Rough VS Rich

I had noticed this house on one of my bus journeys and decided to explore. When i saw the exterior of the house it looked abandoned as the garden was very over grown and the glass in some of the windows had been broken, however i didn't not want to trespass on property if there was someone living there, so i decided to knock on the neighbours door. The man that answered told me that no one had lived in the house in over 25 years and that the man that owned it lived in fillongely, apparently the gentleman's mother lived in this House and when she passed away he shut the door and never looked back. All of her earthly possessions still obied in this home, so i decided to explore the jungle that was the garden. It was so interesting discovering this home and the many things to photograph. One thing that stood out to me the most was the amount of balls i found in the back garden, over 15, and it seemed to me that children had lost these balls in the garden and were to afraid of the house to return to get them. I would have loved to explore the interior of this home however i doubt i would have been able to get the permission. On the same day this shoot was executed I discovered a home a mere 5 minutes down the road with over 7 bedrooms a swimming pool, tennis court and 70 acres of land, on sale for 1,750,00, i just found it so ironic that two completely different homes could be found in the same vicinity and felt that this was a good symbol of Arley there are both rough and rich parts of Arley but they exist and coincide in peace.

Age and Beauty

I recently managed to gain access to he two churches in both new and old aley and they really both stood up to their expectations; The church in NewArley was more modern compared to st Wilfreds (Old Arley) and was only 80 years old, there were no pues only individual chairs and the alter was very basic and bare. However Old Arley church was a grand design of beauty and has stood tall through two world wars and and across 750 years. What i love about the two images is how similarly they are composed. The crosses at the end of the alter are both situtated i the same place and the image is taken from the back of the church and looks down both sides of the seats. I have decded to place these two images together in the book i plan to create for my exhibition and am very proud of them and the way they have turned out. I also managed to capture a few portraits of the vicar undr a beautiful halo of light coming from one of the stain glass windows. I really selected a good day for this venture out as the weather was beautiful and the sun allowed for stunning images in the church and through he stain glass windows. 
I also managed to interview the vicar slightly, he had many good things to say about the village which was a good contrast to some of the more negative things, i had heard.