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I could not resist getting a shot of this deliveroo driver when I seen him posed like this... I had to run about 10 yards to get into position crouching down a little to get the backdrop and side on position I instantly felt would make the best composition. I literally got this one shot before he was off his bike and into the restaurant just off the right of shot. The slight drizzle falling helped add a little light to the shot making the paving glisten.
I may have mentioned before I used to work on the Forth Rail Bridge. Another Flickr member I follow posted a picture tonight and mentioned what the view from the top is like so here you go!
It was a wonderful iconic place to work and certainly playing my part as an engineer helping manage the restoration was a job I can say I am most proud of in my career so far!
I'd forgot I had so many images in my archive from my time there... so as im a bit short of new material anyway I'll post some more over the next few weeks!
But if you can't wait.... there is a collection on my web site!
Back in 2006 to 2011 I had the pleasure of working on the Forth Rail Bridge as a site manager for the refurbishment project. Whilst there I did a personal project of photographs I took whilst working on the Bridge. I feel proud when my kids say... Dad that is the bridge you helped paint!
When you walked on the bridge at the track level you where made aware of the passage of one of the 421 trains a day by the automatic train warning system (ATWS)... Basically the trains tripped an alarm system set off by sensors on the bridge approaches. When you heard this you leant over the wind fence... As you can see you had to keep leaning over as the trains are not that far from your arse! And as they thunder over at 50mph... I tell you now its quite a sensation and one I'll never forget... but it came part of daily life on the bridge as we used the track level extensively to store scaffold materials. We did minimise use of the track however and you always had to be signed onto a COSS's briefing.
With the weather not playing ball for astro... and me being stuck in Aberdeen I thought I'd give candid street photography another go. It took a while to gain my confidence but once I did I got a few good shots of people at the Aberdeen Christmas Area. It provided enough ambient light to shoot... Other shots I took under LED street lights just did not work out.
Another winter street photography shot from the Aberdeen Christmas markets. Think I'll give this another go this week too... I do really enjoy street photography but do find it takes a bit of time to get into it through the session. Always quite cautious to start off with.
Hope you all have had a good weekend.
Another shot from the Aberdeen Christmas Market doing some candid street photography... I'll prob give it another go tomorrow night also as quite enjoyed it and there isn't much else to shoot in Aberdeen at night!
This is one of a set of 36 bnw photos I shot back in 2009-2010 that we have up in our dining room wall all in black and white frames on a regimented pattern. The hardest thing by far was getting the frames hung perfect... but Mrs CIT had had a vision and it was my recently husbanded duty to get the frames perfect! Lets say she was none too impressed with my mate Robbie at our house warming took some down so the ones left spelled out our initials!
The photos where all taken in our days of intensive travel, before houses, work, life and children became the focus. This is simply a French farmer who was standing in an alley and was more than happy to pose for my shot!
This photo was taken on a trip to Peru back in 2004. I was inspired to post it after seeing someone I follows pictures from the Colca Canyon and it reminded me of the good times I had in Peru.
This shot was taken on a Canon EOS 3 Film Camera on Fujichrome 400 Slide Film and then the slide has been scanned and turned into BnW. This would have originally been done on photoshop elements but I thought I would see if Affinity could improve it by reducing the noise. All my old travel shots done on film and scanned are very noisy ... but affinity has done a great job of cleaning up the image.
The reason why I chose to post this is these are the three porters that accompanied us on our walk along the Inca Trail. Unfortunately on the second day I became very unwell, a mix of the altitude and food poisoning. I was travelling with a friend and we where using this fantastic tour group. It was clear I could not go on for the next 3 days of walking and the decision was made by the group lead to send me back to Cuzco. I could not have my friend missing the trail so I insisted he stay on the trail. The group leader instructed Chico the porter to the right in the pic to walkme back to the first place we could get a taxi and got me back to Cuzco. He then helped me through the next three days staying in his home. He took me to a tourist medical surgery in Cuzco where $200 dollars got you an appointment with an English speaking Dr. I was prescribed a horse pill. And after 2 days sleeping and drinking water I felt a lot better. Still not 100% but well enough to take my chance and go with Chico on the train to Macchu Pichu to meet the group as they arrived off the Inca trail. It was so nice to see the place as to be fair at 23 and essentially on my own staying in a strangers house and feeling unwell it had been an odd experience... but to be fair to Chico, his family and the tour group that was first class service. They essentially could have taken me to a hotel in Cuzco and left me to sort myself out!
This photo was taken the day before we originally left for the trail in Cuzco when we had had to check in with the tour group!
Another candid from Knockhill BTCC meet back in August. This girl seemed to be walking along thinking of something and not really in the moment. There was so much noise and energy in the race paddock to walk round in a bit of a daze made her really stand out!
Another one from a couple of weeks ago in Aberdeen at the Christmas Fair.
I bought myself the Canon RF 50mm f1.8 as a street photography... and general use fast prime lens. I got a Black Friday deal on Amazon... It arrived today so I excitedly unboxed it to give it a go just about the house... but I think it's needing to go back to Amazon... It's operating fine but seems to be making a very aggressive jerking noise on the motor when it focuses on Al Servo especially... more when its fine tuning rather than motoring to where it needs to be. Reviews have said it is noisy in terms of the motor... but this is more than your normal focus noise... or I think it is! I've emailed canon customer support describing the noise and asking if this is indeed to be expected... but id be surprised if they come back and say yes... so I think it will be getting returned. Have you bought lens's from amazon before... any issues... I have only ever bought from WEX before and never had an issue!
