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Fujifilm XF16mm f1.4 lens up close and personal

Fujifilm XF16mm f1.4 lens up close and personal

At the beginning of October 2016, I bought myself the Fujifilm XF16mm f/1.4 lens (24mm equivalent on full-frame sensors). My reasoning was that I needed something wider than my 35mm for those situations when you don’t have room to step back to capture a scene, such as shooting in small spaces or busy environments. It’s also quite useful to not have to walk halfway down the street to get the whole of a building in shot.

And, I can’t deny that since then it’s really helped me out in those situations.

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Liverpool Psych Fest: food, festival goers and musicians
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Liverpool Psych Fest: food, festival goers and musicians

Liverpool Psych Fest – or, to give it its proper name, Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia – was on in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool on 23 and 24 September this year.

Two friends of mine were running one of the food outlets at the festival and they asked me to come along and get some photos of them working and of some of their dishes.

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Gary Edward Jones Music: a portrait

Gary Edward Jones Music: a portrait

  This was a photoshoot with Gary Edward Jones, a Liverpool-based folk musician, and three other musicians – Elfin Bow, Skeet Williams and Jay Christian – who are collaborating with Gary on a project. They needed a number of different kinds of photograph, including: Group photos of all four of them Individual photos of each person, both…

Charlcombe Church: Bath’s oldest church

Charlcombe Church: Bath’s oldest church

Charlcombe Church (or, the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Charlcombe, to give it its official name) is Bath’s oldest church and the place of many great childhood memories for me.

Although it underwent extensive work in the 19th century (including the addition of the vestry on the north side and the stained-glass windows), the church was first built during Norman times. It’s a tiny church, but has enormous character. Here’s a few fun facts about it.

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St George’s Hall, Liverpool: Hillsborough inquest verdict

St George’s Hall, Liverpool: Hillsborough inquest verdict

  On 15 April 1989, Liverpool FC and Nottingham Forest, accompanied by thousands of fans, travelled to the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield to play the FA Cup semi-final match. Only minutes after the 3.00 pm kickoff, the game had to be abandoned. The police had opened an exit gate to try to ease overcrowding at…

‘Animal mummies’ exhibition at the Manchester Museum

‘Animal mummies’ exhibition at the Manchester Museum

On 15 April 2016, we had a family trip to the Manchester Museum to see the Animal Mummies: Gifts for the Gods exhibition.

The theme of the exhibition was the mummification of animals in Ancient Egypt – why they were mummified and the religious cults with which they were associated. The exhibition also covered the more modern archaeological history of animal mummies and the recent scientific research that’s been done on them.

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Liverpool Pier Head

Liverpool Pier Head

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.

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