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Here’s a series of panoramic photos from Mathew Street Festival 2010. I climbed back up to the top of the Town Hall and grabbed the same shot as I did last year… this time with blue sky! And then whilst riding my bike over the flyover that wraps around the Walker Art Gallery I noticed a pretty cool view of the tunnel stage and out west along Dale Street (third shot down). These shots are composed from multiple images stitched together…
Bigger, better and definitely sunnier! Another Mathew Street Festival is done and dusted – and what an amazing weekend it was! Perfect early autumnal weather greeted the thousands of Liverpudlians who hit the streets, for what is now the biggest street party in Europe!
I’ll be posting photos from the festival in the coming days, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here’s a few for starters…
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Starting off with rain looming – the clouds disappeared and the Mathew Street Festival Liverpool 2010 kicked off with a bang!
Turned out to be a great day for photography. Here’s a quick snap from the Black Eyed Peaz on the Superlambanana stage. There’ll be plenty more photos to come…
That’s what it’s all about right? People from all walks of life coming together for the Mathew Street Festival Liverpool. Sure to be another magic couple of days this year, it all kicks off on Sunday… see ya’ll down there!
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The fantastic Mathew Street Festival, Liverpool is here again this bank holiday weekend.. pray for sunshine! It’s been a crazy year since the last one – and didn’t get round to posting a blog entry from last year. So here goes…….
Liverpool City Centre is literally transformed into one big concert/party area for 2 days. Stretched across 6 stages there’s something for everyone! There’s a Beatles theme running through the Castle Street stage and plenty of other artists all performing as their more famous (and sometimes dead) counterparts such as: Freddie Mercury, Blondie, Frank Sinatra, Amy Winehouse, Kings of Leon and the Smiths. Here’s some photographs of the performers from last year. Continually playing catch-up on the ol’ blog i’ll post some of my favourite crowd/people shots before the weekend too…
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A break in the weather gave me a window of half an hour to run round and grab some photos of the Pageant of Power, Cholmondeley. Lucky there was some sun otherwise there would only be close-up shots of V12 engines! A fantastic setting down in the Cheshire country-side, the pageant of power is essentially a festival for those who prefer the smell of gasoline to music. Although some might argue, the sound of a supercharged V12 engine is music to ones ears!
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Great night had by all at the Isla Gladstone Conservatory’s first birthday and a great night for photography! Storm clouds were brewing in the distance as the sun was trying to set, provising some lovely ethereal-type light filtering through… here’s a few photos from the event…
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So i’ll be heading down to grab a few photos of the festivities. It sounds like the Isla Gladstone Conservatory has had a very colourful history… being burned down, left to neglect, and now has been restored and standing proud in the re-furbished Stanley Park. It’s been a pleasure to be part of its first year with lots of great events going on in the summer.
tonight is sure to be another one! Like most other glasshouses it’s a fantastic venue for photography with lovely light filtering through from different angles. Here’s a few photographs from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 160th birthday from a couple of weeks back…
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After raining all day, the sun came out and I headed down to Liverpool ONE to grab some photos of the new beach volleyball set-up. And what a fantastic set-up it is! Beside the new outdoor plunge pool and next to the tropical cocktail bar is where it can be found. Perfect for the balmy summer evenings, grab a team of workmates and head on down for a quick game of beach volleyball followed by an ice cold cocktail!
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Dubbed to win the X-Factor in 2008, Laura White was voted off in the finals causing a national outcry and an investigation into the transparency of the phone voting system which proved that numerous votes were not getting through. Two years on and Laura hasn’t looked back – she’s recently been touring with Peter Andre and has an album being released end of the year. Maybe not being another “Simon Cowell Clone” is a good thing after all!
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Hard to believe the sun came out in Liverpool One for about half an hour yesterday – but luckily enough it did – and gave me the opportunity to fulfil the brief of capturing photos of people out in the sun having a good time at the new Liverpool One beach!
On another note I hope people reading this blog aren’t freaking out too much with the fact i’ve written two blog entries in two days! Will be endeavouring to write my blog a lot more often in an attempt to keep ya’ll updated with what’s happening in Ant’s world. Cheers all!
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As much as I didn’t want to, it was pretty hard not to think of Coco Sumner’s slightly more famous (at this stage anyway) dad Gordon aka ‘Sting’ when I was having my first listen to Eliot Sumner aka ‘Coco.’
