I wish people would listen.
I’ve just had the parish priest at the front door. Unlike the riot squad he didn’t kick it in
but knocked. He explained that he had
heard I was about to cover a model with latex using a four inch paint
brush. I was pleased that a man of the
cloth might choose to follow the path of enlightenment that would lead him to
the exalted position of master candle maker.
When I asked him if he had any of the necessary skills he replied saying
he wasn’t sure but that he did have a Nikon D3200 with a Canon EF 85mm f1/2
lens.
I often wondered where these mucky photographs came from and
was quite surprised when I discovered that my local parish priest might have
prevert tendencies. Although as a master
candle maker I have to say that little shocks me these days. And in my younger days I did live for a while
in a parochial house with three priests and a deranged housekeeper, I kid you
not.
However the interference of the local parish priest does
highlight another skill that the apprentice master candle maker must get to
grips with. The skill is that of
photographer. I know, I know, taking a
photograph is quite an unassuming process and these days with digital
photography there could be nothing simpler, or so you may think, especially when
the PR people are saying that all you have to do is point and click.
Not just anybody can pick up a camera and call themselves a
photographer. I could begin by
explaining categories like choosing the subject, filters, apertures, focal
lengths or choosing the correct medium and I’m not talking about contacting the
dead here, although if you have studied some of the photographs on Celtic
Illumination’s Facebook page you will see that one series of candle promotional
photographs was taken at midnight in Boleskine graveyard, which is the
graveyard on the banks of Loch Ness in Scottish Scotland, where Aleister
Crowley often tried to summon the Devil himself through satanic black masses.
So if you think you could add the skills of vampire hunter
and exorcist to your CV then please, follow me
So, you still think candle making is for you?
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