Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Liverpool the Musical 2008
Kenny Dalglish, Sue Johnston, Alison Steadman and Cathy Tyson before the start.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tour de France 2009 - Stage 21 Paris - Columbia lead the peloton
Tour de France 2009 - Stage 21 Paris - Columbia lead the peloton
Originally uploaded by www.the-lightbox.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Flickr Group: Not A Crime
I'm a photographer, not a terrorist. Photography is not a crime. Join the Flickr group Not A Crime and show solidarity.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Crosby Stills & Nash, MEN Arena, 10.07.09
Crosby & Nash - its always great to see these two guys together, and Crosby can still do a job on Almost Cut My Hair and Long Time Gone
Crosby Stills & Nash, MEN Arena, 10.07.09
I love Stepehen Stills, I bought all his solo stuff as well as all the CSN&Y. I once had tickets to a gig in Cardiff by his band Manassas, and when they cancelled I didn't bother to go to see the band they put on instead, which turned out to be Bob Marley & the Wailers, so I'm regretting that a bit now.
Crosby Stills & Nash, MEN Arena, 10.07.09
I first saw CSN (&Y) at Wembey Stadium in 1974. I doubt if i'd have beleievd that I'd be watching them in 2009, but here they are at the MEN last night, and they were fantastic. And I got Joe Vitale's drumstick!
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Airbus A300B4-608ST Super Transporter (Beluga) F-GSTB
Airbus Beluga over Liverpool 08.07.09 coming in to Hawarden
Liverpool - Collapsed Crane 08.07.09
The operation begins to lift the collapsed crane from Chandlers Wharf - high winds have prevented the lift so far.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Liverpool - Cranes Before Collapse
Taken on 16th June - crane on right collapsed over Baltic Triangle apartments on the right on Monday July 7th 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Signing The Spin Doctor
Former Downing St spin doctor Alastair Campbell is signed addressing the NHS Conference in Liverpool, 11.06.09
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
North West Coast Aerial Survey
Sefton Council Technical Services Coastal Defence team have commissioned me to produce an aerial survey of the north-west coastline, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Great Orme on the North Wales coast, taking in the river estuaries of the Esk, Eden, Wampool, Esk (Cumbria), Irt, Mite, Duddon, Leven, Gilpin, Lune, Wyre, Douglas, Ribble, Mersey, Dee, and Clwyd. The total length of open coast is 430km, and photographs are to be taken every 1000m. , showing coastline and defences, and intertidal features such as beaches, salt marsh and mud flats.
River estuaries are to be photographed every 200m, along both sides and will show the estuary bank and defences, and features such as salt marsh and mud flats. All photographs will be taken within one hour of low tide, requiring detailed planning around days when low tide occurs at a suitable time, plus calculations of flying time and other logistics. Weather also has to be factored in, unfortunately no amount of planning can influence this part of the job. Photography will be carried out in March 2009, and will be shot on the 24.5 mp Nikon D3x, which will produce highly detailed images.
River estuaries are to be photographed every 200m, along both sides and will show the estuary bank and defences, and features such as salt marsh and mud flats. All photographs will be taken within one hour of low tide, requiring detailed planning around days when low tide occurs at a suitable time, plus calculations of flying time and other logistics. Weather also has to be factored in, unfortunately no amount of planning can influence this part of the job. Photography will be carried out in March 2009, and will be shot on the 24.5 mp Nikon D3x, which will produce highly detailed images.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
D3X Tests in Liverpool, 20.01.09
Just some quick test shots around Liverpool One, One Park West, Albert Dock and Museum of Liverpool Life, using various lenses on the Nikon D3X. This was shot using the 70-200mm VR, with 1.7 TC, so effective focal length 340mm.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
For Sale on Ebay - my spare D3
I am selling one of my D3s as I have just acquired a D3X and sadly cannot justify keeping 3 bodies. This camera has been lovingly cared for in the 12 months I have owned it, and although used professionally, has never been dropped, mis-handled or abused in any way. When not being used, it lives in a hard Peli case, and has not been exposed to harsh environments, or allowed to get wet or dirty. It has mainly been used to shoot live events at Echo Arena Liverpool, which is the sort of work it is ideally suited for, producing superb results in some tricky lighting conditions - many examples of pictures produced by this fabulous camera can be viewed in the image galleries at Lightbox Photography.
The camera is unblemished, the only visible sign of use being some wear on the rubber underside where it has been attached to a monopod. It is in perfect working order, comes with updated firmware and custom Picture Controls from the Nikon web site, and is packaged in the original box, complete with all leads, charger, and Nikon Capture NX software which was bundled with the camera. I am also including a third-party spare battery. The sensor has never required wet cleaning, and has been kept dust-free by use of a hand blower only.
