Multimedia

If there's one piece of equipment that has repaid the original outlay umpteen times over it is my 10-20mm lens. It has been so handy during the past few weeks and has turned some unpromising scenarios into decent final shots.

I used it again today for the latest in the series of photoshoots for the college prospectus - this time featuring multimedia students.

Again a fairly difficult situation greeted me because it was a room mainly taken up with computer screens. But the students had rigged up their version of a 'green room', with a film camera, microphone, lights and reflector, so I focused on this.

The extreme wide angle managed to include the whole of the team... and introduce a little drama at the same time.

I'm glad to say I've seen some of these recent shots already being used by the college in the 2015-16 prospectus, so it's all very worthwhile!

Textiles

I was given another excellent challenge today - take photos of the textiles students for the college prospectus... without making the students identifiable.

It was difficult to preserve the anonymity while making the photos attractive to look at. But slowing the shutter speed to introduce some motion blur did the trick.

The picture above was one of the most successful of the series. The tailor's dummy and the trays of implements let the viewer know this is a fashion and textiles department, while the student on the move adds some drama to the image.