{"id":2004,"date":"2012-07-13T12:16:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T12:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2023-07-02T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:31:09","slug":"castlefield-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/castlefield-manchester\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Castlefield &#8211; Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/h1>\n<h1>Castlefield &#8211; Central Manchester<\/h1>\n<p>A more imposing set for a northern city shoot is hard to find.<\/p>\n<p>Castlefield has a mix of huge bridges, canals, brick, steel, pagodas, bars, locks, tow paths and bars&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Add to that the imposing Beetham Tower looming over you constantly, you&#8217;ve got an incredible array of backgrounds to play with.<\/p>\n<p>This shoot was just for stock, creating some new images to fuel the portfolio, whilst gathering inspiration for future shoots with business folk and models &#8211; it is of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkshirephotocourses.co.uk\/\"   title=\"course\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" target=\"_blank\">course<\/a> the location of my 2011 shoot with Kelloggs.<\/p>\n<p>So here it is &#8211; a few shots of the mighty bridges and surroundings<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n<style>\r\n.lwrp.link-whisper-related-posts{\r\n            \r\n            margin-top: 40px;\nmargin-bottom: 30px;\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-title{\r\n            \r\n            \r\n        }.lwrp .lwrp-description{\r\n            \r\n            \r\n\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-list-container{\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-list-multi-container{\r\n            display: flex;\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-list-double{\r\n            width: 48%;\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-list-triple{\r\n            width: 32%;\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-list-row-container{\r\n            display: flex;\r\n          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