Architecture

Bradford for Street Photography – A Return To West Yorkshire’s Second City

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Street Photography in Bradford: A Practical Walk Through the City With a Camera Direct answer: Bradford is worth photographing because the city centre packs Victorian architecture, brutalist concrete, new public spaces, theatres, markets, and busy pedestrian routes into a short walk. That mix gives street photographers strong contrast, good blue-hour lighting, and plenty of human […]

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Long exposure of Leeds cityscape at night, with light trails under a brick archway.

Beginner Photography Tips: Your First Steps to Great Photos

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Mastering Essential Photography Tips for Beginners: The Quick Guide to Photography Taking a decent photo’s not just about hitting the shutter—think of it more like learning your way round a pub quiz team: a bit shaky to start, but you’ll soon find your feet. Let’s kick off with the three basics every beginner photographer should

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Drone Construction Site Photography Transforms Project Oversight

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Why Drones Are a Game-Changer for Construction Sites Ever tried walking a full construction site with a clipboard and camera? It’s a slog. That’s where drones come in. Stick a camera in the sky and suddenly you can see the whole picture—literally. It’s like swapping binoculars for a bird’s nest view. With drones for construction

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First Time Using a Fisheye Lens! 11mm POV Walk Around Bradford City (TTArtisan + Canon R5)

Architecture, Bradford, Equipment and Kit, Fun /

TT Artisan 11mm fisheye lens Yesterday I got my first ever fisheye lens – a TT Artisan 11mm fisheye lens specifically for Canon R lenses. It goes on the R5 perfectly. I chose to go to Bradford because I wanted a city to walk around on a bright sunny day. Bradford was always going to

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Long exposure of Leeds cityscape at night, featuring light trails under a brick bridge.

How to Photograph Cityscape at Night: Long Exposure Tips for Stunning Urban Shot

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Setting the Scene: Urban Night Photography in Yorkshire As the sun dips below the horizon and the streets of Yorkshire’s bustling cities come alive with twinkling lights, a whole new world of photographic opportunities opens up. Urban night photography in Yorkshire offers a unique chance to capture the essence of our vibrant northern cities in

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Street photography of a person with a bike on a rainy day, taken with an 85mm lens, capturing urban life and wet pavement reflections.

Unlocking the Magic of the 85mm Prime Lens in Street Photography

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Mastering Street Photography with the 85mm Prime Lens: A Guide to Using the 85mm Lens for Stunning Shots Direct answer: An 85mm prime lens can work brilliantly for street photography when you want a bit of distance, strong subject separation, and clean framing in busy scenes. In this guide, the Canon 85mm f/1.8 paired with

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People enjoying a punt ride on a river beside a bridge, with historic buildings and parked boats in the background.

Exploring the Charm of Cambridge: Sepia Photos of Cambridge

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Cambridge City Centre: A Day’s Work Through Photos of Cambridge Picture this: I’m in Cambridge, not just for a laugh or a stroll, but on a mission.  Commissioned to get Photos of Cambridge for an advertising campaign, I was tasked with capturing the essence of this timeless city – bikes leaning on ancient college walls,

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Illuminated concrete bridge leading to modern architectural building, flanked by trees and industrial structures under cloudy sky.

The Hepworth Wakefield: Modern Architecture by the River

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The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire: Photos Of An Art Gallery by David Chipperfield Architects As a Yorkshire architecture photographer, I’m always exploring gems in the region, and The Hepworth Wakefield is a treasure trove of modern design. Nestled by the River Calder, its sleek lines offer a joyful challenge to capture through my lens – truly

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The Timeless Beauty of Morley: A Photographic Reflection

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A Short Walk Around Morley From Morrison’s Car Park: In the humble setting of a supermarket car park, one is reminded of the juxtaposition of the mundane and the profound. From this starting point, I embarked on an exploration not just of Morley’s streets, but its very soul. Town Hall – Sentinel of Civic Virtue:

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Photographing Leeds : A Summer Walkaround With Canon R5

