The forecast for this weekend….. sunny, hot, and many, many photos….. Probably a high chance of ice cream.
Can’t wait.
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Lichfield, part 2
That’s the end of day two and it’s time to traverse the M6 to get to the Guide weekend hopefully for about 7….
So, Lichfield, lovely place, lots and lots of buildings from 17th and 18th centuries.
And home to the only 3 spired cathedral in the UK.
It’s not hugely busy, unlike York (at least it’s not 2 weeks before Easter) and it just seems like a brilliant place to live. Well the weather was dry so that always goes down well with me. Worth a visit, definitely take your camera.
Lichfield, part 1
Had a great wander after training today but it’s time for bed already. So I’ll get a proper set of shots up tomorrow. I’m already weird in this training as I was photo editing at lunchtime so blogging isn’t too much of a stretch.
Happy Monday
Edinburgh in the Drizzle
If you’re heading for a shoot in Scotland you better watch out for the rain…
Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber
I’m back in Edinburgh on Sunday for a shoot outside the Parliament. It’s not open on Sundays so I won’t get a repeat of this shot from February when my Guides were on an adventure for Thinking Day.
Side note – photography is prohibited when the parliament is in session and I would definitely ask permission first.
Henry Moore Arch, Kensington Gardens
An oldie but a goodie from January last year when I went down to London. (Specifically for the Harry Potter: The History of Magic exhibition at the British Library but I got to play with the camera for a day)
Maritime Museum, Irvine
I spend quite a lot of time in Irvine. It has a cracking harbour and beach and you can catch lots of folk enjoying it in all seasons (although “enjoying” might be more appropriate for winter). Most weekends you’ll also find horses and their humans going for a gallop along the sand. There’s a fair few birds around to be captured if your lens is long enough.
But this time we’re here for the indoor portion of the Scottish Maritime Museum. There’s a charge to get in but it’s genuinely interesting. The west of Scotland relied on the Clyde and its shipbuilding expertise when it was growing during the industrial revolution. Most of that has disappeared now but we have places like this to help us remember. I, admittedly, never tried to utilise my tripod but they are probably open to their use when it’s not super busy. And there’s plenty of rust…. I have a rust problem….
Loads of stuff to get you thinking and well worth a visit.
Riverside Museum
So it was the final shoot for my intermediate night school course and I’m gonna miss it. I still join a group every second Sunday so the learning and fun will continue with the friends I made there.
Back to the location and Riverside is still known to some of us as the Transport Museum and we get easily confused as it previously lived in the Kelvin Hall building. Opened in 2011 and designed by the amazing architect, Zaha Hadid, Riverside is a purpose built site and united the history of transport in Glasgow and the greater area with the tall ship Glenlee. Filled with cars, bikes, trains, trams… if it goes, it goes here.
Glenlee alone is worth a visit. Both are free to enter and are camera friendly. Busy, unsurprisingly, on weekends and holidays, so not always open to tripods. The mock street has a photographer’s studio so you can ogle some lovely old cameras. It’s a great place for shots but can be dark. Good luck and high ISOs are needed.
On a good day you can enjoy views along the Clyde with the Titan crane and Clydebank to the west and SEC/BBC/Hydro/Squinty bridge/Science Centre to the east…. You don’t even need a wide angle to get all those in. This place really is a gift to photographers.
The Photography Show
I made the trip down to the NEC in Birmingham for the Saturday of the Photography Show. There’s nothing quite like petting the new toys, even if I can’t afford them. My current dream camera is the new Canon RP. Some saving will be required to get to that stage though.
Met up with a couple of folk I recognised (even if I’m not usually human friendly). Learned from some rather good talks (you never stop learning). And even found the opportunity to take some photos…. If you’ve never been then there are all sorts of models, lighting set ups, and other photographers getting their eye in.
Selkie’s Photography 