So if I was to make the typical reviewer comparison – I would say Coco’s definitely got more of the early Police feel, a cool li’l funky vibe goin on, and a pretty sweet reportoire of songs that were belted out in the sunny Liverpool afternoon. Was suitably impressed.
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This was one of the last photos I took on the day of the Lord Mayor’s Pageant. The whole scenario of the military marching down the middle of Castle Street had a certain ‘wartime’ feel to it. Help for Heroes is one of the Lord Mayor’s charities and is a very relevant organisation in today’s UK.
As I was walking back to the car I photographed an old rusty roller door (as you do…) and then blended both images together, stripped back the colour to give a grungy war-torn feel to the image. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the images taken that day – they were filled with vibrant colour.
I will post a few of the colourful ones when I get a spare mo!
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Taking photos on the Saturday of HUB was a bit of a challenge as we were met with both torrential rain and some nice gusty winds! So it was essentially a case of getting in nice and close and trying to keep cameras dry as possible. Sunday was luckily a completely different story with the sun out and blue sky. With all the colours and action associated with HUB – it was always going to be a great day for photography.
Here’s a few pics from both days.
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A classic moody Liverpudlian sky greeted the thousands of people coming to the HUB Festival last weekend. This eventually fined up with an amazing sunny afternoon had by all.
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One of the things i’m lovin about photography here in the North West is it’s taking me to a few new places I might not otherwise see. Hull for example. Barclays have recently opened a new branch here, located centrally in the town square. Here’s a few photos of the people that both make up the town and visited the new branch that day. I was working this job courtesy of Steve Stills photography who is based in London.
Another great networking event with the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Held at the cool Osqa restaurant bar on Roscoe Street – there was lunch laid on, a bit of speed-networking and presentations by local business people. Next event will be when the tennis comes to town.
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Hmmmmmmmm scorchin’ even… let’s not beat around the bush… The inaugural “red carpet” event took place on Thursday “slap bang” in the action district of Liverpool. Many pretty people adorned both the bar and the cat walk for an evening of ‘decadence delirium’ sure to please any self-respecting young, hip, wannabe “be-seen-type” individual.
The best thing about it is there’ll be an exclusive night on the last Thursday of every month… so everybody can grab a slice of the action. The lads behind the magic are a couple of NYC entrepreneurs here in liverpool looking to raise the bar in everything that is “late night – don’t tell the mrs.”
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Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Having photographed quite a few networking events recently – it’s interesting to note their increasing popularity. There was a great turn out at the most recent “striding out” event at the Mandarin restaurant, Victoria street. Perhaps it was due to the quality of speakers present. The theme was “trends for 2009 and how these will affect young entrepreneurs. Speaking were Phil Blything, director of Glow New Media, Claire Walker, freelance sector development manager for Merseyside ACME, Richard Bamford, Executive Chairman of Enterprise Ventures and Councillor Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council.
A great night and some valuable insight was gained. Here’s some shots from the night. Please click here striding out liverpool
She was all go at the Bizarre Creations Christmas Party at the Hillbark Hotel on the Wirral. And what a great party to photograph! From what I can tell these guys make some of the coolest video games around – and they know how to throw a good ol’ shin-dig! Was happy to hear their inspiration for the Western Theme was a recent trip down to the heartland of New Zealand… not that I remember ever seeing any real cowboys last time I was home.
Anyway – here’s some shots from the night…
The 19th of December signified the official opening of the One Park West Apartment Complex, Liverpool. To see some of my pictures on the BBC website click here.
The Duke of Westminster was present to open his latest venture after the Liverpool One shopping complex is thriving in the Liverpool Christmas rush. Also present were some budding artists of the future. Here’s a few photos from the occasion:
In the parlour of the Liverpool City Hall no less. The great thing about photography is you never know where it will take you from one day to the next. After recently joining the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce – i’m looking forward to a wealth of opportunities in the new year. Having a cup of tea whilst meeting the mayor was a good start! Recently the Chamber have officially signed Nugent Care as their chosen charity. Here’s a couple of photos from the presentation.
A great night out to celebrate some of the young film-making talent of Liverpool. Sponsored by Atlantic Chambers, and held at FACT – the overall winner was Paul Banner for his short film, The Thing About Being A Man.
