Playing with Witches

 On Wednesday I went out with a friend to take some images for use by Pendle Borough Council.

Our first port of call was the new Alice Nutter sculpture in Roughlee.  Alice Nutter was convicted and hung for being part of a covern of witches in the Pendle area.  In total 10 people from the area were taken to Lancaster tried and then hung.  Another, from Gisburn was taken to York and executed there.

Alice was unusual in the group as she was the widow of a wealthy farmer and it is often thought that she may have been convicted due to the jealousies of other local people.  The entire group were convicted on the evidence of a nine-year old witness named Jennet Device who mas made to stand on a table in front of a packed court room.

 After we were done with the sculpture we headed up in to the fields to capture some images of the landscape.  From this position we were able to get some nice pictures of both Pendle and Blacko.  It was a lovely hour and a bit, with warm sunshine in a beautiful part of the country.

Never work with children or animals!!!

The old TV/Film/Photography addage is never work with children or animals.  I never really got that; yes, they can be hard work but actually, I quite like that.

The trick, for me, is to spend time with them.  Rolling children and animals in for a quick shoot doesn't work and doesn't produce great shots.  I don't mind if I spend an hour or a full day with them, so long as I come away with the shots I want, I am happy.

Yesterday afternoon, I did a photoshoot for a friend and a client that I have done work for previously.  This time it was their little dog, who was a nervous little fellow.

A little time spent and we came away with some lovely shots!  Now to the editing suite to get the final images ready.  Will post one or two when done!