Black and white portraits

I've participated from time to time in the Guardian Camera Club's monthly photographic assignments. Each month an assignment is published and you can submit up to six pictures through the Flickr group (appropriately tagged). For instance October's theme was rivers, and the current November project (submissions up to 14 December) is black and white portraiture in the style of Jane Bown.

At the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich a week or so ago I took a few shots of Teresa, and I've included a couple of these here. All done in something of a rush, but that's the way it has been the last few weeks.

Photography blogs

I've recently discovered the Guardian Camera Club, which encourages people to share portfolios and submit images for criticism, and there is a really interesting item about blogs here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/camera-club-blog/2009/jun/22/camera-club-blogpost
The main page for the blog is:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/camera-club-blog

After following most of the links I can recommend in particular having a look at
http://www.foto8.com/
http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/
www.lensculture.com/webloglc/index.html


This blog is really all about my pictures so for this post I'm including a photograph I took on my recent visit to Porto in Portugal - it's the interior of the marvellous Livraria Lello bookshop, Rua das Carmelitas 144, something of a local institution with its neo-gothic exterior and amazing and complex art nouveau wooden staircase and interior. There will be more on Porto to follow - now that I've actually found the time downloadall the pictures I took on my visit. I've several other projects on the go, so watch this space......
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