Some of the photographs needed to be edited so I did some experimentation with the fist 2 to see how it would work out as I like to use black and white photography but I thought that it would look better in colour as the temple is so full of warm colours.
The rest of the photos are in colour as I thought they would look better then they would in black and white as in colour you getter a better sense of what the temple is like, its warm and relaxing and and very welcoming
The photo above is a monk sat down on the mat chanting. At the time this monk was ill and was keeping himself warm with blanket I was really happy that I got this photo as you could only tell he was a monk from the orange blanket which they always ware. The photo is dark but the colours are still warm. The shadows are strong, it makes the monks blanket stand out a lot more as it is is a strong colour compared to the shadows.
As you can see the photo above shows a monk in front of the alter chanting he is holding the book that the chants in if you look closely you can see their is a camera in front of him which he was using moments be for I took this photo. He was photographing the people behind him who were joining in with the chanting.
I wanted to get a photograph on the alter which during the evening chanting and meditation session was light up with the candles. What I really like about the photos is in the bottom left hand corner you see the light from a mobile phone which belongs to the monk.
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