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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 03-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
Arriving after a non-stop ferry flight from Hong Kong. This was the 22 year old aircraft's penultimate landing. The following day it ferried to Bruntingthorpe, UK, on it's final flight to a date with the scrap-mans axe.
First flown with the Boeing test registration N60697, this aircraft was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways as VR-HUE in May-93. It became B-HUE in Aug-97 when Hong Kong became an autonomous region of China.
In Jan-15, after 22 years in service, the aircraft ferried from Hong Kong via Manchester to Bruntingthorpe, UK where it was permanently retired. Updated 03-Jan-22
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Jan-24.
The 10th A330-243/MRTT for the UK Royal Air Force which is in 'Reserve Status' and was leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK by Air Tanker Services Ltd. It has been fully fitted out and still has it's underwing refuelling equipment fitted. It had just been painted at Air Livery, Manchester in Thomas Cook Airlines [very] basic new livery and departed today back to the Airbus Military facility at Getafe, Spain. It entered service with Thomas Cook in Apr/May-15.
First flown in Jan-14 in storage primer as F-WWTR, this aircraft was delivered to EADS Spain as EC-330 in Mar-14 for conversion to MRTT (Multi Roll Tanker Transport) standard.
It became MRTT026 in Dec-14 and was delivered to Air Tanker Ltd at RAF Brize Norton, UK as G-VYGK in Feb-15. This is an RAF Reserve aircraft which would be seriallied ZZ340 in military service. On arrival at Brize Norton the military equipment was removed and stored and the interior was fitted out for civil use with 320 economy seats.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK in Apr-15 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-19. It was wet-leased to Condor Flugdienst in Apr-19 and returned to Air Tanker Ltd in Mar-20 at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Air Tanker civilian A330 fleet operate regular Royal Air Force scheduled services between Brize Norton and the Falkland Islands and operate short-term and ad-hoc charter flights for airlines worldwide.
The aircraft was leased, short-term, to Jet2 .com in May-24 to cover while sister-ship G-VYGL was on maintenance at Birmingham, UK. Current, updated 04-Jun-24.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 30-Mar-22 (DeNoise AI).
Fleet No: "0118".
This aircraft was delivered to Continental Airlines as N14118 in Mar-97. It was fitted with blended winglets in Jan-06. In Oct-10 Continental was merged into United Airlines. It was upgraded with 'Scimitar' winglets in Jun-17.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Mar-20 when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the world. It was stored at Roswell, NM, USA. It was ferried to Wilmington, OH, USA on 21-Apr-22 but hasn't moved since. It's now 25 years old.
A little speculation on my part here, Wilmington-ILN is where Cargo Aircraft Management hang out, I'm wondering if it might be in line for cargo conversion. Stored, updated 27-May-22.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 22-May-22 (DeNoise AI).
Air New Zealand Link, operated by Air Nelson.
For some reason, the negative was a mess. Don't enlarge it, it's covered in tiny white spots...
Replacing the 22
When eventually completed, the new tram extension will replace several Lothian Buses service. One of the routes impacted is the 22, on which 358 (SN11EBG) is seen here. The squiggle on the destination indicates a bus service that has to divert from it’s normal route due to roadworks.
The advert on the side of the bus may need reviewing in the current circumstances….:
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 17-Aug-20, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 23-Apr-24.
Operating a one-off sub-charter for Airtours International Airways.
Named: "Baleares"
This aircraft was delivered to The GPA Group Ltd and leased to Spanair with the Spanish temporary registration EC-547 in Feb-91. It was re-registered EC-FCU in Jun-91.
It was returned to the lessor in Mar-02 and stored at Madrid. The aircraft was re-registered N25034 in Jun-02 and leased to Air Canada as C-GHPD in Jul-02. It was returned to the lessor in Nov-13 and permanently retired at Marana, AZ, USA. It was broken up at Marana in 2014.
Note: The registration C-GHPD was re-used on an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A321-211/S in Jan-19.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.plus Topaz DeNoise AI 21-Jan-25.
Named: "Spirit of Westmoreland". Fleet No: "566".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZM, it was re-registered D-ASSY a few days later. The aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to UK charter airline, Air World as G-BXAW in Mar-97. Air World was merged into Flying Colours Airlines in Nov-98 and it returned to the lessor in early Jan-99.
