WCRCCC

West Cornwall Radio Control Car Club at Barripper, Cornwall
120 Velvia Colour positive Film

Remote Controlled Landscapes

My current work in progress is a documentary landscape/portrait project based around Remote Control Enthusiasts in Cornwall. For this project I have been experimenting with different mediums, Digital and 120 colour film in square format.

Falmouth Model Boat Club at Swanpool

Camborne Pondhoppers Model Boat Club at Helston

West Cornwall Radio Control Car Club at Barripper

Remote Control Flyers at Perranporth

Cornwall Model Racing Club at Perranporth

Self directed assignment

My Self directed assignment took a change after the results of Tuesdays shoot. When going to photograph the Cornish Sea Salt factory I expected to find a busy factory, with lots of workers and lots going on. On arrival I found a small factory, with machines that are monitored every half an hour by one man. I changed the direction of my story to represent this. The image below is my favourite image from my time there, although a few of my peers have suggested I cut it from my final edit of 6 images I don't feel I can. I love how bleak it is, and is a nice representation of how I often felt. Constantly looking out the windows to the beautiful scenery outside.

Binoculars, Cornish Sea Salt Co, Cornwall, 2012

Cartel Gallery

I Now have my own Gallery album on the Cartel Photos agency. It's official! It's a brilliant feeling to be part of an exhibition, an online publication which has had thousands of hits in only a couple of days, and now to have my work displayed with a photo agency who has major links with Panos pictures.

 I'm incredibly proud.

http://cartelphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery/The-story-of-St-Pirans-Patrick-Campbell/G0000Hnndexs3Um0/

Indesign Headache

For our 'PEP160' Unit we were required to make our own mock up magazine spread using stories that we had previously shot. The first page must include an establishing image and headline etc, with further continuation of the story on the next page.
Now I don't like using InDesign at the best of times, I'm not particularly confident on the program. We have had fortnightly training sessions on the program however I have found these completely irrelevant due to the combination of a Indesign tutor that doesn't seem to like people, and a hot stuffy room which makes concentration impossible.
The lessons with Dave White have been much more useful, gaining inspiration from sites like Issuu, however this doesn't help with the technical side of things.
Add this to the fact I am as about a good graphic designer as I am dancer and you get one unhappy Campbell.

Anyway this is what I have produced today.

Update

So, I have been a horribly unproductive and lazy man recently, Especially within updating my blog, I feel it has gone to waste a bit. Since being back in Bridport (my home town) for Easter I have been giving myself a bit of a break. Catching up with old friends and family has taken a bit of a front seat. I have done one shoot since I've been back. Although its giving me a little head ache editing the images down.

I think I will do a major update when I am back in my new home of Falmouth and I can fully plunge myself back into photography.

So anyway, as I havnt put an image up for such a long time. Here is an old image from the St Pirans day shoot. Because I was so pleased with my film images I forgot all about my digital ones from that day.

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

Redruth St Pirans Festivities

Today i travelled to the town of Redruth for their celebrations for St Pirans day (which actually isn't till monday, but they celebrated early). St Piran is the patron saint of Tin-miners and celebrated widely all over cornwall. He is also widely regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall. 

I unfortunately couldn't get over to Redruth in time for the parade to the rugby club, but the Rugby club had much going on inside from 1pm, and then at 3pm it was Redruth vs Hertford rugby match which was a really good game. Redruth won the match 38-24 after initially going behind.

The whole day was quite bizarre as all the different things going on. A military display, some 'street' style dancing, a choir, children running around in martial arts clothing, a lazer tag arena, steam engined tractors, a brass band and all culminated by a good old game of rugby.

Whilst i was there I shot off 4 films for my Relationships project, and some digital images aswell.

Hostile Environments

Myself and others on Press & Editorial went to do Hostile Environments training run by Blue Dot Saftey, This course enabled us to learn how to act in all different kinds of hostile situations that we might end up in as photojournalists today. There wasn't much chance to use a camera on the course as the days were mainly classroom based, and the night excersises we had to keep light to a minimum and therefore no flashguns. The images above were part of an exit a vehicle drill and getting to cover as quickly as possible. I included the portrait of Alex as I really like it. The morning light was beatufiul and the images all came out well.

Contact Left!

patricksimoncampbell@hotmail.com

'First Impressions'

This is a series of images I took for my 'First impressions of Falmouth'. Although I adore Falmouth, and the town, on the first visit in the day I took since moving down, This unsavoury character decided to bother myself, and the other members of Press &  Editorial. I couldn't pass up the opportunity and started snapping away. The first image, with the policeman watching over the man, with the beautiful back drop of the boats, flags and harbour still makes me laugh. At first look, the images look like I have a lot of 'noise' in them, where as in fact it is actually water moisture in the air, from typical autumn Cornwall weather.