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26 South Woodford Village Gazette<br />
PHOTO STORY<br />
In the third of a<br />
series of articles<br />
by members of<br />
the Woodford<br />
and Wanstead<br />
Photographic<br />
Society, Jim Williams<br />
tells the story<br />
behind this image<br />
taken on his way<br />
home from work<br />
This picture may be<br />
nothing special to most<br />
photographers, but to<br />
me it was a breakthrough,<br />
realising I had recognised the<br />
possibility of getting this shot.<br />
I have been a regular member<br />
of Woodford and Wanstead<br />
Photographic Society for just<br />
under three years but still<br />
consider myself a novice when<br />
I compare myself to other<br />
members I admire. Some people<br />
just have the knack of finding the<br />
right angle to make an average<br />
image great. I often wonder<br />
how they see what I don’t and<br />
whether you can teach someone<br />
creativity or if it’s something you<br />
just have or you don’t.<br />
I must say, since joining<br />
Woodford and Wanstead<br />
Photographic Society, I have<br />
started to continually look at my<br />
surroundings to see if there is<br />
a potential photograph within<br />
my sights. I now look skyward as<br />
much as down and left or right.<br />
Leaving my office in Fitzrovia at<br />
4.30pm daily, and walking the<br />
same route to Tottenham Court<br />
Road Tube station, I noticed this<br />
facade in Percy Street showing<br />
a reflection of a few clouds with<br />
the staircase visible through the<br />
glazing. I immediately realised<br />
that with the right weather<br />
conditions the staircase would<br />
look like it was passing through<br />
the clouds. Camera in hand<br />
every afternoon I left work,<br />
my journey down Percy Street<br />
was finally rewarded with ideal<br />
conditions – a very bright sunny<br />
afternoon with plenty of fluffy<br />
clouds in the sky. This gave a<br />
great reflection with the staircase<br />
clearly visible.<br />
A bit of teasing with the detail<br />
extractor filter from the Nik<br />
Collection bolt-on to Photoshop<br />
gave me an image that achieved<br />
first place in a club competition.<br />
A pleasing result, but not as<br />
pleasurable as knowing I had<br />
imagined the picture before I had<br />
actually seen it.<br />
To find out more about the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic<br />
Society visit swvg.co.uk/wwps<br />
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