It was leased to Air Jamaica as 6J-JMD a few days later and returned to the lessor 10 years later, in mid Mar-09. The aircraft was leased to Turkuaz Airlines (Turkey) as TC-TCE in May-09. It was wet-leased to Al Wafeer Air (Saudi Arabia) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Oct/Dec-10. Turkuaz ceased operations at the end of the lease and the aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Medina, Saudi Arabia.
In Mar-11 the aircraft was re-registered N851LF and moved to Shannon, Ireland for further storage in May-11. It was re-registered again in Aug-11, this time as EI-ESI and remained stored at Shannon. The aircraft was leased to Al Masria Universal Airlines (Egypt) as SU-TCC in Oct-11. It returned to the lessor as EI-ESI in Jun-13.
In Aug-13 the aircraft was leased to Hermes Airlines (Greece) as SX-BHT. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova between May/Oct-14 and again between Apr/Oct-15. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-16 and stored at Craiova, Romania.
The aircraft was leased to Olympus Airways (Greece) in Jul-16, using the same registration. It was wet-leased to Air Moldova the following day and returned to Olympus in Mar-17. It was wet-leased to Wings of Lebanon, short-term, between Apr/May-17 and then to Windrose Aviation (Ukraine) between May/Oct-17. On it's return to Olympus the aircraft was initially stored at Istanbul before being ferried to Goodyear, AZ, USA where it was permanently retired in Jan-18.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 21-Feb-16.
OK, I know it's a Space Shuttle, but it's sitting on top of a B747-100 !
;o)
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 18-Apr-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 19-Jun-23.
Delivered new to Continental Air Lines in Oct-58 as N249V, it was sold to Channel Airways in May-67 as G-AVNJ.
The aircraft was leased to Air Ferry in Jan-68 and returned to Channel Airways in Nov-68. Only 11 years old, it was permanently retired at Southend, UK in Oct-69 and broken up there in Jun-72.
File: 2016001-0112
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Lulu modelling and photographed in casual outfit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, 29th January 2016.
She is seen here, modelling in a light brown and cream coloured stripped faux fur coat made by Quality Fashion, bought second-hand from a charity shop. She is wearing her own black scoop neckline top, with her own dark blue jeans. She is wearing a pair of black high heels. The photographs were taken in front of a studio backdrop, using a Nikon D200 DSLR.
In 1985, when I was at a deaf school in my last year, I decided to get into doing photography as a career. It is the kind of off-beat job that I would like to do, so I tried to apply for a college course studying photography. But the hearing teachers, my own family, family friends, career advisors, and even the social workers, told me that I should not do photography as a job because I am deaf.
In those days here in the United Kingdom, there were discrimination against disabled people, as there weren’t much laws protecting our rights at that time. My mother told me I can’t do photography, because I’m deaf with speech impaired.
I tried to make an effort to get them into helping me get a college course, studying photography. But they got me on a training course at college, instead of a proper serious course. From 1987 to 1989, I spent two days studying traditional graphic design while at college, with three days work experience for a professional photographer as part of my training course, mainly as photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician.
I admit that I became hooked on doing graphic design, so in additional to wanting to become a photographer, I decided I want to become a graphic designer as a second option.
After leaving college, I attempted to get a job working either in photography or graphic design, but as I mentioned earlier, in those days, there were still discrimination against the disabled people, so employers are likely to favour hearing people over deaf people.
For a few years, I continue to do my own photography and my own graphic design projects at home, in order to keep up my skills, while at same time, trying to find a job. Then I got married, and started a family life, but divorced her and I became a full-time single parent, so everything was put on hold for a while, until the kids were much older.
Finally, in the United Kingdom, we got The Equality Act 2010, that would protect our rights.
Few years later, while my kids were old enough to attend full-time school, I resumed my own projects, mainly to refresh my skills. I would need to improve my portfolio if I were to try to apply for a job, or may even consider going freelance. One of the graphic design projects I planned to do, requested a female model.
So I searched online, looked at some of the modelling agencies and model booking websites.
I booked Lulu for a two-hours outdoors photo-shoot in Newport, Gwent, South Wales. I arrived at her home, met up with her, and went through the details of the photo-shoot. We went into city centre, and I found a perfect location for my needs, did the photo-shoot for my graphic design project.
When the outdoors photo-shoots were done, there was still time to spare, I think maybe one and half hour of the booked two-hours slot was used up, leaving maybe half hour left.
