Books, old and new: Liverpool Central Library
One of the biggest library development projects of recent times, Liverpool Central Library opens its doors again soon after a major re-furb, and I had the pleasure of photographing the interior for a client this week. The building is now a striking combination of 21st century modernity mixed with grade II listed parts, including the famous Picton and Hornby reading rooms, now restored to their former glory.
Landscaping
It’s not often I pick up a camera for fun these days, which is an unfortunate side effect of being a commercial photographer for a living. However, whenever I go to the Lake District I always take one with me. How could you not?
Editorial photography: on assignment
One of my recent editorial assignments was for the Guardian, on location in Manchester. It was to photograph a local government network meeting, and took place in the town hall. The screen grab above is how one of my images was used on the Guardian website.
It was my first time actually inside Manchester town hall, and it turns out the guts are equally as impressive as the exterior, if a little on the dark side. Wall to wall wood paneling looks nice, but it’s a real light sucker, and for a strictly no flash allowed job it really pushed the iso limits of my D800.
by Dan Dunkley
New Industrial and construction portfolio
An update to my main website over at www.dandphotography.co.uk has been long overdue. As part of an on-going overhaul, you can now find a shiny new portfolio highlighting some of my industrial and construction stills photography work. See the links at the foot of this post to get there.
The Plug
Whether it’s a foundry, factory, rendering plant, or any industrial location, DanD photography + Video provides creative and contemporary on-location photography services that can transform the seemingly mundane into something special, and make your business or industry stand out from the crowd.
I also have significant experience in working with construction companies, housing associations and building contractors. This often involves long-term projects, providing clients with high end stills photography that documents the entire build from start to finish.
If you have an industrial location, or a construction site or project that needs documenting, with some quality, creative stills photography – get in touch to discuss the details.
(…and if you need video too, that can be arranged! See the post below this, or see my video portfolio).
Links
Flash version: Industrial photographer Manchester
HTML/ tablet version: Construction photographer Manchester
by Dan Dunkley
BUILD #2: Parkway Green
Hello 2013, how did you get here? Let’s kick off the year with a quick blog update to showcase my latest film/ timelapse photography project. Above is the latest teaser video I’ve made for my Manchester based Housing Trust client Parkway Green.
For more information about the development see their website here.
For some techy information about the timelapse photography featured so far in this project and more details, see my previous blog post here.
The plug
If you are a construction or architectural firm, and would like some creative video/ timelapse photography producing for your recent or on-going projects, why not get in touch to discuss the possibilities?
by Dan Dunkley
Latest architectural commercial shoot
A recent architectural/ commercial assignment had me braving the cold streets of Manchester once more, in order to capture the New Bailey development area, just across the water from Spinningfields…
What the internet was made for
Pictures of cats. Cats in hats. Cats looking grumpy/ evil/ annoyed. Preferably in hats. It’s what the internet was made for right? Just a quick rambling, and slightly seasonal blog update this week to say Merry Christmas. There is a slight photographic slant of interest too with this post though. These snaps of our brilliant moggies were some of the first photos I ever captured on my very first digital camera, which quite terrifyingly was back in the Christmas of 2003.
The camera in question was a Nikon Coolpix 3500, which was a 3 megapixel powerhouse (for the time) and had a bizarre inner swivel lens.
Here she is:
I’ve still got this camera, and have been Nikon all the way ever since.
Merry Christmas.
Dan
by Dan Dunkley
A different sort of rendering
Anyone that’s into photography or video editing these days will be familiar with the term ‘rendering’, as will builders and architects. However, it has a very different meaning for a certain line of work. My latest commercial industrial project started this week for a client specialising in industrial rendering plants for processing animal by-products into animal protein (My assignments just keep getting more and more glamorous don’t they.)
Chances are if you have a pampered pooch, or mollycoddled moggies, and you feed them quality pet food – these guys play a big part in rover/ tiddles’ diet…
If you build it, he will come
The shot above is part of a long-term filming and photography assignment I’m working on for a residential construction build in Manchester. I’ve been doing a lot of video work for the project (see my BUILD preview), but yesterday was the first time we got to try out some posed stills on site.
Photographing and filming on a busy working building site, after 3 weeks of constant rain, is hard and dirty work. As someone who is quite anal about looking after their equipment and keeping it shiny, it’s also a bit stressful. You’re looking at the sort of sad git who didn’t use his new bike as a wee lad for a week or so in case it got dirty. I just liked to look at it, for a while.
Anyway, plenty more like this to come. Just hope the mud dries up a bit in the meantime…
by Dan Dunkley
Manchester: a pause for thought
Yesterday morning I happened to be in central Manchester on commercial/ architectural assignment around Salford Central station and the incoming New Bailey development site adjacent to Spinningfields. The still above is an unplanned capture from the funeral of PC Fiona Bone, which took place the same day. The 2 ceremonial mounted police officers coming into right of frame are just ahead of the car procession.
I had my camera set up, ND filtered and slow shutter speed readied to capture dynamic movement and motion blur of busy commuters exiting the rail station, and was snapping away oblivious to my surroundings. Hence the slightly ethereal blur and movement on the horses etc you can see above.
One the strangest images I’ve taken for a while, but there’s something about it that I really like. It was also quite humbling to be present at such a moment, and I just wanted to share the image.
by Dan Dunkley
