September 3rd to 5th I attended a workshop given by Gary Friedman. Excellent workshop, well worth attending if Gary is coming to your town.
The third day was a walk-about, trying to use the techniques learned in the first two days.
While lighting is one of the two most important characters of a photo, on our day out the weather was very gray, which was good in a way, since we didn't have to deal with harsh mid-day shadows. There was no coming back when the lighting was better.
These are my top ten photos from that day. In addition to light, we were looking for colour, texture, composition, "in yer face", rule of thirds, and combinations thereof.