I think that both she and her husband didn’t think it was right, I think they feel like they were overcharging me for less time used, or something like that. They were nice and polite, and they allowed me to use up what was left of the booked timeslot. They pointed out that they have a small makeshift studio in their spare bedroom, and suggested I could use it for some indoor photo-shoots, use what was left of the booked timeslot to do more photographs if I wish to do so. I figured why not? Not only that I would get my money’s worth, but also take a chance to do more refresher photography.
And this is one of the series of photos I took in the remaining half hour of the booked timeslot.
Point of note: Lulu had left a glowing and positive review on my profile, on the model booking website, pointing out that despite my being deaf with speech impaired, she had found working with me a pleasure and enjoyable.
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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 18-Dec-24.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKL, this aircraft was delivered to CIT Aerospace and leased to Iberworld as EC-IDB in Apr-02. It was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines in Dec-04 for a Haj Pilgrimage operation, returning to Iberworld in Feb-05.
In Dec-05 the aircraft was wet-leased to Etihad Airways to cover the late delivery of a Boeing 777-300ER. It returned to Iberworld in Mar-06. It was sold to Iberworld's Portuguese subsidiary Orbest Airlines as CS-TRA in May-07.
It was wet-leased to Novair Sweden in Nov-07 and returned to Orbest in Apr-08. The winter wet-lease to Novair Sweden was repeated between Oct-08 / Apr-09 and again between Oct-09 / Apr-10.
The aircraft was sub-leased, long term, to Air Europa as EC-LKE in Dec-10. It was returned to Orbest in Jul-12 with a recurring technical problem. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Lisbon, Portugal.
Using Airbus flight numbers the aircraft was returned to Airbus at Toulouse in Sep-12 for some spannering and a few test flights before returning to Orbest at Madrid in late Oct-12. Whatever the problem was, it was still there and the aircraft ferried back to Airbus at Toulouse three days later.
After some hangar time and multiple test flights with Airbus it returned to Orbest in Dec-12. It must have been OK as it was wet-leased to Turkish Airlines in Jan-13. It wasn't with Turkish for long as Orbest ceased operations on 14-Feb-13 and Turkish Airlines returned it direct to the CIT Aerospace.
It was parked at Istanbul and re-registered EC-LVL in Mar-13. It was leased to Air Europa at the end of Apr-13. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Palma, Mallorca, Spain in Mar-20 at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
It was ferried to Hondo, TX, USA in early Nov-20 and returned to the lessor as OE-IRD. Four years on it's now 22.5 years old and still stored at Hondo and is quite possibly permanently retired. Updated 18-Dec-24.
The Aronde and Ariane series were replaced by the new 1300 and 1500, presented at the Salon de Genève, March 1963.
The car was well received because of the good driving quality and his body with its modern look.
The side strips aren't original.
1290 cc 4 cylinder engine.
Production 1300/1500 Series: April 1963-late 1966.
Original first reg. number: 1963.
New French reg. number: 1980 (Aisne).
Number seen: 1.
See also: www.musee-automobile-reims-champagne.com/en
Reims (Marne, Fr.), Musée Automobile Reims-Champagne, Avenue Georges Clémenceau, July 26, 2019.
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Replacing a digital photo with a better version 14-Aug-19, plus DeNoise AI 21-Feb-23.
With additional GTI Travel titles on the engines.
Named: "Sun", right side livery.
This aircraft was delivered to the GPA Group Ltd and leased to Leisure International Airways (trading as Air UK Leisure) as G-UKLA in Oct-88. Between Oct-89/Apr-90 it was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines.
It was leased to Malaysia Airlines again for the winter season 1990/91, this time as 9M-MLC, returning as G-UKLA in Jun-91. For the winter of 1995/96 it was leased to Modiluft India as VT-MGE and was stored on it’s return in Aug-96. It became G-ULKA again in Apr-97, but only briefly.
Air UK and Air UK Leisure were owned by KLM and in Jun-97 they were merged into KLM. G-UKLA was re-registered PH-BPA and continued in service with KLM until, after a brief wet lease to Air Mediterranee, it was returned to the lessor in Mar-01.
It was leased to Turkish charter company Sky Airlines the following month as TC-SKA and operated with them for seven years. In Feb-08 it was returned to the lessor and sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest (Trustee) as N865FC.
