Last night I began a personal project that is likely to continue for the next year or so. When I say personal project I mean that I'm just doing it because I want to do it, not for a publication, although if it goes well then I will pitch it somewhere. I doubt it will go further than the village newsletter though.
The idea is to document a grant-funded project from beginning to end. I'm on my local football club committee and we're applying for money to improve the facilities at our ground. Last night we met with the person who is advising us and helping to put the wheels in motion. I'm planning to document every step of the process, from the meetings to the drawing-up of plans, from the first bit of work done at the ground to the improvements being finalised.

For most people the first they'll know of this project will be when they arrive at the ground sometime next year and see the new facilities. My photo project, which should produce a finished story of 12-15 images, will document all the time and effort that goes into actually getting the work done.

The point isn't to produce stunning photos. Nothing arty. This is meant to be purely documentary, illustrated with fly-on-the-wall style images.

Here's the photo I've chosen to represent tonight's meeting:

Football club grant meeting

Here are some that I considered as alternatives. (Is it just me or do these unprocessed jpegs look better than the processed raw conversion above?! Can't make up my mind.)

Football club grant meeting
All taken with the 1D and 17-40 f/4L at 1/40s, f/4, ISO 3200.