The night then carried on over the road to Alma de Cuba. It’s always a challenge to photograph in Alma de Cuba, with there being little ambient light to play with. First shot is taken on a tripod with the ISO cranked up to about 1600. A live band came on later and it was a great chance to get the 70 – 200VR out and meter for the candle light behind the band. Quite like the silhouette of this young Chinese double-bassist – and even though there’s not much light, there’s always a few different shots to be had.
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A couple of months ago I moved into Static Gallery, Liverpool – where i’m sharing a pretty darn cool office space with local photographers Deana Clarke and Matt Thomas
There’s a lovely big studio space, a noodle bar/cafe as part of the Biennial project and numerous other creative businesses all under the one roof that is Static.
Thursday night is the time to come down and sample some Korean culinary delights. Otherwise if i’m not out shooting – you can catch me there most days. Espresso maker is on the premises – so feel free to stop by for a brew!
A great little networking event at the Blackburne House, just off Hope Street in Liverpool.
Held by the Future 100 organisation – it’s all about young entrepreneurs getting together… being inspired by other’s success stories and then speed networking – akin to speed dating where you have a limited time to meet everyone in the room… quite entertaining!
Here’s a few photographs from the event…
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It was all about Cuba and Havana Club rum on Wednesday night in Liverpool. “A Piece of Havana” is a celebration of everything Cuban and is touring the UK, with live Cuban entertainment and most of all… plenty of Havana Club rum.
Alma de Cuba was transformed for one night only into “a piece of Havana.” Having travelled to Havana, Cuba a few years back – I was looking forward to capturing the essence of Cuba in a converted church in the heart of Liverpool. And it didn’t fail to disappoint… with great music, fantastic ambience and plenty of rum – it’s hard to go wrong!
Definitely a great night for photography in Liverpool.
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And no event would be complete without a “Wag!” Wayne Rooney’s wife Colleen McLoughlin joined the party later in the evening…
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The call comes in… “Ant, we need you to come down and photograph the cover of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers book… projected on the side of an old dockyard warehouse building”
I’m like “Cool. Very cool.” Having been a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan from the good ol’ Freaky Styley/Mother’s Milk days etc… I was intrigued with the whole concept. And the concept, it turned out, was very hot indeed.
I jumped on my bike, armed with my Nikon artillery – and headed down to the Liverpool waterfront. The idea was to coincide with the “stars/celebs” rolling into town for the MTV Music Awards. Timing was critical, and placement just as important. They settled for an old abandoned standalone dockyard building (plenty to choose from in Liverpool!) but from a strategic viewpoint – this was the business. Set between the “Three Graces” and Albert Dock – it was prime positioning, catching all the traffic making their way along the Strand.
And what a result! It’s amazing what you can do these days… backing up a van, opening the back doors, turning on a high powered projector and projecting an image on a 100ft building across the road. Bl**dy nice work I have to say.
The team at Think Publicity are really pushing the creative boundaries to full effect!
Photographer Tony Woolliscroft is the man behind the book. He’s been travelling and photographing the Peppers for over 20 years. The Peppers regard him highly and it’s with that trust, that Tony has captured images that are intimate and show a personal side to the band never seen before.
I’ll definitely be grabbing myself a copy. To check it out for yourself click here
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…was the headline in the Liverpool Daily Post today.
And yep, that’s my boys! In the few hours a week i’m not taking photos – i’m coaching the Caldy Rugby Club’s Under 12 team. And in the first tournament of the year (in Mold, Wales), we came back with the trophy! Well done lads, you played your hearts out and thoroughly deserve the victory.
Here’s a couple of shot of the victors (taken with my camera phone, so apologies there)
More awards, more architecture, but this time with a few flowers thrown in for good measure.
The 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize at the Echo Arena was held last weekend and also had some of the most creative and dynamic flower arrangements i’ve seen for some time – and I was there to capture them!
The chaps over at Verdure are certainly pushing the creative boundaries in floral design.
Was quite interesting shooting the table arrangements whilst the celebs were practising their speeches for the evening – namely Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs
Anyway – here’s a selection from the arrangements…
A lovely sunny day (finally!) led me out to Ormskirk (just outside of Liverpool) for the annual Fraser Wealth Management Golf Day. Joining the guys was Liverpool football legend David Fairclough. A great day had by all!