It was converted to freight configuration at Tel Aviv, Israel in Dec-08 and leased to BlueBird Cargo Iceland in Mar-09 as TF-BBH. Bluebird Cargo became Bluebird Nordic in Jan-18 although the aircraft titles still show Bluebird Cargo. Now 34.5 years old, it continues in service. Current, updated 13-Feb-23.
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Eagle -- Crobidoll B-line Yuri
Elyse -- Volks SDgr Lorina
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 24-Apr-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Air New Zealand as ZK-NCH in Oct-94. It was returned to ILFC in Oct-06 and immediately leased to flyGlobespan.com as G-CEFG.
The aircraft was sub-leased to Air India for 2 weeks in Apr-07. It was sub-leased to Air India again between May-07/Sep-08. flyGlobespan ceased operations in Dec-09 while the aircraft was operating a series of charter flights for the UK Royal Air Force.
It was returned to ILFC and was initially stored at RAF Brize Norton, UK. In Jan-10 it was ferried to Miami for further storage and was re-registered N411LF in Mar-10.
The aircraft was due to be leased to Luzair (Portugal) as CS-TQQ but the lease was cancelled just before delivery. Instead it was leased to Omni Air International (USA) in Sep-10 and was re-registered N396AX in Jan-11.
In Oct-16 the aircraft was returned to the lessor and sold to Cargo Aircraft Management Inc. It was converted to full freighter configuration with a main-deck cargo door at Tel Aviv, Israel in Mar-17. Blended winglets were also added at this time.
It was leased to ATI Air Transport International in mid-Apr-17. The aircraft was re-registered N347AZ at the end of the month and is operated by ATI on behalf of Amazon Prime Air. Current, updated 06-Nov-21.
I also have a photo of this with flyGlobespan.com at...
Sony RX100 MkI test
All hand-held photos taken with the Sony on a rainy & misty day.
I bought myself a pocket-sized Sony RX100 MkI compact online to replace my old Canon G9.
The G9 is a great camera but not so good at high ISO’s whereas the Sony is pretty decent up to ISO1600.
I got a great deal online ($375), so decided to go with the old version of this camera.
The new versions (now up to MkIV) sell for up to $1200 dollars which is way more than what I wanted to pay.
Later versions have faster lenses and wider focal lengths, built-in EVF, and better video.
The Sony RX100 is a great camera!
The image quality from RAW files in such a small body is quite impressive.
You can really customise the rear controls to put most of the important functions like exposure compensation, ISO, and white balance at your fingertips.
It’s great not having to dive into the menus to change settings.
The high ISO performance is pretty good as well - up to ISO800 is fairly clean and ISO1600 is definitely acceptable.
I’ve even managed to get some usable gig and astro shots with it!
Some users reckon that its good at up to ISO3200, but the image quality is not so great in my opinion.
Auto-ISO works quite well too.
Video (1080p HD) is pretty impressive for a compact camera.
The built in pop-up flash is not that great though.
There is that shutter lag that you get with most compacts too.
There are times when I get tired of lugging around heavy DSLR gear, so its great to have a lightweight camera I can use.
I bought the Sony to basically take with me wherever I go, and I’m enjoying having it in my kit quite a lot.
Sony are really making some innovative camera gear these days and are shaking things up in the camera world!
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 02-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
HISTORY UPDATED - Permanently retired (COVID-19)...
Fleet No: "273".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKZ, this aircraft was delivered to US Airways as N673UW in May-00. It was re-registered N273AY in Aug-06.
US Airways was merged into American Airlines in Apr-15. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and stored at Roswell, NM, USA.
In late summer 2020 American made the decision to permanently retire the whole A330 fleet and it continued to be stored at Roswell. Updated 02-Jan-21.
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 13-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 29-Jan-23.
In basic Trans Meridian livery with Dan-Air titles.
Originally delivered as a standard DC-7 to United Airlines as N6348C in Sep-57, it only served as a passenger aircraft for 3 years and was converted by United to DC-7B(F) standard with two main-deck cargo doors in Dec-60.
It was sold to Trans World Leasing Ltd in Dec-64, re-registered G-ATAB in Jan-65 and leased to Trans Meridian Flying Service. It was returned to Trans World Leasing in Mar-66 and was immediately leased to Dan-Air London.
