Rotterdam (or Anywhere)

Last Friday was our first Travel Photography Course at the Norwich Arts Centre. It was really nice! Our teacher is Gavin Mount. We had a chat, and then he gave us a sort of assignment: to take photos of the building (inside and outside) as if doing it for a brochure. He also wanted us to practice in having people in our photo and asking their permission before taking photos. A bit scary, but it was actually really nice and I had some nice talks with people there as well! I really like the Norwich Arts Centre, it’s a great place. I’ve been to quite a few concerts there, the acoustic is really great and there is lots of folk music concerts. There is also a very nice bar. So it was fun to go around taking photos of this interesting place, and this is the result!

Tomorrow is our second lesson, I’m looking forward to it! We will go to the Norwich Cathedral to take photos there, should be fun!

This weekend there are the Lord Mayor celebrations in Norwich, which involves a big parade, street artists and fireworks at the castle. We are planning to put the photography course in practice and take lots of photos there. So stay tuned for more 🙂

That’s all, scroll down for more new photos, I have been busy today!

I *finally* made it up to the Norwich Castle… after being here for nearly two years! I didn’t go in, just walked around, enjoyed the view (it’s high on a hill) and took some photos.

Built into the hill of the castle, there is Castle Mall, a shopping centre. This seems typical of Norwich, you build a shopping centre in a castle, you hold beer festivals in a church and there is another shopping centre where you walk over a grave yard before entering! The photo on the left is Castle Mall and on the right Paul’s favourite shop where he always needs to get an ice cream if we’re in town.

This is the Royal Arcade, a very pretty shopping arcade with some nice shops. Paul took the stitched panorama photo on the right.

That’s all, stay tuned for some photos taken at the travel photography course!

As promised, some photos of my last science lesson at South Harford Middle School! I did a lesson on weather, well it was on thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes. At the end of the lesson, we made a tornado in a bottle, which was lots of fun!

I really enjoy going to this school. The kids are always so enthusiastic and full of questions 🙂 This was my last visit this school year, but I’ll go again after the Summer break. Good fun!