Earlier this year (July) I was commissioned to photograph the management team of the Curve Theatre in Leicester. Well the images are now up and running on The Curve Theatre’s website.

The brief was to get environmental portraits of the management team at the Curve Theatre. Two and half days where spent in Leicester, sussing out locations and getting people organised. The whole gig went very well indeed, very much thanks to Claire Webb the Senior Media Officer at The Curve – she was an absolute star and really great to work with. I have to say the subjects where very patient and willing which helps enormously when trying to get the best shots.

Here are the photographic portraits, if you click on each image it will take you to The Curve Theatre website and give you a bit more info on each person. I would love to hear your thoughts on the photography.

As many of you will already know my architectural image of the Big One at Blackpool, was a finalist in the Shot Up North (SUN) annual awards.  So I decided to get some postcards printed up for promo use . A good friend of mine Tony Bentley of www.thebentleystudio.com created the artwork and sorted the postcards out for me. Having know Tony for years I knew he would do a good job and true to form he came up with the design below and turned everything around in a couple of days. I have to say they have had great feedback, maybe you would like to leave some of your feedback below.

I have had some fantastic news, I am a finalist in the Shot up North (SUN) awards – Best Image.

The SUN awards is a showcase  for the best professional photography in the North of England.

I would like to thanks all those involved in the SUN Awards and the judges for picking one of my images. It is much appreciated, I am delighted and well done to Jonathan Oakes the winner.

Here is my image and and the online book

Hi Everyone.  I have decided to bring foward the launch of my Preston Bus Station project to today.

I was originally going to launch this in September but I have had some good news over the weekend that is likely to clash with the launch.

So here goes

The idea behind the project came about after hearing that Preston Bus Station is going to be demolished to make way for the Tithebarn project. I once hated this building, I thought it was ugly and smelly and old fashioned. How my ideas have changed. As readers of this blog will know I am a huge fan of 1960’s architecture, not all of it ,but there are some gems out there that are works of art. They have been unloved for years and are looking grubby and as a result people want to get rid. Preston Bus Station is one of these buildings, lets us not be too hasty in destroying what we consider ugly today which we will no doubt regret in years to come. I realise that towns and cities have to move on and there is no use in preserving the past just for the sake of it but when something is clearly unique then surely it warrants preservation.

Admittedly Preston Bus Station is not looking its best, it has been neglected, some might say deliberately to call for it demolition. It just needs a bit of TLC, not a lick of paint but a sympathetic renovation. This was once a brave vision of the future, clean modern, efficient albeit in the wrong part of town. Lets keep it.

I hope my pictures show some of the wonderful shapes this building creates against the skyline.

Here is the link

http://www.padams.co.uk/preston-bus-station-lancashire-photography

Any comments would be very welcome