Dan-Air bought it in Dec-66 and it continued in service until it was retired at their engineering base at Lasham, Hants, UK, in Jun-69 (an operational life span of only 12 years!). It was broken up there in Aug-73.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Apr-17.
This aircraft was delivered to ANA All Nippon Airlines as JA8967 in Aug-96. After 21 years in service it was permanently retired at San Bernardino, CA, USA in Jun-18 and broken up there in 2018.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 27-Dec-24.
This aircraft was delivered to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-BGJ in Jan-04. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Karachi, Pakistan in Jul-24. Stored, updated 27-Dec-24.
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The world is alive now, in and outside our home
You run through the forest, settle before the sun
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me
You should come back home, back on your own now
- "Ragged Wood" by Fleet Foxes
Just a note, but I choose any lyrics after I take, edit, and post the photo.
View on black!
Sheet series! Today was my first legit shoot with my new camera, and I think this turned out really well. The basic concept was a feral yet elegant forest nymph. This was taken in the woods on our campus. My friend Sarah, once again, modeled. She really knows her angles and how to pose well. She also really knows how to take initiative and risks with her posing. I love that about her.
Funny story from when we were shooting. Sarah was just wearing a bra and pants underneath the sheet, and as we were shooting, someone was running on one of the paths near us. It was really awkward, but we still kept shooting. It was also freezing. Sarah's a real trooper. :)
Finally, I am really learning to use the manual setting on my camera, and it's so fantastic.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 11-Nov-20, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Apr-24.
Named: "Usti Nad Labem" (name is above the shield aft of the forward door).
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1876B, this aircraft was delivered to CSA Czech Airlines as OK-CGH in Mar-97. It was sold to Mauritania Airlines as 5T-CLA in Jan-11.
The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Nouakchott, Mauritania in Jan-16, It was registered to CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Ltd (date unknown but possibly Jan-18) and remained stored at Nouakchott.
It's still shown as 'stored' in most databases but hasn't flown for 8 years, It's now 27 years old and I'd say it's probably permanently retired. Updated 02-Apr-24.
Amtrak Capitol Corridor train 745 is westbound on the track 1 bridge at Benicia with P42 186 leading Charger 2103.
Pulled 3 ticks off Erie and at least 15 off myself for this one. There could be more I haven't found yet. Ridiculous.
Replacing a photo taken 08-May-11 with a better version 28-Jun-16.
Left side with additional '22kg Baggage allowance' and 'Allocated seats' titles
First flown with the Boeing test registration N5573K, this aircraft was delivered to China Southern Airlines as B-2803 in Nov-87. It was retired and stored at Guangzhou, China in Sep-06. In Nov-06 it was sold to The Dart Group Plc as G-LSAI and leased to Jet2.com. The aircraft suffered a serious tail-strike on landing at Alicante, Spain on 10-Apr-17. It was temporarily repaired and ferried back to Manchester, UK on 06-May-17. The aircraft was then 30 years old and I thought it may have been too expensive to repair. However I was forgetting that it was Jet2 and it returned to service at the end of May-17. Now 32.25 years old, it continues in service. Current, updated (Feb-20).
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Nov-20, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 05-Apr-23.
Martinair only kept their A320's for just over 4 years.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWDE, this aircraft was delivered to SALE Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise and leased to Martinair as PH-MPE in Mar-03 and returned to the lessor in Nov-07.
It was leased to Etihad Airways as A6-EIB in Dec-07. The aircraft was sub-leased to Air Seychelles as S7-SIL in Jul-15 and returned to Etihad in Aug-19 when it was stored at Abu Dhabi. It was moved to Hyderabad, India in Dec-19 for continued storage and returned to the lessor in Aug-20.
It was leased to SmartLynx Airlines - Malta as 9H-SLB two weeks later and, because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was stored at Malta on delivery. The aircraft was ferried to St. Athan, Wales, UK in Sep-20.
It never entered service and was permanently retired at St. Athan, Wales, UK. It was broken up there in Mar-23.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a slightly better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 08-Dec-24
Dates appearing in this history are approximate. This aircraft was delivered to Balkan - Bulgarian Airlines as LZ-BTN in 1990. It was wet-leased to Lao Airlines, Laos around Nov-91 and returned to Balkan - Bulgarian in Spring 1992.
