St Walburge’s Church in Preston, Lancashire dominates the surrounding area, it is in fact the third tallest spire in England (and the tallest spire of any parish church in England). It was designed by Joseph Hansom (of the Hansom Cab fame) in a gothic revival style and opened in 1854. I have to be honest, I knew nothing of the church until very recently when I was chatting with a very good friend who believes it is one of the most beautiful churches in the UK. It does have an air of elegance and an almost ghost like appearance, especially when viewed from a distance.
Time for a project methinks, so I have made a start. I am not sure where I am going to take this but here are three images from my first visit to the church.
Thanks to everyone at the church who where very helpful indeed.
How exciting, my new book of images has arrived.
It is dedicated to photography for business. It has examples of my photography that has been used in a business context (Marketing, Web, PR etc.).
If you would like to see it in the flesh why not get in touch or if you can read an ePUB file you can download it here http://bit.ly/Ab6g7Z
Here are a few images of the book
Happy New Year to you all.
A few days late I know but I had a day of catching up on emails etc yesterday,so had no chance to blog. Anyway looking back on 2011 it was a good year, better than 2010 and 2010 was better than 2009 so things are looking up. Lets hope that 2012 brings the same level of increase. Plenty of naysayers around but I do find if you remain positive good things happen.
So heres to 2012!!
I often get asked by friends and potential clients, ‘Why would anybody need a pro photographer? digital cameras are really good these days’. Digital cameras are really good and 9 times out of 10 give a sharp well exposed acceptable images. Acceptable, that is it, not stunning. You still need to ‘create’ an image that is outstanding, this could be through composition, lighting, the rapport that you create with your subject etc etc.
Many years (20!!) ago my driving instructor said to me that because cameras (film in those days) where so good that photography was all down to luck. You can be lucky with a photograph, but to get repeated ‘luck’ you really need to know what you are doing, that is why, then as well as now, there is still need for a pro photographer.
I own a pen it doesn’t make me a writer (as you can probably tell by my short blog posts!!).
