Brian’s Blog
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Craig, one of the five on my Summer Workshop, brought along his Google Glasses to take some images. He snapped some amazing results. Others we saw in the Lake District were using their iPads to take pictures. Photography is certainly changing. For the better? You can decide. But if these new platforms bring more people…
Just completed my 6 day Summer Photography Workshop at Higham Hall in the Lake District. We had some glorious weather as six of us visited ancient standing stones, historic ports, stunning lakes and mountain scenery. The highlight of our outings was the Ennerdale Show, a typical Cumbrian agricultural gathering for locals, set in a large…
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Visited the new 28 ha Port Sunlight River Park today which has been created from the old Bromborough landfill site. This environmental scheme’s main feature is a lake and a 37m high planted mound, which provides wonderful views across the River Mersey to Liverpool’s historic waterfront. A fantastic new addition to Merseyside’s public parks and…
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Once in a while you meet someone with an amazing presence and a face to match. This happened 2 days ago in Lindisfarne. I met a remarkable man with a stunning face, bright blue eyes, handsome, but wrinkled with life’s adventures and tanned from working outdoors. He is a Dutchman who spent his days in…
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Just spent 3 fantastic days with my eldest son, James, on the Northumbrian coast. We took a boat trip to the Farne Islands and visited Lindisfarne. The locals were very friendly, the pubs were good, wildlife and landscapes were superb, with plenty of birds and seals to photograph. Here is a shot of an inquisitive…
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You may remember my earlier post about the Draken Harald Hårfager, the world’s largest reconstructed Viking longship. The 115ft long boat had a new 78ft (24m) mast made and fitted in Wallasey Docks, from a huge Douglas Fir log which was sourced from Dumfries. The longship left Wallasey today, after its crew sang ‘The Leaving of Liverpool’, sailing through the dock system to emerge on the River…
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Details are now finalised for my short Talks Tour in Scotland in late Sep and early Oct 2014. Four diverse illustrated talks; from the Falklands to Galapagos, India and Antarctica, First stop Dundee, then Dunfermline, Edinburgh and Glasgow Photographic Societies. As a Scot living in England and returning ‘home’ for a week, I will take my passport,…
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Typical UK weather, 2 days into August and it hasn’t stopped raining. Mind you, we did have 3 sunny weeks in July. Bless the British weather, it gives everyone something to talk about. And rain can provide inspiration, honest!! Here is one of my images together with a verse of the wonderful poem, ‘RAIN’ by…
I met up with Trevor Potts, Antarctic adventurer and historian, in Ardnamurchan last year, having been introduced to him on my 1st Antarctica trip in 2003. He was the first man to successfully re-create Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 epic rescue voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the 23ft whaler, the James Caird. The picture shows Trevor with ‘Sir Ernest Shackleton’, his replica…
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A good friend took me out on the River Mersey yesterday in his Seabird sailboat, the oldest one design class still sailing in Britain. It is a 20 ft carvel planked sailing boat, with a design dating back to 1898. The weather was good, the water calm and Mark asked ‘fancy sailing around Brazil’. Wow, this is going to be…