Archive for June, 2008
She’s Gone now on the Projects page
I’ve completed my project on the Change-Ringers of the Holy Rosary Cathedral.
A movie and text are now online through my Projects link.Direct link here
I’ve created a new template to show the movie with a small text sidebar, with a full text window on request.
Thanks again to the volunteers who allowed me to come in and photograph them.
A Strobist Day
I had what I would call a Strobist Day. A slow day meant that I spent a lot of time reading the Strobist Blog: On Assignment, Lighting 101, Archives, even a little Bootcamp.
So when I went to create another round of images of the change-ringers of the Holy Rosary Cathedral I had a friend’s SB800, my SB600 and a head full of ideas. I walked into the ringing chamber thinking rim-light and darkening down the background. The bells got the rim-light too, both stationary and in motion. That’s right, bells in motion.
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I’m currently working on a project about the change ringers at the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver.
They’re all volunteers who come to the cathedral on Tuesdays and Saturdays for practices and perform on Sundays and weddings. I’ve spent one evening at their practice so far, with plans to go for another one or two nights. If you ever go into a ringing chamber, don’t touch the ropes.
The tower captain, Eve, was the first one to tell me, “Don’t touch the ropes.” As the rest of the team arrived for practice and I was introduced to them, each and every one of them told me, “Don’t touch the ropes.” Other than that they were happy to have me there, answering my questions and explaining terms to me.
They have a certain language. Every piece starts with the phrase, “Look to……the treble’s going……she’s gone.” And then there are bells, in plain bob triples, doubles, rounds or touches. I don’t know what that means yet, but they’ll explain it to me next week.
