
Blacksmiths take a break in Laxton village.
S2 54mm f8 @ 1/60, ISO 100
About Neil:
Neil has had a long and varied career in photography, covering areas including advertising, food, PR, maritime, the care sector and architecture. Based in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, Neil has traveled on commissions to many parts of the UK for a variety of clients.
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Blacksmiths take a break in Laxton village.
S2 54mm f8 @ 1/60, ISO 100

The former Dental Surgery on Division Road, Hull.
D700 50mm f5 @ 1/125, ISO 400


Looking through my early digital archive I came across a set of images taken for a training presentation about violence in the workplace. The shot is nine years old but using modern software I can now create effects that weren’t easily available when the original was made.
I think I should add the aggressor in the shot was a nice guy and a very good actor!
D1 28mm f9 @ 1/20, ISO 200

A simple abstract picture from the beach.
D700 200mm f6.3 @ 1/125, ISO 450

I often cover PR stories for clients, a little forward planning often helps to produce a better image. This young girl had won a major local competition to design the front cover of a publication. The forward planning in this case was bringing along many of the competition entries to form the background of the picture.
D700 80mm f4.5 @ 1/125, ISO 1000

Here’s another shot from 2000, taken in the small electrical museum at Burton Constable Hall.
Processed from the original camera JPEG file in modern software, the qualities not bad at all.
D1 24mm f8 @ 1/8, ISO 200

Here’s a shot from 2000 when the ’soon to be’ most photographed building in Hull, The Deep, was in the early stages of construction.
Shot on my first digital SLR the Nikon D1 and exotic Sigma 14mm lens, the files sizes and quality of these early digital files are laughable by todays standards, only 2.85 megapixel! but it still took a good picture.
D1 14mm f22 @ 1/125, ISO 200

D700 35mm f7.1 @ 1/60, ISO 1600

I came across a bag of coins in my office draw given to me by my father recently, the ideal subject to brush up on my macro skills.
I’m sure more able photographers can hand hold some close up work, but I shot on a sturdy tripod, mirror lock up, and a electric shutter release!
D700 105mm f4.5 @ 1/25, ISO 200

I covered an awards ceremony at The Deep in Hull last night, dinner was served in one of the many aquarium viewing areas which provides a really unique way to dine, and before you ask the main course was steak not fish.
D700 35mm f3.2 @ 1/10, ISO 3200