#68
A work in progress.

By Kiell | posted on 22 June 2009 | 3 comments


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Brian, preparing before a day's shooting.

As you might recall from the last selection of photographs I posted on the main PKG site (here), there is a housing estate in London that I'd been planning to return to in better weather. Last month finally presented me with that opportunity, and I was privileged in being joined by all of the coaches as the visit was combined with team training.

A complete gallery of images is almost finished as, for me, it seems a shame to release a selection of shots that aren't quite ready. That said, I think I can easily return there many times in the future before I tire of this location, such is its potential.

A reminder of the social problems in this area of London was made clear early on in the day. The curious concrete walls where we began our training had various items of detritus scattered about. We learnt from a passing local that the residents of the tower block overlooking the walls occasionally threw things out of their windows. During the day, it was mainly fruit, eggs and other foodstuff. In the evening, it was more likely to be recently drained bottles of vodka and gin. Even TV sets had been known to make the direct journey from the twelfth floor.

My thanks to all that commented on my last blog post. Dan has kindly picked out Andy Fisher's comment as being his favourite (in spite of the typos) so a poster will be winging its way to you very shortly. Drop me a line and let me know your address. :D

I might well offer another competition next month, this time international, so watch this space. :)

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First post!

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By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:33 pm, June 23, 2009  

And this time I better be able to enter myself, dammit...

By Blogger Dan, at 5:04 pm, June 23, 2009  

Some fine pictures, from a practitioner’s perspective that hasn't been able to train much in the past year they offer an all too fleeting reminder of the struggle (mentally and physically) before and during a jump. I really appreciate the way you leave the last photograph in mid jump - it left me with a sense of anticipation, and in a way reminiscing the movement itself. Artful.

By Anonymous Joseph Torchia, at 1:04 am, June 24, 2009  

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