Infinity Bridge, Stockton
Spent some chilly but pleasant evenings in the Teesside area with my 12 year old son taking pictures for the Rotary Club Photographic competition. This year's theme was 'Lighting Up The Community' and his take on it was places where the lights improve the community hence - Redcar, Saltburn and the Infinity Bridge in Stockton. It was great to be out together and hopefully something we'll do again soon. Having a theme really helped to focus on a subject. I taught him a bit about long exposures too and he got to use the tripod. Our images are broadly similar in terms of settings and composition I guess but to be honest I had as much fun as he did!
Lit by Speirs + Major, the distinctive footbridge over the River Tees has become a symbol of transformation for North East England.
The brief called for an iconic structure as part of the Stockton-on-Tees regeneration of the North Shore site. The resulting footbridge links the north and south shores and provides better access to business and jobs in the area.
Designed by Expedition Engineering, the slender bowstring bridge cuts a distinctive silhouette across the river. A 230m-long concrete walkway is supported by a pair of asymmetric steel arches that appear to skip across the river almost like a pebble skimming water.
Speirs + Major designed the lighting in such a way that the iconic twin arches reflect in the water at night to form the mathematical symbol for infinity (∞).
Infinity Bridge, Stockton
Spent some chilly but pleasant evenings in the Teesside area with my 12 year old son taking pictures for the Rotary Club Photographic competition. This year's theme was 'Lighting Up The Community' and his take on it was places where the lights improve the community hence - Redcar, Saltburn and the Infinity Bridge in Stockton. It was great to be out together and hopefully something we'll do again soon. Having a theme really helped to focus on a subject. I taught him a bit about long exposures too and he got to use the tripod. Our images are broadly similar in terms of settings and composition I guess but to be honest I had as much fun as he did!
Lit by Speirs + Major, the distinctive footbridge over the River Tees has become a symbol of transformation for North East England.
The brief called for an iconic structure as part of the Stockton-on-Tees regeneration of the North Shore site. The resulting footbridge links the north and south shores and provides better access to business and jobs in the area.
Designed by Expedition Engineering, the slender bowstring bridge cuts a distinctive silhouette across the river. A 230m-long concrete walkway is supported by a pair of asymmetric steel arches that appear to skip across the river almost like a pebble skimming water.
Speirs + Major designed the lighting in such a way that the iconic twin arches reflect in the water at night to form the mathematical symbol for infinity (∞).