enjoyable aspect of my photography course is being given the opportunity to photograph people and places not normally accessible to the general public.

Recently, I was able to access a workshop which is being closed down before developers move in. It was an amazing place, piled from floor to ceiling with every piece of equipment, memorabilia and junk imaginable. Not only did this make it difficult to walk around the place, but positioning a tripod became a logistical nightmare.

It's not easy to capture such a scenario on the camera, simply because there is so much 'stuff' available to picture. The lighting can also pose its own problems. This workshop was half lit by fluorescent lights and half by daylight streaming in through the large front doors. The photo above was shot in an area entirely lit by the artificial lighting, so white balance was not a problem in this case.