This creepy sculpture was stalking this poor, sweet Asian kid, who was just trying to sketch! Sheesh!
Firstly an apology... work life and family life has very much got in the way of all aspects of my photography this week as I have been on nightshifts up at the A9 swapping traffic onto new sections of the road and lifting bridge beams across the road under full closures. Sorry if any of you had to go round the long diversions... its been all my doing!
Anyway just to post something quick tonight I thought I'd post another shot from my Forth Bridge Project...
This is a touch point painter... These where the men that assailed all ver the bridge after we painted a section and painted the touch points.Touch points are points where the support scaffold for the workers contacted with the bridge and hence could not be painted as part of the main works. So these guys bravely dangled above the Fourth painting away. An average section would have apron 40-100 touch points where the support scaffold had hung off the bridge.
A young San child, immersed in a quiet moment of thought, leans against the ancient trees of Namibia’s arid landscape. This powerful image captures the deep connection between people and nature, where wisdom is passed through generations and life flows with the rhythms of the desert.
When I was at Knockhill for the BTCC last month I spent a bit of time in the paddock area trying my hand at some candid shots in the racing garages. Something I've not done in a very long time. I always find it takes a bit of guts to point a camera at a total stranger... I'll post a few over the next few weeks. I only actually just remembered about them today as I'd shot them on another memory card.
This is Will, everyone knows her, she has had an eventful life and has been arriving at the Grote Markt every day for 32 years at the 4 largest cran cafes, she sits there alternately and has a chat with everyone and she knows most of them by name, she is very friendly and not a bother to anyone, it is one of the many faces with character that every city has and that makes a city always alive with all its personalities.....
The part of the world and the age I grew up in both saw Jews as a "hush hush"topic. Knowing so many legends; myths, facts, stories - the new world order; the plot and what not it was not at all normal for me to have witnessed a living Jewish person right in front of my very eyes while I was visiting the Hagia Sophia. I shrieked, panted, and almost jumped in excitement. With the predisposition in my head, I couldn't at first ask him for a photo - but the voice inside of me told me not to hesitate as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me ! So I walked closer, said a hi, he looked up from the Torah he was reading with a smile on his face, shook my hand when I asked if I could take a picture of him? He was pleasantly surprised and stood there looking at the camera, as I gathered the courage to ask him to continue reading - and took just this one photograph.
Mr. Betzalel was accompanied by his wife, children and grand children, who gathered for a family photo after this one. My beliefs about Jews changed after this experience, and I found this family to be amazing people contrary to what we've been told and taught.
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One from my archive again... taken back in 2004 on a trip to Peru in Cusco. This old porter accompanied us on our trip along the Inca trail. We all knew his as Sam and he made dinner for the whole group each night. He never wore any form of shoes... he never had and there was no way despite one of our fellow travellers efforts to give him a pair would!
I really loved my time travelling in Peru. It was my last time using a film camera before I went digital also in 2005. Hence loss in sharpness as it is a scan
This is Jimmy Curly! He was one of our 4 regular Alimac hoist operators on the bridge who all done 1 week on each cantilever's hoist and then 1 week on nightshift in a 4 week rotation. They quite literally spent their working life going up and down taking people and materials to the top and back. These guys where characters... knew everyone and everything going on as they got all the gossip in the 3 min trips! Its only a certain type of person that can do that in all weathers and remain cheery... but they did!
Back in 2006 to 2011 I had the pleasure of working on the Forth Rail Bridge as a site manager for the refurbishment project. Whilst there I did a personal project of photographs I took whilst working on the Bridge. I feel proud when my kids say... Dad that is the bridge you helped paint!
New babies fatigue even the puppy.
[mom and chuck picked me up, took me to norfolk to see daddio and co. this girl and i got along so well, talking about fantasia and mary poppins and some other childhood movie we both loved.]
alt. title: Look down upon your fellow man
"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. "
--Author Unknown
We are the people of the word
and the breath of the word fills our minds with light.
We are the people of the word
and the breath of life sings through us
playing on the pipes of our bones
and the strings of our sinews
an ancient song carved in the Laurentian granite
and new as a spring azure butterfly just drying her wings
in a moment's splash of sun.
We must live the word and make it real.
My personal favorite [of this day, which was a stupendous day. skipped Kemi's class to go with the architecture kids. had SUCH FUN. Heacox noticed me and said, 'is that my sarah?' which made me nearly glow with pride and pleasure at being so-called in front of others. stuck around and made myself at home, made myself tea and brought wine out to the non-drivers. lamenting that heacox isn't with anyone at the moment, but approved of his ability to have fun, his lifestyle of intuitive and learned beauty, and his gorgeous house.]
[oh, and also, saw mommy and trina and ate chipotle. mommy didn't eat but had a protein shake - trying to keep her weight off for the bat mitzvah. reminded me that i need to pick something to read.]
I mostly quoted this song because, a) I love Josh, and b) she looked so expectant and so little, like she was at that age when you feel you can debate anything with adults, because you're old enough to understand, even though you still sit at the kids' table.
"Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright.
If darkness blinds you I,
I will shine to guide you..."
--You Are Loved, Josh Groban
OTC Funk in concert at Bangkok Blues, January 14 2009.
Liam Voth, Alex Ben-Abdullah, Andrew Clark, and Stephen Strickler.
Play that funky music, white boy.
[View On Black; also Mommy's birthday, ran back and forth between the two events, then out to midnight post-gig snacks - milkshake and caesar salad]
"Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
As ninety-nine red balloons go by"