Newcastle Photo Walk

Newcastle Photo Walk / Photo — 2 Comments
17
Dec 08

Frame it?

I was having a look round the Newcastle/Gateshead Glow Festival last weekend with the boys and girls from the Newcastle Photo Walk and I decided to put some frames on my images when editing.

Standing in Green Light Shopping Projection Looking at the Lights Glow

The comments I received from my images was that frames as part of the edit were not always a good thing; “Distracting” or “Pretentious”.

Knitting the Lights

I know a lot of photographers that use frames on their Flickr uploads and I always think that they look good.  So then what the crack, Frame it or not?

Empty Seats

  • How do you know if you should add a frame to your photos for digital viewing?
  • When is it OK to add a frame?
  • Should framing be kept for prints?

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Newcastle Photo Walk / Video — 9 Comments
30
Oct 08

viD: Hello’s and Mushrooms

viD: Also available on YouTube

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Newcastle Photo Walk / Rant — 4 Comments
8
Sep 08

NCL Photo Walk – The Calder Leadworks.

It was the day after the worst flooding in Morpeth since 1963, heavy rain falling all across the north east, massive train delay in and out of Newcastle and I didn’t bother to bring any decent water proof clothing!

The fourth Newcastle Photo Walk went ahead yesterday and it was a wonder off to wasteland next to Newcastle Metro Arena to find a derelict building.  I found out about the building from Flickr user Arron Cupid.  The waste land the building sits on was the site of Calder Industrial Materials, a lead manufacturer.  The site shut down in 2002 and since I don’t remember it even being their I thought I would have a quick look and see what I could find out about it. Continue reading →

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