Please check my feedback - I have sold many pieces of photo equipment on Ebay, and every buyer has been 100% satisfied with their purchase - this item is no exception, you will not be disappointed. Everything you have read about the D3 is true, it is a fantastic camera which seems to work better the more difficult the situation.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, at the Cabinet Meeting, held at BT Convention Centre Liverpool, 08.01.09
Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Originally uploaded by lightboxuk
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Liverpool Waterfront By Night
I'll be doing this again as soon as the D3X arrives - more pixels on the subject has to be better
Another Place, Antony Gormley, Crosby Beach 14.12.08
Sunday afternoon at Crosby beach - the only good thing about winter is doing sunsets at 3 in the afternoon
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Graeme Sharp
Sharpie remembers once again that fabulous goal he scored at Anfield to win the derby - I was on the Kop and can still see it flying past Bruce Grobelaar while Mark Lawrenson can only watch in admiration
Monday, December 08, 2008
Friday, December 05, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.08
Alessandro Petacchi of Italy and LPR Brakes claims the stage win ahead of Barloworld's Robbie Hunter
Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.08
Overall winner of the General Classification Geoffroy Lequatre of Agritubel in the yellow jersey
Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.08
Team Columbia's Bradley Wiggins, Barloworld's Daryl Impey and LPR Brakes' Danilo Di Luca, winner of the King of the Mountains competition
Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.08
Sprints winner Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway and Team Columbia
Tour of Britain Stage 8 Finish, Liverpool 14.09.08
Italy's Danilo Di Luca of LPR Brakes, winner of the King of the Mountains competition
Saturday, September 06, 2008
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
La machine Liverpool 2008 - the spider awakes
La Princesse wakes up and walks along the Piazza outside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpoool
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
La Machine Liverpool 2008
A large spider has appeared in Liverpool city centre, clinging to the side of a Concourse House, a 60s office block on Lime St awaiting demolition.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Black Bear, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
We are in Banff on phase one of our Canada trip, which will take us up the Icefield Parkway to Jasper, across to Whistler via Clearwater, then on to Vancouver Island and Vancouver. Driving back to Banff from Lake Louise along the more scenic Bow Valley Parkway, we see a black bear gathering berries just off the roadside.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Simon Kirwan Wins TUC Photo Competition With BT Convention Centre Liverpool Snap
Award-winning Liverpool photographer Simon Kirwan has been awarded first prize in the TUC Liverpool Working Lives photo competition, the TUC’s first element of their programme of events to mark Liverpool’s status as 2008 European Capital of Culture.
With 2008 being Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture, the TUC invited both amateur and professional photographers to display their own images of working life in the city. The panel judging the competition consisted of Alan Manning, Regional Secretary of the NW TUC, Anne Thornton, Arts-Coordinator at the NW TUC and Eddie Barford, Deputy Picture Editor at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, and member of the NUJ, whose Merseyside branch partly sponsored the competition. The photos were judged on the interpretation of the competition’s theme in terms of creativity, atmosphere, originality and impact and also on their composition, focus, lighting, use of colour and exposure.
Anne Thornton, Arts Co-ordinator at the NW TUC said: “We have been extremely impressed by the high standard of pictures submitted to our competition by professionals and amateurs alike. Liverpool’s workers have created a unique photographic record of Liverpool working lives and of how they see their city during 2008, Capital of Culture year. The exhibition will be an opportunity for the public to see the best of the photographs and will be a showcase for the photographers themselves.”
Alan Manning, the TUC’s North West Regional Secretary, said that the competition and the website were an enjoyable way of highlighting working life in Liverpool while the city is in the international spotlight.
He added: “We want to celebrate the contribution of working people to this city and its culture. We are kicking off with a project that is aimed at showing Liverpool at work that is created by Liverpool’s workers. At the end of the competition, we will have an exhibition that we will tour around the region, from the city centre through to Kirkby and Bootle. Liverpool workers will have created a unique photographic record of Liverpool working lives.’’
Normally photographing stars performing on stage like Ringo Starr, Torvill & Dean, Duran Duran, Westlife, Sugababes, Meat Loaf and Paul Simon, resident photographer at Echo Arena Liverpool and BT Convention Centre Liverpool, and NUJ member Simon Kirwan captured his prize-winning picture in the kitchens at an awards dinner at the BT Convention Centre, depicting a team of chefs preparing dinner for delegates. In 2000, Simon was named the Observer Outdoor Photographer of the Year, and as well as photographing live events like the Liverpool Summer Pops for ACC Liverpool, operators of Echo Arena Liverpool and BT Convention Centre Liverpool, is the author of a series of landscape and aerial photography books, and also produces corporate and event photography for a diverse range of clients all over Europe. In 2007, Simon worked on projects in Spain, Holland, Belgium, and Poland, as well as locations all over the UK.
Simon Kirwan is a member of the Association of Photographers, and alongside his event, aerial, architectural, lifestyle marketing, public relations, corporate and advertising photography, has travelled extensively in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa producing images for The Lightbox, one of the UK’s longest-established photography web sites, which houses a collection of over 10,000 travel images, and can be viewed at www.the-lightbox.com
Contact for Media Enquiries:
Simon Kirwan - 07751 621691 - Email: mail@the-lightbox.com
Web: www.the-lightbox.com
Event photography: www.event-photographer.co.uk
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Aerial Photography - Photographing Wales From The Air
What is it about the view from above that is so enthralling? I have always been fascinated by the vistas revealed from high places, and soon discovered that mountain-walking satisfied this longing to look down from a high vantage point. Many of Britain’s highest peaks are more that 3000 feet above sea-level and provide a lofty perch from which to view the surroundings.
