International Pillow Fight Day
2014
A Photographic Journal By Mike Dixson
International Pillow Fight Day
2014
During the spring of 2014, London’s effort for International Pillow Fight Day was held in Trafalgar Square. People were alerted to the event via social media. The result was one hell of a packed Trafalgar Square with people spilling into the roads, some oblivious to the fact it was a road and others just carried along in the crowd. The idea is to keep your pillow stowed in a bag until the start time, then for two minutes unveil your pillow and let slip the dogs of war. After the two minutes were up you’d pop your pillow back in your bag and disappear off into the cover of London. The crowd was excited to say the least. Pillows were out and ready, people we eager to have some harmless violence. Let the count down begin!
A Pledge Of Allegiance
Aperture: f/7.1 Speed: 1/320 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Spirit Rise With Pillow Weapons Aloft
Aperture: f/7.1 Speed: 1/500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Ups And Down
Duck Down And Cover
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/2000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/3.2 Speed: 1/500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Ready For Close Up
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/4000 ISO: 160 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Ready For Battle
Aperture: f/4.5 Speed: 1/1000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Hold. Hold. Hold.
Aperture: f/2.0 Speed: 1/4000 ISO: 100 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
A Partnering Of Pillows
Feather Explosion
Aperture: f/4.5 Speed: 1/1000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/2000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Ready. Aim. Thwack!
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/2500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Young And Old Took Part
Aperture: f/3.2 Speed: 1/3200 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Take That! Aperture: f/3.2 Speed: 1/3200 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Fire The Feather Canon Aperture: f/7.1 Speed: 1/320 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
That's Torn It Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/3200 ISO: 100 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Wait Till You See The Whites Of Their Eyes
Aperture: f/3.2 Speed: 1/1000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
A Fistful Of Feathers
Oooph!
Aperture: f/2.5 Speed: 1/2500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/2500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
The Down Side To Lipstick
Aperture: f/3.2 Speed: 1/1250 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
I Wish I Could Fly
Is It Over Yet?
Aperture: f/2.5 Speed: 1/2500 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/2.2 Speed: 1/2000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Bless You!
Aperture: f/5.0 Speed: 1/640 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Feathery Giggles Aperture: f/2.8 Speed: 1/2000 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
A Funny Looking Bird Aperture: f/9 Speed: 1/250 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
Spectators In Their Vantage Point Aperture: f/7.1 Speed: 1/320 ISO: 200 Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 II Focal Length: 50mm
International Pillow Fight Day
2014
A Photographic Journal By Mike Dixson
A slow-motion video of the International Pillow Fight Day antics is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt0SL7yULMY
This publication is the first in a series of photographic journals and magazines produced from the photographs of Mike Dixson. The photographs in each publication are collected together to create a theme to showcase photography in general and bring these photos to a new audience. I hope you enjoy the photos and publication.
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International Pillow Fight Day
2014