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Introduction Leeds, with its intricate tapestry of history, modernity, and raw urban life, beckoned to be captured through a distinctive vision. Equipped with my Canon R5 and the new Canon 16-35mm F4L IS lens, I ventured into the heart of Leeds, eager to blend the city’s vibrant stories with vintage aesthetics. The Photography Technique Delving

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The York Walls and Street Photography Experience

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Street Photography Experience It’s great to take people with strong landscape photography skills around the city and challenge of them and to capture people and architecture as it happens. That’s Street photography for you. Some of the most memorable photos you will have seen are street photography. Often you sit around waiting for things to

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Manchester Street Photography Workshop

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Manchester – Street and Architecture Having cancelled the first Manchester workshop due to Hurricane winds and monsoon rains, we were all delighted to finally meet and spend the day capturing both the people and architecture in this amazing city.  We started with a coffee on Portland Street, headed into Chinatown, Peter’s Square, are down to

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10 “Must SEE Leeds Photo” Areas for Photographers

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If you’re planning a trip to photograph Leeds, you might be wondering which locations offer the best photography opportunities. With a city as vibrant and historic as Leeds, there’s no shortage of captivating spots. The city offers a mixture of modern architecture and heritage sites, providing a wealth of visual diversity for any photographer. While

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Leeds 2019

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Leeds Architecture in 2019 Winter’s a great time for Leeds architecture photography. The sun is low in the sky and sets around 5PM, so you’re not out waiting for ages in the evening. We’ve done this before of course, here are some shots from 2014 and some from the shopping areas in 2014.  On the

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Exploring Granary Wharf Leeds: Architectural Wonders Captured with Tilt Shift Lenses

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Granary Wharf Leeds and Wellington Street: A Tilt Shift Lens Adventure Just a quick post with some shots from the train station and canal area of Leeds. These were taken during the early days of testing the Tilt Shift lens we invested in for the architecture photography business. Tilt shift lenses are a game changer

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Super-Fast Spot Colouring in LIGHTROOM

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Learn Spot Colour in Seconds The Magic of Spot Colouring in Adobe Lightroom Welcome to the fascinating world of spot colouring, a technique that can transform your photographs from ordinary to extraordinary. With Adobe Lightroom, you can achieve this stunning effect in mere minutes, no faffing about! The Art of Black and White Photography with

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Castlefield Manchester – Canals and Viaducts

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Water and Rail Meet at Castlefield Manchester Castlefield is incredibly central in Manchester, a stone’s throw away from the massive Beetham Tower and Deansgate Station. It’s a stunning place for every photographer to enjoy, be that shooting the architecture reflected in still waters, taking a model down there and using the industrial backdrops or shooting a

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Yorkshire’s Best Kept Secret – Knaresborough

Architecture, Blog, Landscapes, Training, Travel, Workshop, Yorkshire /

Knaresborough Workshop Night Yorkshire is full of little market towns, each with their market square lined with pubs. Most would think of places like Thirsk, Bedale, Masham or Pickering – but there is one far closer to Leeds than all of those. Knaresborough is just outside Harrogate and has all of the above. The square

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Summer Nights Workshop – 2016 Review

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McFade Summer Nights Workshops 2016 A look back over 12 fantastic evenings – but first some background Where did the idea of Summer Nights Workshops come from? Ever since I took Photography seriously I’ve regularly gone out for smaller outings – usually with 1 or 2 friends. We’d find places to go, new things to try

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York Photography – A Beautiful City at Night

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The McFade York Photography Workshop 2016 With its walls, river, minister and castle as highlights – and hundreds of other things to discover, I’ve always loved running Photography workshops in York. It was drizzling, then fine, then raining… and that only adds to the scene. The watery pavements reflecting colourful light into the camera adds

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Photos of Bristol

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Bristol Photos… from day 3 of a Rock N Roll weekend…. This weekend, The Chicago Blues Brothers, for whom I play keyboards, gigged in Crawley, Wimbledon and finally hit the biggest theatre of the weekend in Bristol. The Hippodrome. Blues Brothers Website Review of the show we did We arrived pretty early, got set up and had

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