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Factory and Manufacturing Photography in Yorkshire

Factory photography, often called industrial photography, is commercial photography of a working manufacturing site: the production line, the machinery, the people running it and the finished product, shot so a business can use the images in sales material, bids, recruitment and on its website. It sounds simple. Point a camera at a machine. But anyone

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Why Construction Projects Need Photography: Records, Bids and Trust

Why construction projects need photography: records, bids, client trust and safety evidence, with practical guides to each.

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Blog, Commercial, Discussion, Industrial, Photography

Why Industry Needs Regular Professional Photos

In today’s digital age, all businesses need great photography more than ever before. Industrial businesses, in particular, can benefit greatly from high-quality, regularly updated photography. Here are my top 5 reasons to get fresh content – we’ll explore the reasons why and the benefits it can bring to their operations. Industrial businesses often offer complex

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Blog, Business, Commercial, Discussion, Industrial, Photography

CASE STUDY: Clearsite Solutions New Brand Photography

Clearsite Solutions Brand Photography in Bristol Direct answer: This shoot for Clearsite Solutions in Bristol was about creating practical brand photography that showed the team at work, Marc’s role in the business, and the new visual identity being built for the company. The images needed to turn a stripped-out retail unit into something clear, professional

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Temple – Leeds – The New Holbeck!

A new name for Holbeck Here is a video version, with the words spoken… or carry on to see the photos and read it for yourself. The area south of Leeds station has been rebranded “Temple Leeds”, probably because of “Temple works”, an iconic Mill building in the style of an Egyptian temple. Previously this

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Architecture, Industrial, Leeds

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

Tilt Shift Lens in Hunslet, South leeds

What is Tilt Shift? If you don’t know what a Tilt Shift lens is, this chap explains it well. So take a look at this first if you’re interested. South Leeds Architecture There are some interesting new buildings in the south of Leeds these days – this first one is the Leeds College of buildings, created

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Architecture, Blog, Composition, Industrial, Leeds, Photography, Yorkshire

Tornado Steam Train on Ribblehead Viaduct

A 50 year wait – Tornado steam train scheduled service Ribblehead Viaduct is a 24-arch railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in the Yorkshire Dales. In February 2017 the steam locomotive Tornado hauled timetabled passenger trains across it, the first in Britain for about 50 years. I didn’t wait 50 years – but it was

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Composition, Industrial, Landscapes, Travel, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales

3 Tips on Looking Like Leaders – Show How You Work

How do you do what you do…. Simon Sinek’s hugely popular TED TALK talk on branding talks about:- Why you do what you do How you do it What you make/do If you’ve not seen it – here it is on YOUTUBE – it’s well worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw If you look at the

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Blog, Business, Commercial, Industrial

Lumilow Lighting

Enlightened LED Lighting Specialists Lumilow are lighting consultants – MD Andy Chell was up front, the product itself was not going to be an exciting thing to photography! I guess lights are a bit like petrol – fuel is not that interesting in itself, but put some in a Ferrari and it gets interesting. Lighting is like

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