Famous for Fish & Chips
Click here to launch gallery Stanton’s cafe could be found on Hull’s Albert dock, a feeding place for dock workers and the occasional passer-by. Stanton’s were famous for the quality of their fish and chips and their home-made bread cakes. Both the original cafe and the temporary caravans are now long gone, but I believe [...]
Can you see the Mast, Propeller & Ship?
Recent history certainly encourages interest in my blog entries, this shot was taken at the same time as yesterdays post, The Deep is a very clever building and to me definitely look’s like the hull of a ship.
A bit of History
The structure of Hull’s ‘Deep’ is nearly complete in January 2001, a lot of work had been done since this earlier image.
I just wanna be a winner
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 [...]
Dinner with the Fishes
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
One of my Favorite Photographers
Don McCullin is well known for his War and Social issue photography but he’s also a superb landscape photographer. I bought one of his books around 20 years ago titled ‘Open Skies’ which I often refer too. The images are dark end moody much like the one above, with the software we have available today [...]
Remember to take your wellies
We’ve had so much snow and rain this winter in the UK everything is waterlogged, this lake is actually a field! D700 32mm f8 @ 1/250, ISO 200
Scary Angels
These are two of the Impressive monuments to members of the Wilson family found on the north side of the St James churchyard, Warter Village in the Yorkshire Wolds. I gave the shot a touch of ‘Glow’ in Photoshop to give the figures a dream like quality. D700 62mm f4 @ 1/640, ISO 200
The nice people you meet
I had a chat with this lady while taking photographs in Warter Village in the Yorkshire Wolds. D700 62mm f4 @ 1/320, ISO 200
The First Snowdrops of Spring
As I look through my office window I see a serious snow flurry, winter is really hanging on this year. The image above was taken in early February 2007 of All Saints’ Church, Roos, East Yorkshire, the snowdrops were aplenty and we still had Global Warming! S2 19mm f9.5 @ 1/125, ISO 100
A lot changes in Ten Years
August 2000, D1 70mm f8 @ 1/125, ISO 200. February 2010, D700 80mm (cropped) f5.6 @ 1/1600, ISO 200. February 2010, D700 50mm f8 @ 1/800, ISO 200. A lot changes in ten years, the first image shows river barges been discharged of gravel on the river Hull, this business ceased several years ago, the [...]
Last signs of Life
Here’s a shot of the busy fabrication shop at Richard Dunston shipbuilders in Hessle, East Yorkshire taken in the late 1980’s when the yard had a healthy order book. Dunston’s finally closed in 1993 and was then used as a shipping wharf until recently, with most of the site buildings finding other uses. Business ceased [...]
Winter Winter go away!
Traveling over the Humber Bridge yesterday I noticed that another landmark has disappeared from the Humber bank, the last remaining gantry crane has been dismantled at the former Richard Dunston shipyard (bottom picture). I made a detour and took a few images of the partially demolished fabrication shop which I will post later in the [...]
Ice Ice Baby
My final pictures from Little Switzerland for the moment, Ice on the frozen lake and the flooded footpath. Colour Image: D700 24mm f11 @ 1/60, ISO 1100. B&W Image: D700 26mm f6.3 @ 1/320, ISO 200
A Walk in the Woods TWO
Here are two more photographs from my visit to Little Switzerland, both shots are several separate exposures combined into a single image using HDR processing. Colour Image: D700 24mm f11, ISO 200. B&W Image: D700 24mm f8, ISO 200
The Head Gardener
Following on from my last post here’s my image of the Head Gardener of the Brocklesby Estate, Dustin Hamilton pictured in the walled garden. Nikon D200, 55mm, 1/60 @ f7.1 ISO 400, flash from the left.
