Originally published January 22, 2009
Following couple of days were taken up with assignments which didn’t wildly fire my imagination. but whilst also fulfiling my brief, I found myself also taking pictures purely for my own enjoyment. Sitting in my car in pouring rain waiting for school vans to stop next to a school to illustrate a story on school transport, I started shooting passers-by through the wet windscreen, creating what I thought were very impressionistic moody pictures. That same effect also ensured they would never be used in the newspaper because once in newsprint, they’d appear as little more than a smudge of ink. Still, there’s always the next Times Picture Annual which one might get into.
The following morning, with a spot of improvement in the weather, I went over to the Ta’ Qali Crafts Village to get some shots of artisans at work, and tourists visiting the various workshops, seeing that there are plans to move the whole village elsewhere. Walking around what felt like a ghost town most of the time, I started noticing details, colours, contrasts, the way light was striking derelict buildings in the older part of the village. Some shots worked better in black and white rather than colour.
Sometimes I feel the need to do this, it helps keep the creative juices flowing.
Here are the results.
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