Photography and art
I thought I’d go back a few years in time for today’s picture, 28 years as it turned out!
This shot, of a Lancaster bomber, was taken in 1982 at an air show held at Liverpool Airport. I found this and several other photos from that day while sorting out some old stuff recently, and as you don’t see too many flying examples of this aircraft today I thought this particular shot was worth scanning in.
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There are air shows held locally still, but it is rare to see such vintage aircraft nowadays. I’ll post a completely different picture next time!
Today’s picture is of a relatively new feature on the Liverpool waterfront; the Arena and Convention Centre complex which opened 2 years ago this month.
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The complex is in two parts; the first being a convention centre for exhibitions, conferences and meetings. The larger part is the arena, which is already attracting some big names in music and also some of the larger-scale shows which the city previously missed out on. It is a long-overdue asset to the city and one which will hopefully bring many more shows in the coming years. Set against the new building is Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, which took an amazing 75 years to complete from its foundations being laid. Highly recommended for a visit should you ever be in the city.
The cranes? There has been a lot of development here in recent years, anyone who has been away for a while probably wouldn’t recognise the place now!
Here’s a snap I took only three weeks ago, the day before the snow hit us. It wasn’t planned, I just liked the afternoon sky set against the chimneys throwing out the smoke. This is in St Helens, and was snapped using a pocket camera which I usually keep handy in case a picture just ‘happens’.
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It is always worth carrying a small camera around; you never know when that picture might present itself, and it’s not always practical to carry your SLR. Even if all you have is a camera phone, the resolution they have nowadays is sufficient to get a nice picture. So always keep something on you to capture that moment!
Been away for a couple of days so I haven’t posted – but here is a new photo (or new-ish, anyway!)
This is a sunset scene, taken last June at New Brighton, just across the Mersey from Liverpool. The windfarm has only been there a couple of years, but it really adds to sunset scenes in my view.
If you get the light, the sunsets are spectacular over there!
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Today I thought I’d share an aerial photograph of one of my favourite places, Portmeirion in North Wales.
In 2008 myself and some friends took a pleasure flight from nearby Caernarvon airfield, during which time we took in the sights of North Wales from the air. We were staying in Portmeirion at the time, and so we were very happy to get the opportunity to view the village from the air, something we would not otherwise be able to do. This is one of my pictures from that flight, it’s been considerably brightened up from its original state (you try taking pictures through the window of an old Piper PA-34 Seneca!)
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Portmeirion is a place I love to visit and I’m fortunate to get the chance to stay there from time to time. Whatever your favourite places are, you should set your goals so that you can get the opportunity to see them more often.
If you’ve seen the ‘Photography’ section you’ll know that this is one of my biggest passions. I’ll be putting up a picture on here frequently; they may be relevant to my post or it may just be something I particularly liked. This one is the latter; the photo was taken a couple of years ago in Elterwater, in the Lake District. I love autumn time and trying to capture the colours, but the weather does not always co-operate in England (!)
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The other thing I wanted to mention is that this was taken on a conventional camera; if you are on a bit of a budget for equipment but want to use more interesting things such as extreme wide-angle lenses, why not look on eBay or in the classifieds? You’ll find plenty of people who have ‘gone digital’ and are trying to sell their old film camera equipment, there may be a bargain out there to be had!
You can of course, have your film developed and the pictures put onto a CD nowadays; that’s what I did here and so you can still upload to the web. Worth considering if you want to broaden your photographic horizons but put off by the cost of new digital gear.
Another picture soon!
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+Ronnie Soo
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Former IT technician turned internet marketer and blogger, with an interest in the ever-changing world of search engine optimisation and the use of Social Media for business.
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Former IT technician turned internet marketer and blogger, with an interest in the ever-changing world of search engine optimisation and the use of Social Media for business.
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