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Architectural Photography of St Walburge’s Church in Preston, Lancashire

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:11 +0000

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.

New Book – Photography for Your Business

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:47:47 +0000

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

Business

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:04:49 +0000

Happy 2012 to you all

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:54:48 +0000

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!!

Christmas Card

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:32:36 +0000

This year I am continuing my tradition of not sending out Christmas Cards. Instead the money saved is going to OxfamUnwrapped to buy 2 allotments

If you would like to see the donation in action please click on the image below

Photography

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:04:56 +0000

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!!).

Weird George Osborne- Photographs

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:34:06 +0000

You may remember last year I photographed the Chancellor George Osborne for Insider Magazine.

He was an odd character, confident and nervous(??), almost like a little boy, very weird. So here are a few of the out takes of him pulling faces. Childish, I know, but fun.

He is as you probably already know from one of my previous posts the same age as me,I thought he was in his late forties. I think I have aged better.

Anyway here are the pictures

Curve Theatre, Leicester – The Management Team

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:44:18 +0000

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.

Shameless self promotion!!

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:45:24 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I have not blogged for a bit, sorry about that been a bit busy with various photographic projects. To rub it in even further, here is some some shameless self promotion, we are all friends here so I am sure you understand the need for this.

I would really like you to become a fan of my Facebook fan page. Tell your friends, your family, your work colleagues, anyone. You know it makes sense.

If you are interested here is the link.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Adams-Photographer/117351248734

Thanks to you all. I will post something interesting soon!!

Shot Up North – Postcards

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:31:31 +0000

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.