The story of St Piran

People march for St Pirans Day on the sand dunes of Perranporth for St Pirans Day.

Part of three-act play produced by the St Piran Trust. Actors present St Piran’s life from his birth in Ireland, his arrival in Cornwall and the discovery of tin.

The discovery of tin, Part of three-act play produced by the St Piran Trust. Actors present St Piran’s life from his birth in Ireland, his arrival in Cornwall and the discovery of tin.

On Sunday 4th March, hundreds of people attended a march, followed by a three-act play, produced by the St Piran Trust. Actors present St Piran’s life from his birth in Ireland, his arrival in Cornwall and the discovery of tin.

The Event is held in Perranporth on the nearest Sunday to St Piran's Day, March 5th, as this is where according to legend St Piran washed up on a millstone from Ireland in the 5th Century AD.

I am really pleased with this set of images, Especially the first image on my blog. When I first developed the negatives and printed up the contact sheets I was disappointed with the shoot. I didn't think I had anything, but then after my tutors picked out the top image as a really nice shot, and asked me to Scan it and FTP it to Cartel Photos so they could put it up on the front page I looked harder and saw the images in a completely different light. I made an edit (the pictures above) and have sent them to the Cartel so hopefully I will have my first complete set of images up there!

I'm so happy with how my photography has developed over this Relationships brief and how much my work has improved from last term. The ideas are still taking time to come through however I am not making as many technical mistakes as I did first term and I am producing much better Images.

As Always,
patricksimoncampbell@hotmail.com

Two more from Chyan

Just for your enjoyment.

Relationships

Chloe-Amber & Gregg playing with their dog in their home on Chyan Community fields on 18/02/12

Chris (guitar), Gregg (drum) and Marina (flute) improvising together whilst young Beth watches.

Chyan community fields is actually a Farm, there are on average 15 people that live in their separate caravans, trucks and old busses. It is not a travellers site where people move on after a week or so, The inhabitants stay for long periods of time and make it their home. It is an alternative way of living. It is not completely self sustainable but large parts of it is. They charge their batteries for electricity via wind turbines that are on site and their water comes from a near by spring. Each person rents their part for a small fee, or if they choose can do around 8hrs volunteer work on the farm, such as the vegetable patches instead.

I made two visits to Chyan Community fields, firstly on Wednesday 15th February, for introductions and then on Saturday 18th I spent a day and night with the people that live on Chyan, documenting the small community and how they interact with each other. What I really took from the whole experience was how close they all are. As it is such a small community of like minded characters, they all seem so tight. In saying this they were all more than accomodating and welcoming, making me feel at home in the time I was there. I was slightly envious of their lifestyle, it felt to me as if their simpler way of living, was far more beneficial. They have everything they need, and can spend their time enjoying each others company in the evening. Enjoying the little things in life.

I am going to continue to document Chyan as a personal study, I have made friends there and I find it such a visually interesting place to study.

The website, I feel is a terrible representation of place it is, however if you are interested in looking

http://www.chyan.org.uk/

Truro City of Lights

I went over to Truro for the lights festival on Wednesday 16th November 2011 with intention of shooting film for a 'community' project I was given. As usual, I took my digital along and switched between film and digital. I managed to get myself between the barriers and amongst the parade with a confident walk past the security and they just assumed I was official press for the event. I learnt a lot about the difficulties of shooting in the dark at speed without a flash, and made me realise how much I have to learn technically with photography. My film shoot came out very dark, and hasn’t worked, but i managed to salvage a few images I like from the digital side of things.
It is said as a photographer, if you enjoy your shoot more, it will show through in your work, unfortunately I really enjoyed this shoot, yet it isn't the best I’ve produced.

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