It was wet-leased to Palair Macedonia around May-92 and returned to Balkan - Bulgarian by Apr-94. The aircraft was sold to Hemus Air, Bulgaria as LZ-HMN in Mar-01. It was sold to BH Air - Balkan Holidays around May-02.
The aircraft was sold to Aeroflot Russian Airlines as RA-85765 in Aug-05. It was noted still in service in Sep-10 but by Jul-11 it was operational with the Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School - UVAUGA (still in basic Aeroflot livery with Cyrillic 'UVAUGA' titles). It was eventually retired and broken up but I don't know where or when! Updated 08-Dec-24
Pope Pascal had the church of Santa Prassede constructed in the ninth century. It replaced an earlier construction from the fifth century. According to tradition, St. Praxedis was the daughter the Roman senator Pudens who hosted St. Peter in his home when he was in Rome.
The mosaic program of the arch and apse are based on a similar program found in the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian also in Rome.
The theme depicts the scene of heavenly worship in the book of Revelation chapters 4 & 5. The prophet John has a vision of heaven in which he sees a jeweled throne and upon it sitting a lamb as if slain. Here the lamb, who represents Christ, is seen in the medallion at the top center. On either side of the lamb are seven lamp stands, which John describes in his first vision of Christ in chapter 1. The winged creatures are symbols of the evangelists, based on descriptions of the cherubim in the Hebrew Bible.
John describes a group of 24 elders who hymn and worship the lamb. These can be seen divided into groups of twelve. They hold aloft wreaths as offerings. These are often understood to be representations of the 12 patriarchs of Israel and the 12 apostles.
In the apse, Christ descends on the clouds of heaven on the last day where he is met by saints Peter and Paul who present to him St. Praxedis and her sister St. Pudenziana. St Zenon is also present (right), while Pope Pascal stands on the left. He is the only figure with a square halo, which indicates that he was alive when the mosaic was set. Above Christ, the hand of the Father emerges from heaven ready to bestow the crown of victory.
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Nov-21 (DeNoise AI)
Operated on behalf of Jersey European by European Aviation.
This photo was taken just a few days before it was returned to European Aviation.
Jersey European became British European and then FlyBe Airlines.
First flown as G-AVMK in Aug-68, this aircraft was delivered to BEA British European Airways in Sep-68.
BEA merged with BOAC to form British Airways in Jul-74. It was retired and stored at Bournemouth, UK in Dec-92. The aircraft was sold to European Aviation in May-93.
It was leased to Subsidiary company European Air Charter in Apr-94. It was returned to European Aviation in Mar-95, only to be leased to European Air Charter 8 days later and wet-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines the following day.
It was returned to European Air Charter in Dec-95. The aircraft was wet-leased to Jersey European Airways in Mar-97. It was returned to European Aviation in Oct-98.
After 30 years in service, the aircraft was retired at Bournemouth UK later the same month. It was broken up there in Feb-00.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 09-Jan-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 17-Apr-25.
Leased from / operated by NAYSA Aero Taxis.
This aircraft was delivered to Transair France as N22120 in Dec-97, it was transferred on delivery to Transair USA Inc. They sold it to the Aircraft Credit Corporation in Jan-98 and it was sold on to Kansas Beechcraft Leasing Inc the same day.
The aircraft was leased to Proteus Airlines (France) as F-GRPM the following day. Proteus Airlines was merged into Compagne Aerienne Europeenne Regional (Regional Airlines) in Apr-01.
It was returned to the lessor in Oct-02 and leased to NAYSA Aero Taxis (Spain) as EC-IJO a few days later. It was wet-leased to Binter Canarias in early 2005 and returned to NAYSA in 2006.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor and sold to B & I Aviation (Dubai) in Sep-09. In Oct-09 it was leased to Safari Plus, operating as Safari Express Airways (Tanzania) as 5H-SPB. It was noted at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in Jun-18 and appears to have been operational until early Sep-24. No further information. Updated 17-Apr-25.
File: 2016001-0101
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Lulu modelling and photographed in casual outfit. Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, 29th January 2016.
She is seen here, modelling in a light brown and cream coloured stripped faux fur coat made by Quality Fashion, bought second-hand from a charity shop. She is wearing her own black scoop neckline top, with her own dark blue jeans. She is wearing a pair of black high heels. The photographs were taken in front of a studio backdrop, using a Nikon D200 DSLR.
