http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:48:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Welsh Streets – Madryn Street http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=413 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=413#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:51:51 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=413

Madryn Street sign.

Ringo Starr ( Richard Starkey ) the Beatles drummer was born in 9 Madryn Street in the Welsh Street area of Dingle in Liverpool where he lived until at the age of five when his parents divorced and he moved around the corner to 10 Admiral Grove with his mother. After his parents divorce he still spent a lot of his time in Madryn Street at his Grandfathers house number 59, Madryn Street.

The Welsh Streets are due for demolition as from 1st. October 2010 despite protests from local residents and Beatles fans worldwide.

The Empress public house on High Park Street which is situated between Madryn Street and Admiral Grove features on his first solo album cover.

9, Madryn Street - Ringo Starr's birthplace

More images of Madryn Street can be viewed here

]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=413 0 The reopening of the Bascule Bridge on the Dock Road. http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=401 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=401#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:37:15 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=401

Joe Anderson and Ian Pollit cutting the ribbon

The historic Bascule bridge on the Dock Road in Liverpool, which has been closed since 2008, was reopened on 25th August 2010 by Liverpool councilor Joe Anderson and Ian Pollitt from Peel Holdings who were responsible for refurbishing it.

The ribbon cutting ceremony took place around mid-day.

The machinery in the control room above the bridge…

The control room for the Bascule Bridge.

More images of the bridge and the Dock area can be viewed Here

]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=401 0 The Great Escape… http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=392 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=392#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:23:13 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=392 Composed digitally – don’t try this at home!!

Acrobat

]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=392 0 Jay from the Music Stall – Widnes. http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=385 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=385#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:15:07 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=385 Jay from the Widnes band Poseidon. Studio shot for band promotion.

Jaythedrummer2 JayH JayH_2 ]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=385 0 Matou Pan-Asian Restaurant, Pier Head, Liverpool. http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=356 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=356#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 14:53:16 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=356 Some more images of the interior of the Matou Restaurant…

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The images taken in Matou were hand held at approx. 1/10th. second.

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Two images of fruit – details under images. The orange falling into the fruit bowl double exposed in one 30 sec. exposure using flash to light the subjects and an LED torch to light the orange while panning the camera.

]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=280 0 It started as an egg… http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=275 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=275#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:08:22 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=275 The original image is an egg ( blown ) suspended on top of a piece of wire and photographed against a brown background lit by a flash covered with yellow/orange gels.

A vector map of the earth coloured, laid and warped to fit the egg and a starburst at the base of the egg.

earth / egg

Earth! The initial frontier!

]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=275 0 Eggs! http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=266 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=266#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:10:00 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=266 Two images using eggs as props. One representing a fragile earth, the other illustrating the cycle of life!

The Blue / green hand was lit by a softbox covered with a blue gel and a light behind with a green gel. The background lit with a bare bulb flash covered with an orange gel.

The hand / egg on the ground was a double exposure – one with and one without the hand / egg.

fragile_earth Inthebegining ]]> http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=266 0 Pier Head and Liverpool One. http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=213 http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=213#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:13:32 +0000 admin http://www.bluepoolimaging.com/blog/?p=213 Saturday was fine and sunny – just the right conditions to go to Liverpool and complete a list of images I wanted to shoot with a nice sunset!

stairs_DEP Stairs PoL kingsdock JD gold_ Dock Ditsch Aleef

Never got to take all the images as the last mile of the journey to Pier Head was shrouded in thick freezing mist!

Waste not – want not!

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