I always spend a lot of time taking photos at the Recorder Summer School, but mostly they’re images of the musical activities during the course. This year I decided to give myself a personal photographic project - to take at least one pinhole photo somewhere around Bishop Burton College.
I loaded up two of my pinhole cameras - one with black and white film and the second with colour so I had maximum flexibility, depending on what I found around the grounds.
The first morning it was surprisingly misty - not what you expect in August - but that made for some suitably atmospheric photos.
Driftwood sculptures in the College grounds
Colour seemed a good choice for the glasshouses.
I photographed some of the musical activities too, including a concert by the recorder quartet Palisander.
One of my wackier ideas - a stick man strolling past the wheelie bins!
Scrap metal sculpture in the walled gardens. This chap’s drums are made out of cut down beer barrels and the drum from a washing machine!
A seventeen minute exposure while I conducted the massed ranks of players one evening.
A close up of nature in the glasshouse
Photos taken August 2022