In 1985, when I was at a deaf school in my last year, I decided to get into doing photography as a career. It is the kind of off-beat job that I would like to do, so I tried to apply for a college course studying photography. But the hearing teachers, my own family, family friends, career advisors, and even the social workers, told me that I should not do photography as a job because I am deaf.
In those days here in the United Kingdom, there were discrimination against disabled people, as there weren’t much laws protecting our rights at that time. My mother told me I can’t do photography, because I’m deaf with speech impaired.
I tried to make an effort to get them into helping me get a college course, studying photography. But they got me on a training course at college, instead of a proper serious course. From 1987 to 1989, I spent two days studying traditional graphic design while at college, with three days work experience for a professional photographer as part of my training course, mainly as photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician.
I admit that I became hooked on doing graphic design, so in additional to wanting to become a photographer, I decided I want to become a graphic designer as a second option.
After leaving college, I attempted to get a job working either in photography or graphic design, but as I mentioned earlier, in those days, there were still discrimination against the disabled people, so employers are likely to favour hearing people over deaf people.
For a few years, I continue to do my own photography and my own graphic design projects at home, in order to keep up my skills, while at same time, trying to find a job. Then I got married, and started a family life, but divorced her and I became a full-time single parent, so everything was put on hold for a while, until the kids were much older.
Finally, in the United Kingdom, we got The Equality Act 2010, that would protect our rights.
Few years later, while my kids were old enough to attend full-time school, I resumed my own projects, mainly to refresh my skills. I would need to improve my portfolio if I were to try to apply for a job, or may even consider going freelance. One of the graphic design projects I planned to do, requested a female model.
So I searched online, looked at some of the modelling agencies and model booking websites.
I booked Lulu for a two-hours outdoors photo-shoot in Newport, Gwent, South Wales. I arrived at her home, met up with her, and went through the details of the photo-shoot. We went into city centre, and I found a perfect location for my needs, did the photo-shoot for my graphic design project.
When the outdoors photo-shoots were done, there was still time to spare, I think maybe one and half hour of the booked two-hours slot was used up, leaving maybe half hour left.
I think that both she and her husband didn’t think it was right, I think they feel like they were overcharging me for less time used, or something like that. They were nice and polite, and they allowed me to use up what was left of the booked timeslot. They pointed out that they have a small makeshift studio in their spare bedroom, and suggested I could use it for some indoor photo-shoots, use what was left of the booked timeslot to do more photographs if I wish to do so. I figured why not? Not only that I would get my money’s worth, but also take a chance to do more refresher photography.
And this is one of the series of photos I took in the remaining half hour of the booked timeslot.
Point of note: Lulu had left a glowing and positive review on my profile, on the model booking website, pointing out that despite my being deaf with speech impaired, she had found working with me a pleasure and enjoyable.
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This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
I don't know. I might replace this later, but probably not.
So, I think I might be taking a break. I've been feeling pretty discouraged about everything, and it's ruining everything I enjoyed about photography, when it shouldn't. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being a big baby. But yeah. I'm going to slow down on the picture taking, and focus more on saving up for a house. ::crossing my fingers my camera doesn't break in the process:: I'll still be taking pictures and such, and probably posting to Facebook, but I'll be posting to Flickr a lot less for awhile. I need to feel the inspiration/love I first had. Now, I just feel frustrated with everything I do. I won't bore you with all the details. I'll still be checking out streams, when I can, and stuff like that. :) Hopefully when I come back, I'll have something amazing to show you guys.
::sigh:: Worst part is, I just renewed my Pro. Oy. >_<
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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 01-Oct-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 16-Mar-23.
"Mule Deer" tail design (right side) / *Snowy Owl" (leftside), Fleet No: "270".
Originally delivered to Maersk Air as OY-MBZ in Nov-81, this aircraft was returned to Polaris Aircraft Leasing in Jun-90 and leased to Dragonair (Hong Kong) as VR-HYN. It returned to Polaris as N170PL in Sep-93.
It was leased to Aero Costa Rica in early Oct-93 and returned to Polaris in Apr-96. It was leased to Frontier Airlines in Jun-96 and was re-registered N270FL in Aug-96.
It returned to Polaris in Oct-02 and was stored. Sold to Bellview Airlines (Nigeria) in Mar-03 as 5N-BFM, it was retired and stored at Lagos in late 2012 and was last noted still there in Jan-15.
Replacing an earlier scanned phoro with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 30-Jul-24.
