As I am still getting nowhere with the trades unions members i deceided to go back and photograph the Blackpool Trades Club's (BTC) interior in the same way i have been at Waterloo. I have taken a selection of wider shots of the club to try to get a better feel for the space in the 647 format i will be working in.
This shot of the games room I particularly like. The focus is not on the pool tables but on the small gold plaque on the wall at the back of the shot. It is a room dedication plaque to Sedge McClelland, a snooker and pool coach who was a member of the club playing for and later coaching at the club. I did this because I was trying to make the image more about the club and its members then just about the space. Which i also appreciate, the large amount of soft natural lighting coming in from the left lights the room nicely whilst the small strong light from the right balances the light on the pool tables that dominate the shot. I like this because it softens them a little, a heavily shadowed side would create too dominant a contrast in the pool tables making them the central focus of the image.
The three shots below are off the Spen Hudson Room. In the shots the room has been laid out for a poker night that is held at the club once a week and attracts a large crowd, helping to increase club revenue. I do not like any of the shots I have taken particularly in this room other than the photograph of the picture of the old man under the tv.
This is one of the stages I mentioned earlier. Although it's interesting to see how the diffrent stages are presented in the clubs. For instance the one below has a very social setting, chairs and tables are not arranged to view the stage, where as this room (image one, image two) is laid out so that people are there to view the stage, it is the centre of attention.
