Kingston Church in IR

 The Church of All Saints and St Andrew, Church Lane, Kingston was substantially rebuilt in 1488 following a fire and the materials of C13 church reset or incorporated. It is fieldstone and clunch rubble with limestone and clunch dressings and tiled roofs.This church has a great collection of wall-paintings, with representatives from most periods of the church’s history. One of the most striking is the devil drawn in red outline – he has scaly wings and a surprisingly human face. In his stomach is another face, with a more unsettling expression. 

Workshop on Flash Techniques

Yesterday evening, Toft Photogroup and CCC had a photography evening in Toft Churchyard practising various flash and night photography techniques.  Zoe came along with her black and irridescent angel wings and white fans and feathers. The three church images are comparable exposures - first with the security lights on, then unlit and finally lit by light painting with a handheld flash gun. The first and second images of Zoe are single flashes while the third and fourth images are long exposures with several flashes during the exposure. 

Soham Church Cambridgeshire

 Yesterday was our annual CCC  Points of View Day, this year set in Soham with five subjects to photograph including the church. We had to show its magnificence - not difficult as it is a very impressive building inside and outside. 

The area around St Andrew’s Church has been a place of Christian worship for over 1,300 years. The first Abbey was in use for over 200 years until it was destroyed in AD 869/70 when the Danish ‘Great Heathen Army’ overran East Anglia. It was rebuilt and much of the original 12th century building church is still standing today. Further additions and alterations were made in the 14th and 15th centuries including the construction of the bell tower, clerestory, pews with carved poppy heads, misericords and a tie-beam roof in the nave decorated with carved angels, now sadly lacking their wings. 

Madingley Church Infrared

Some images taken on my infrared camera on our CCC outing on Saturday with my favourite conversion profile which gives a combination of blue and slight yellow tones. The last two images show the effect of the tungsten lighting in parts of the church. 

Oxeye Daisies at Buriton Churchyard

Buriton churchyard near Petersfield is a mass of Oxeye daisies at the moment. St. Mary’s Church was built between 1150 and 1200, but was preceded by a smaller one that is listed in Domesday Book of 1086.  I wonder if the church then was surrounded by these daisies as it is a native species though widely naturalised in many parts of the world. Considered an invasive weed as it can destroy pastures when too active and causes unpleasant taste to milk from cows that graze it.