Taken into a low sun on a misty Manchester Morning.
First flown as G-PRIN in Nov-89 as a standard B.Ae 146-200, this aircraft was converted to a 'QC' version with a main-deck cargo door in May-90 and delivered to Princess Air in Jun-90.
It was repossessed by British Aerospace in Feb-91 and re-registered G-6-148. It was leased to Air UK as G-BTIA in Mar-91 for 2 months, returning to British Aerospace in May-91.
It was leased to BAF British Air Ferries the following month. They briefly sub-leased it British Airways in Jun-92 before returning it to B.Ae in Sep-92. It was leased to Safair (South Africa) as ZS-NCB in Oct-92 and returned to B.Ae Asset Management in Feb-95.
The aircraft was stored until it was leased to Titan Airways as G-ZAPK in Apr-96. It was sub-leased to Meridiana in May-96 for 1 month and Titan Airways bought it in Feb-97.
As well as being used on Titan's own charter services it was leased to Jersey European Airways (Mar/Jun-97), CityJet (Jan/Dec-01), British Airways Citiexpress (Jun/Aug-02) and Scot Airways (May-05/Aug-06). It was retired by Titan in Nov-13 and stored.
It was due to be sold in Australia to Skyforce Aviation as VH-SJF but that didn't happen (Skyforce Aviation ceased operations in May-15 but was later rebranded as Pionair).
It remained stored until it was sold to Pionair Australia as VH-SAZ in Nov-17. Still in Titan Airway black livery with the orange sun and Pionair titles. The aircraft seems to operate intermittently and was parked at Cairns, QLD, Australia in Nov-21. It was back in service by Aug-22. Stored again, date unknown. Updated 29-Jul-24.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 12-Jul-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 01-Sep-24.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWIF, this aircraft was leased to ACES Colombia as VP-BVB in Nov-97. ACES ceased operations in Aug-03, the aircraft was repossessed and stored at Nimes, France.
It stayed at Nimes for 18 months until It was re-registered with the temporary French registration F-WQUO in Feb-05 and then leased to Valuair (Singapore) as 9V-VLD later the same month.
It returned to the lessor in May-06 and was immediately leased to Lotus Airlines (Egypt) as SU-LBG. Lotus Airlines ceased operations in May-11 and the aircraft was repossessed again, re-registered N416AC and stored at Dublin, Ireland.
It was leased to Zest Airways (Philippines) as RP-C8994 in Nov-11. Zest was renamed Philippines Air Asia in Jan-16. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Jul-18 and permanently retired at Kemble, UK. It was broken up at Kemble in Nov-18.
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 03-Jan-25.
Operated for Lufthansa by Lufthansa CityLine.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-6-317, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa CityLine as D-AVRR in Dec-97 and operated on behalf of Lufthansa.
It was transferred to Lufthansa Regional in Feb-07, still operated by Lufthansa CityLine. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Cologne, Germany in Aug-12.
In Jul-13 the aircraft was sold to Linea Aerea EcoJet, Bolivia as CP-2814. It continued in service until mid Oct-24 when it was parked at Cochabamba, Bolivia.
In early Nov-24 it was ferried via Lima, Peru to an unknown location for storage, using it's registration as callsign. Possibly permanently retired? Updated 03-Jan-25.
Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 14-Oct-19.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKT in Jun-04, this aircraft was originally an A330-203 but was modified to A330-202 standard before delivery. It was delivered to GECAS General Electric Capital Aircraft Services and leased to Qatar Airways as A7-AFM in Sep-04.
It was returned to the lessor in Sep-16 and returned to Airbus A330-203 standard. It was re-registered D-AXGF in Oct-16 and leased to Sun Express Airlines Germany for operation on behalf of Eurowings. The aircraft was temporarily stored at Frankfurt, Germany in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Sun Express Germany was closed down by joint owners Lufthansa & Turkish Airlines in late Jun-20 and the aircraft was moved to Dusseldorf for further storage. It was transferred to Lufthansa Technik in Jul-20 and moved back to Frankfurt for storage.
In Jul-21 it was transferred to Eurowings Discover and operates long-haul leisure services on previous Lufthansa routes to the Caribbean, Central America and East Africa, as well as some long-haul services for Lufthansa (such as Frankfurt / Atlanta and Frankfurt to destinations in Canada). Current, updated 07-Dec-22.