Cityscapes
If you're looking for photographic inspiration, then search no further than your nearest city.
By day or by night, the city environment is one of continuous change where the old and the new sit alongside each other often with a surprising degree of harmonisation. The never ending hustling and bustling of people add movement and vibrancy to the modern urban environment.
Architects with ideologies sit in their futuristic towers, designing bigger, taller and more flamboyant skyscrapers to create dramatic skylines that the world will recognise and gasp at in awe.
The phosphorescent lights of a million bulbs in every conceivable colour are cleverly utilised to add shape, colour and form to the network of city streets, whilst incandescent street lamps create rows of dynamic lines for the photographer to use.
Yes... the city is a great place for inspiration and the following images are just a small sample from my ever-growing library.
By day or by night, the city environment is one of continuous change where the old and the new sit alongside each other often with a surprising degree of harmonisation. The never ending hustling and bustling of people add movement and vibrancy to the modern urban environment.
Architects with ideologies sit in their futuristic towers, designing bigger, taller and more flamboyant skyscrapers to create dramatic skylines that the world will recognise and gasp at in awe.
The phosphorescent lights of a million bulbs in every conceivable colour are cleverly utilised to add shape, colour and form to the network of city streets, whilst incandescent street lamps create rows of dynamic lines for the photographer to use.
Yes... the city is a great place for inspiration and the following images are just a small sample from my ever-growing library.
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
This image was taken one still winters evening from the edge of Salthouse Dock in the regenerated Liverpool Docks area.
Photographers tend to follow 'The Rule of Thirds' when composing images and avoid dividing an image exacly in two. However, perfect reflections are one occasion where it pays to break with tradition.
Once again a long exposure in the order of 60 seconds has been utilised. This has allowed the slight movement of water in the dock to gently blur the still reflection.
For me this softer reflection really works, reaffirming which section of the image requires the viewers attention.
This image was taken one still winters evening from the edge of Salthouse Dock in the regenerated Liverpool Docks area.
Photographers tend to follow 'The Rule of Thirds' when composing images and avoid dividing an image exacly in two. However, perfect reflections are one occasion where it pays to break with tradition.
Once again a long exposure in the order of 60 seconds has been utilised. This has allowed the slight movement of water in the dock to gently blur the still reflection.
For me this softer reflection really works, reaffirming which section of the image requires the viewers attention.
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