Week 22 B&W I chose to merge two images together after not being able to pick which one I liked best, the conversion to B&W was easy to see in my mind as the rooms decor is basically shades of grey anyway so the only colours were in the model and some wooden furniture plus through the colour cast of the lighting. As I didn't want to interfere with the light effects (pattern) on the wall, I chose not to add any lighting or flash which meant I needed a slow shutter speed of 1.3 seconds, but my subject is a master of staying still.
These are the main steps leading up to the quire in Canterbury Cathedral, just to my right is where in 1170 Thomas Becket was murdered in an area known as the Martyrdom. These stairs have been worn down by over 900 years of people walking up and down in their worship of the Protestant God. The importance of our Cathedral is shown because One of the original copies of the Magna Carta was made for Canterbury Cathedral and Archbishop Langdon was involved in drawing up the document. The link takes you to where the image was captured. https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/virtual-tour/ The lady in the image is one of the few women in a position of power in the Church today, one of few Lady Bishops which caused a stir in the protestant faith across the world.
This is really a consistency image this week as normally I would have used a far slower shutter speed for this scene. I prefer to get a sense of movement in vehicles to add a realistic feel to my images. The only time I ever really try to freeze the action is when photographing water drops is involved, but then I would use a much slower shutter speed of 1/250 and a very fast flash to actually freeze the water.
