Richard Redshaw’s Favourites
You may have seen Richard Redshaw on TV at some point, as he was one of a few Big Picture photo submitters to be interviewed on BBC Midlands Today. He sent around a thousand photos in, and has been closely following the project, looking at as many of the photos as possible.
“I have chosen eight pictures that stood out to me from the thousands of entries sent in to the amazing record breaking Big Picture project. I became aware of the project when a friend of mine, Dave Chesters visited me and asked if I could help out with the record breaking attempt.
I, like many photographers I suppose, thought that my photographs were not good enough to go on public display, but when Dave explained the idea of the project, and I went online to learn more about it myself, I thought “Why Not!!”
I went through my archives and selected those photos that featured the West Midlands, but as time went by I realised that people were sending photos from all over the world where they had been on holiday. so I decided to send my photos that I had taken on holiday.
By the time I had finished I had about 1000 photos, so I put these onto a CD and sent them in.
As time passed and the end of the big picture project neared, I kept an eye on the total and encouraged my family and friends to submit their pictures too, even if it was only one or two, these could make the difference. I also sent in about another 200 pictures that I had recently taken, to boost the numbers.
I sometimes wonder what I will do now the project is coming to its conclusion. Come on when is the next record breaking event?”
If you’d like to put together your own galley of “picks” on a theme, or just your favourites, email us at [email protected] and well put it together with you.
