Thor and Dragan

Fortunately a quiet day at work as my energy was low. This, however, gave me a chance to work on the new radio play a little at lunchtime which was good. I have now completed a full first draft of The Secret Life of the Norse God Thor, and it is cohering nicely and for the first time has a completed plot. It is an idea I have been kicking around for ages, and have gradually added to in the last couple of years. Suddenly I can finish it though.

Andrzej Dragan, an excellent young Polish portrait photographer brought his portfolio into the agency. He says that he often takes several shots quickly in natural light, then spends days merging the different elements to create a composite photo. For example the base shot of one image was a portrait. The eyes were closed, but he took another one seconds later with the eyes open. He has superimposed the the open eyes onto the other image, and so on. Some extraordinary and edgy images.Look at the portfolio on his site.

It occurred to me that this technique is a bit more like painting, which layers time into the process of making an image, while you can argue that a normal photo is an instant captured.

Was emailed by Caroline, whose wedding I was sadly unable to go to last month, with some photos. She looks really good in them. There's a glamorous black and white one of her and James below. Skype with Toby tonight just before bedtime. And... Now yet another early night.