Recently I was invited to take part in a rather fun activity. The Liverpool Museum holds a large stock library of photos of Liverpool throughout the years and they thought it might be nice to get a modern take on them. They invited a variety of Liverpool based photographers to reproduce the photographs of Stewart Bale over a period of about 40 years. We were allowed to either try and reproduce the exact shot or do a modern take on it. Some photos would have been impossible to reproduce so people had to get creative. I chose to reproduce a shot of the Pier Head. I went out on the ferry on 2 occasions trying to get the right tide but it didn't happen. In the end I came to the conclusion that any shot I do of the pier head would be a document of how it looks now. Due to the sinking of the current ferry dock the ferry now docks in almost the same spot as the boat in the shot did back in 1959. This was lucky for me as it allowed me to get a similar angle. The ferry was busy that day which helped get the people in the shot. I used HDR to make the photo a little different, a bit more modern. I figured why not. Its by a current photographer so I might as well show how technology has changed too. The difference in photographic techniques from 59 to 06. You can view the exhibit online at the Liverpool museum site.
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Matt said:You need to find something else to do other than HDR
Yours is by far the best photograph from the 2006 selection though!
I figure that no-one else is doing HDR shots of Liverpool so that gives me an edge
There are some good shots in the selection. I love the shot of the neon shop front.
Did this is part of my frst degree year in paris with Eugene Atget, its suprising fun.
I find not to just copy the situations is betetr but learn the style they tried to convey and reproduce that, as well as some reproduction of identical shots.
I find not to just copy the situations is betetr but learn the style they tried to convey and reproduce that, as well as some reproduction of identical shots.
