My 2 Day Expedition

In year 10 at John Port School, I have applied for the Duke Of Edinburgh Silver award. In this you must do a certain amount of physical activities (i.e. badminton), using a skill (i.e. this photography course), voluntary work (i.e. I've joined St. John Ambulance Cadets) and you will have to take part in an expedition.

On Friday the 8th of April I am going on the practice expedition for my Duke Of Edinburgh award (the actual expedition will be some time in june/july. It is around Butterton, Leek. I will need to be careful when I'm out there because I will be walking in a very muddy, lumpy and uneven ground. There will also be many animals like cows and sheep so I need to take care and try not to disturb them. I need to take these safety regulations into consideration otherwise I may fall over and break my camera or drop it. I'm hoping to capture some decent shots of churches and other architectural sites. I will be taking my Sony DSLR A290L and my 50mm Lens with my tripod.I will be checking my equiptment quite regularly to see if my camera sensors are working and if the lens is dirty. Other factors I will be checking will be checking if my tripod leg slips, if I have 2 or more memory cards and if I have a fully charged/spare battery.

For example I have just been on google street view to find some eye catching spots and I discovered these:

Here is the church in Butterton that is on my track although I only just found it. It looks quite characteristic with the "leading lines" composition effect path. It also has a unique spire shape which is what I am looking for in my criteria.

In Grindon there are many cottages and old village bungalows/houses, (here is one above) and i might be able to get a decent angle on these buildings in the evening when the sun is setting.

Here is a piece of texture and pattern in a wall and I will be able to optimize a close-up to capture a very abstract photo but with sharp lighting and I will have to make sure that I can get close enough to the actual stone textures. They also have stone field walls which have very intriguing designs.

I have also found the church in Wetton that I was looking for and since it is one with a tower it will give the scene a more historic look which is an advantage in architectural photography.

Here is one of the very old-fashioned doors I have found which are placed all over the Grindon/Wetton area.

Even little barn-door-styled windows are very interesting as they hold an unusual audience-gripping design.