Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

  AND...BREATHE By Pif-Paf is an immersive sound and light installation exploring Breath, Breathing both alone and together and encourages interaction and mindfulness. The artists invite you to take a moment and step into a world of light, sound and connection. In my film I explore the piece initially by day but more deeply at an evening "Twilight Session" in which the lighting in the cathedral is lowered to give the lights on the piece more prominence and create a even more immersive experience, with King Richard III`s final resting place alongside the atmosphere and setting is certainly one of contemplation. The piece responds to the movement of people etc as they move through the space and through its arches neatly mirroring the arches of the cathedrals architecture.  

  A relaxed look at some of the Riparian activities taking place around the Brinklow Swing Bridge on the Oxford Canal. They say life moves at a different pace on the canals and waterways and so this film takes in the serene scene along a stretch of the Oxford canal as ducks paddle among Narrow boats both new and old. We follow a single duck as he paddles his way through the idyllic scene passing boats without to much fanfare. At the boat yard a boat makes its way through the swing bridge and passes by and carries on it`s journey with a stately pace and amazing grace.

  On BBC East Midlands Today a Weather Watcher photo from a viewer featured a spectacular bright red Poppy field noting its location as Witherley a small village in Leicestershire and only 20 mins drive from home one evening we set off to find and capture the stunning sight. As we arrived on the edge of the village the low hum of drones and sight of multiple parked cars told us we where close, sure enough through glimpses in the hedge we saw flashes of red colour, parking in an open gateway we where greeted by a spectacular carpet of bright red poppies stretching as far as our eyes could see. In the distance the village church spire could just be seen over the hedges and the birds where singing in the hedgerows and trees around us. Soon as the evening sun began to cast long shadows and back lit the flowers, bees moved buzzing between them and various smaller insects completed the scene. Overhead a plane makes a trail through a near cloudless sky as the warm graduations of sunset ...