The view from the air is different. The observer is no longer rooted to the ground, but instead can soar above it, without the need to follow roads or footpaths. It is possible to take in wide areas at a glance, and gain a far greater understanding of the relationships between the man-made and the natural landscape. From the ground, often only the largest features of the landscape – mountains, rivers, lakes and valleys – can be appreciated for their form and scale. From the air, you can gain a much greater insight: a tidal estuary appears as an intricate network of channels, almost mirroring the roots of a tree; farmland often resembles a patchwork quilt; towns and cities, which may appear formless from the ground, can be seen to have grown around natural features, such as a river or surrounding hills.
Nowhere is this more true than in Wales, where the landscape has largely determined how the built environment has developed. In the north, the major settlements hug the coastline whether they are the coastal resorts of Llandudno and Prestatyn, or the defensive towns of Conwy, Caernarfon and Beaumaris, guarded by the fortresses of Edward I’s castles. Further inland, the rocky cliffs and crags of Snowdonia safeguard the land from too much human encroachment. To the south, the Brecon Beacons mark the northern end of the industrial south. Today, little remains of the mining industry and the valleys that flow down to Cardiff are crammed with former coal and steel towns such as Merthyr Tydfil, Ebbw Vale and Pontypridd.
One of the many glories of Wales is its coastline, and the best way to see it is from the air. The most westerly part of Wales along the Pembroke coast is marked by the rocky headland at St Davids, and the windswept islands of Skokholm and Skomer just off the coast. The aerial viewpoint reveals the full drama of these remote outposts.
I have visited Wales many times over the years. When I look down on the familiar landscape from above I am reminded of the Welsh national anthem and the people who are fortunate to dwell in the country, “in which poets and minstrels rejoice.”
Award-winning principal aerial photographer Simon Kirwan has over 25 years professional experience as an aerial photographer, and is the author of several books of aerial photography, covering England and Wales, titles including Lake District From The Air, and Wales From the Air, and is available for new book publishing and commercial projects. Simon Kirwan was named The Observer Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2000, and is a member of the Association of Photographers and the National Union of Journalists, and is represented by Altitude-Photo, the world's only specialist aerial photographic agency, established by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, author of The Earth From The Air, and The Earth From Above.
Aerial Photography by Simon Kirwan
Travel Photography by Simon Kirwan
Aerial Photography - Photographing the Lake District From The Air
The Lake District is often regarded as a place of lakes and mountains, interspersed with the honeypot tourist-traps of Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere and Keswick, and for many people this is indeed their experience of this most scenic corner of England. But there is much more to the Lake District than this, and from the vantage point of a Cessna 172 light aircraft, the true splendour of Cumbria is laid out in all its diverse glory.
My first taste of Lakeland fells came aged twelve, when I stayed at Barrow House Youth Hostel, near Keswick at Borrowdale, on the banks of Derwentwater. Our school party made the ascent of Sca Fell Pike by the Corridor Route from Seathwaite, and so began my fascination with high places which has taken me to the hills and mountains not only of England, Ireland , Scotland and Wales, but further afield, to the Alps of France and Italy, the High Tatras of Poland and Slovakia, the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, and the Nepal Himalaya.
Since that school trip all those years ago, I have stood on the summit of Sca Fell Pike, and all of the other principal Lakeland peaks many times, in all weathers and in all seasons. This fascination with high places has been enhanced by producing the aerial photography for this book, the Lake District from the Air. Cumbria is revealed anew, from the coastal towns to the west, with their islands and cliffs, to the castles and stone circles of the north, as well as the fells, lakes, rivers and mountains already so familiar from ground level.
Successful aerial photography depends on a combination of factors: the air must be clear, the sky preferably cloudless, and the sun bright. I am very fortunate to fly with a highly experienced and very skilled aerial photographic pilot, who so far has resisted my attempts to persuade him to emulate the feat of 1926, when a light aircraft landed on the summit of Helvellyn. Nearby, Haweswater is the last nesting–place in England of the golden eagle. It has been my great privilege to spy this marvelous landscape from the viewpoint of eagles.
Award-winning principal aerial photographer Simon Kirwan has over 25 years professional experience as an aerial photographer, and is the author of several books of aerial photography, covering England and Wales, titles including Lake District From The Air, and Wales From the Air, and is available for new book publishing and commercial projects. Simon Kirwan was named The Observer Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2000, and is a member of the Association of Photographers and the National Union of Journalists, and is represented by Altitude-Photo, the world's only specialist aerial photographic agency, established by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, author of The Earth From The Air, and The Earth From Above.
Aerial Photography by Simon Kirwan
Travel Photography by Simon Kirwan
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