I just finished editing a photography show about a UK gospel choir who this year celebrate 13 years in the music industry. Using the images taken over the years, we were able to build a visual history of the life of the group from 1994 to 2007. Although most of the images were taken, not as documentary, but as a combination of promotional, live event and portrait photographs, along with my co-editor, we found enough in the images that could tell the story of the group over the time. When people think about documentary photography, people think of well known…

During the Autumn half term, I became aware of a children’s playscheme that was running for a week in a local church hall so I volunteered to go along for a day and document the activities. Though I don’t see myself as a specialist charity photographer it seemed like a good opportunity to make some new work, and provide assistance to a local organisation trying to provide for kids at a loose end for a week. Recognising that there was very little for young children in their area to do during the holidays, the organisers put together a playschemes with…