Today took an unexpected but enjoyable turn.

I live in a very Jewish neighbourhood, within 5 minutes walk of my house you can get to about 6 different synagogues/shuls.

Today a new Torah was carried behind a procession of young boys carrying torches, a car playing music while someone sang songs - and followed by a pretty large crowd chatting and singing as it went.

As the procession passed my house I decided it was silly to not have a go at shooting it so I grabbed my camera and made a dash for the head of the procession (running around 2 blocks of houses to get there without having to push through the crowd).

I have to say I had a great time. There was nothing too exciting going on apart from the procession itself, but I really enjoyed shooting it. I had a chat about cameras and photography with a young kid who is studying to do a GCSE in photography.

I'm now wondering if any of the local papers might be interested in buying (or even just using) some of my shots. I've posted a thread asking about this aspect here [link] so if you have any input please do chip in.

If there's anything worth sharing I may well post some of the images in my gallery. I'm off to develop the black and white film I shot - the colour one will have to wait until first thing in the morning.

I don't want to look too far ahead - but the slim possibility that one of the rolls on the desk next to me might contain my first published shot is quite exciting for me.

Haha.