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Standing at Gmex Metrolink Station one afternoon waiting for a tram, I noticed the dark, stormy looking sky and how the buildings in the foreground were lit up by the sun coming through the thick clouds over my shoulder. The Hilton / Beetham Tower was too large and close but the Great Northern Tower really…
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Here we see the groom, Dean, signing the wedding register at his wedding back in September. I used natural sun light coming through the wonderful stained glass window over his left shoulder. Before the wedding I had asked the priest when was and wasn’t appropriate to use flash photography. Although he said that it was…
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This statue was purchased and erected by Brampton Chamber of Trade for the people of Brampton in April 1999 and depicts Emperor Hadrian. As far as I can tell Brampton is half way along the Roman Wall, which was built between A.D. 122 and 128. This is the nearest big town to my favourite part…
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The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery on a hill above Glasgow Cathedral. The above photograph was taken from the top of the hill and includes a small selection of gravestones in the bottom left corner of the frame. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried in approximately 3500 tombs. The smoke is coming from a…
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I have had the idea for this photograph in my head for a while. The main tower or “view platform” of the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays doesn’t just give great views over the quays and towards Manchester city centre, but also is interesting in its own right. The above photograph of the…
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Meet Craig; he volunteered to model at a practical evening at the photographic club I go to. We were being taught lighting by ace black and white photographer Alan Angel. I think that the lighting in the above image is just right. There is enough detail in the hair as well as a nice shadow…
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Engine detail photography is something I picked up from my father. He has some amazing engine photographs, mainly of motorbikes but also of bigger things. I photographed this Helicopter engine at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. This is a British air-cooled radial piston aero-engine and came out of a huge Bristol Sycamore…
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It was a very overcast day in November when this photograph was taken. A famous photographer once referred to these kinds of lighting conditions as “black and white days”. There is very little colour in this wall, but lots of texture in the details. In my opinion it looks a lot better as a black…
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
I spent most of yesterday helping my friend Bob, taking some photographs of him with a few different props in the studio. We used a black background and one light to create this angry looking portrait. He had a cheap cricket bat and some very good fake blood with him, so we experimented and this…
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
I have seen a number of photos of this bridge, and whilst browsing the work of photographer Mark Page last week I was reminded that I still haven’t taken its picture. So this is my attempt, I was on a bike ride along the Rochdale and Bridgewater canals from my flat in town to the…
