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.
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