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

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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Architecture, Bradford, Discussion, Musings, Yorkshire

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

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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Architecture, Bradford, Equipment and Kit, Fun

Moody Bradford City Centre

You can’t always get the weather you want on a test shoot – but somehow, bradford suits this kind of sky. It’s got this old yortkshire stone architedtue going on – yellow stones stacked up to make mills and shops. Pair that with blubous grey clouds and you have an appropriate look… maybe not the

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Architecture, Blog, Bradford, Industrial, Photography

CAMRA Bradford Real Ale Festival – 2014

Real Ale on the UP! Real ale is on the up – micro breweries are springing up all over the UK, nowhere more so than in Yorkshire. Every small town seems to have it’s own brewery producing everything from pale ales to dark porters. Ossett, Salamander, Daleside, Rooster’s, Leeds Brewery, Wharfbank, Saltaire, Wendworth, Copper Dragon,

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Raise the Flag for Britain

We’ve been supporting One Britain One Nation (OBON) for a while now, a campaign started by former police inspector Kash Singh, to bring people from ALL communities together in celebration of being British. This event at the Aagrar Midpoint centre at Thornbury saw giants of the local restaurant business unite behind Kash by the ceremonial

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Bradford, Networking, People, PR Shoot

Hardeep Singh Kohli @ Keyhouse

Hardeep @ Keyhouse Kitchen Opening The World Curry Festival’s star, Hardeep Singh Kohli, came to the opening of the new training kitchen at Bradford’s Keyhouse – a venue which helps house and train the homeless of the area. The kitchen is a new project to help train the homeless grow and cook

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Bradford, People, Photography, PR Shoot, Strobist

Yorkshire Photo Locations – Cow and Calf

Bah T’at Most people go Bah T’at on Ilkley Moor, subject of this Yorkshire Photo Locations post, these days – except the climbers in their helmets. The Cow and Calf is an outcrop of rock on Ilkley Moor, the Cow being a large rock, the calf being an boulder which stands a few feet away from

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Bradford, Landscapes, Photography, Tips, Yorkshire Dales

Bradford From Above will Blow Your Mind

Don’t Look Down! When Richard Sara-Gray said that we may be able to get a decent view of Bradford, I never realised I’d be on top of the ice rink, looking down from over 150 feet onto the very heart of the city! So up we went on a cold, windy but

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Architecture, Blog, Bradford, Industrial

Bradford Cathedral Photographs

Bradford has a bad press. It’s one of those places which offers so much, yet never seems to escape that image of desperation. The thing is, there is so much on offer to the Photographer that it’s well worth a look. Here are a few gems to enjoy… Bradford City Hall – full of statues

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Architecture, Bradford, Photography

Bradford Photography in the Sun

Bradford City Park 12 months ago you’d have seen few people enjoying themselves in Bradford city centre on a summer’s afternoon, but with the new City Park by the Town Hall, it’s all change. One the warmest March day in years, we saw the area full of local mums with kids, office worker and students,

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