Simpler Times
This was taken at The Old Post Office in Tintagel, Cornwall. The stucture is medieval and was built by a yeoman farmer. Yeomen had their lands at the grace of t...
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This was taken at The Old Post Office in Tintagel, Cornwall. The stucture is medieval and was built by a yeoman farmer. Yeomen had their lands at the grace of their rulers, in return for providing defensive power, mostly with the bow, for the realm. that's why the walls are thick and the window is narrow. The pitcher, the light, the texture of the walls, all caught me.
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Location
This photo was taken at the Old Post Office in Tintagel, Cornwall. The building started life during the Middle Ages as a Yeoman Farmer's house. That's why the arrow slit window.Time
This shot was taken at about 3:45 on an early September afternoon.Lighting
This is natural lighting. I loved how it made the sill and plaster look a bit like a painting. Because this was a display piece, I couldn't move the pitcher, but the light caught it beautifully on the one edge. The whole thing resembles a still life from hundreds of years ago.Equipment
This was taken with my Fuji X-T10. The lens would have been my 16-50, as I didn't own any other at the time! I work handheld for the most part, so no tripod.Inspiration
It was the lighting and simplicity of this scene that caught my eye. I felt I was looking at a painting from the Renaissance and tried to capture that.Editing
The only processing I do is to develop my photo from RAW. I don't do huge alterations, but work with what is available in the shot. If it takes me more than a few minutes to develop, I take another look and reassess the composition, lighting and theme. Sometimes these aspects are good enough that I will go the extra mile in processing.In my camera bag
I always have my three lenses with me when I go out for a serious bit of shooting: a 16-50; a 50-210; and my first wider angle with F-stops 1.4-16. Also, I have UV, polarising and ND filters. The first two practically live on the lenses, unless it's a truly grey day, or indoors. I'm still learning the ND filter. And my cleaning equipment, to ensure as clean a shot as possible.Feedback
Often, a shot taken in a museum setting is about capturing what you see and making it as interesting as you can. Be aware of the texture of the surfaces and how the light plays on that. The slate of the sill ceiling has a bit of shine, adding a different light source, while the plaster of the walls seems to absorb the light and glow with it. The roughness of the window wall contrasts with the smoothness of the surface the pitcher sits on and the pitcher itself. Can standing at a slightly different angle than your initial choise highlight the item better, or does it cast more shadow? Be aware of how the shadow plays with the item. In this case, because the pitcher was a dark metal, the shadow helped to create a bit of a silhouette, with just the one edge highlighted to give a bit of detail.
