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Liverpool Pier Head

ByJulia March 22, 2016August 18, 2017

The Pier Head in Liverpool is a popular tourist destination, and it’s where you’ll find the Three Graces (the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building).

In more recent years, it’s also become home to the Museum of Liverpool. Opened in 2011, it’s now one of Liverpool’s most popular museums, documenting the city from it prehistoric roots right through to the present day. It’s a really great museum with lots to see and loads of interactive bits and pieces for the younger visitor to enjoy.

But what I’m posting about here is not so much what’s inside the museum, but what you can see from it. At both sides of the building on the top floor are sets of huge windows looking out over the Pier Head and the Albert Dock. The views are fantastic.

Equipment and processing

The Google Nik Collection: first impressions

ByJulia February 6, 2016August 18, 2017

I’ve heard mention a couple of times recently of a Photoshop plugin called Silver Efex, and how it’s a great tool for helping photographers process monochrome images. I love my black-and-white photography, so I decided to check it out. Silver Efex is part of the Google Nik Collection, aimed at photographers looking to streamline their processing…

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Guy Fawkes Night 2015

ByJulia November 16, 2015August 18, 2017

November the 5th in the UK is Guy Fawkes night; the night we celebrate the foiling of the infamous Gunpowder Plot. What was the Gunpowder Plot? Briefly put, Guy Fawkes, a Catholic, was a member of a group plotting to assassinate the Protestant King James I. He was caught setting up 36 barrels…

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Marsh Lane Time Tunnel

ByJulia September 25, 2015August 18, 2017

Hiding underneath Bootle New Strand station in Merseyside, connecting the New Strand shopping area with a large Asda supermarket is Marsh Lane Time Tunnel. The pedestrianised tunnel is covered with a painted mural throughout, containing a historical timeline of the local area, including the building of the local railway in the 19th century and the effects…

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The Egyptian sculpture gallery at the British Museum

ByJulia July 1, 2015August 18, 2017

I was down in London in November 2013 and was in the Bloomsbury area of London, so it’d have been rude not to stop in at the good ol’ BM. It was a lovely sunny day, and because of the time of year with the sun being low in the sky, the light was streaming…