I was back in Thaxted Church last weekend, but this time music was in my viewfinder rather than the architecture. Haverhill Silver Band give a concert in this beautiful building each year and I was asked to take some photos of them in action.
While Thaxted Parish Church can be a light and airy building on a sunny day, at night it’s a different story. The band had brought some extra lighting with them but the gloom brought some photographic challenges. Fortunately I’d packed my fast prime lenses and these helped me use what light there was as efficiently as possible.
Two of the evening’s soloists - click on any of the images to see them enlarged.
The photos I provided for the band were in colour, but the drama of the lighting gave things a film noir feel, with deep contrasts of light and shadow, so I couldn’t resist trying my favourites in black and white too.
Photos taken 12 November 2022