I took a disposable camera to the Paralympics and used it to soak up the atmosphere in the Olympic Park, transforming the camera into some sort of sponge for pictures. And now to ring out the sponge…
This disposable camera was filled with both success and failure. It managed to make that bizarre bit of red roller coaster look great (something I previously thought IMPOSSIBLE), but it also dropped the ball on some of the inside shots. One might argue I’m a bad workman blaming his tools here, but I don’t think that’s exactly the case. When Shot Simple got started I decided not to edit or cut photos. I promise to deliver all the pictures returned from the developers no matter what. The result of this might be a mixed bag of pictures, but it is also an honest comment on how things in life sometimes don’t work in a way that is in keeping with what you like or would expect. Deep, eh?
We went to see the swimming. It was awesome. Awesome is a word too often improperly used, but also one that accurately describes the achievements of the Paralympic athletes.
I took a picture of a particularly smiley Olympic steward, and a fella weaing a Union Jack blazer striking a Bolt pose. These were set to be two of the best shots of the night, but Boots failed to extract them from the camera. The tragedy of it all is almost unbearable.
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