Christmas always provides some great opportunities to use the camera indoors. The inside of a church fully decorated for the festival I find particularly photogenic, and this year, as has been my practice, I spent some time attempting to capture the scene it presented. Indoor photography is always interesting, not least due to the lower lighting conditions, the range of artificial light sources, and the presence of colourations that are absent with sunlight.
For 2011, the Christmas tree itself was the tallest that we've ever erected, and its tip, along with the mandatory plastic (ex- Woolworths?) star was hidden from direct view by the rafters. So a closer and more upward looking approach was called for.
Having captureded a selection of shots on my trusty old Fuji, it then occurred to me that the green, red and gold-cream colours lent themselves to creating a mock Victorian post-card feel. So, back at base, a few minutes experimentation with irfanview to blur and pixelate produced the effect you see at left (OK, I did have to 'photo-shop' out a bit of pipe on the back wall, but it doesn't show too much). The result was sufficiently impressive to make the cover of our 2011 Carols by Candle-light Order of Service !
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