The sunlight was beautiful today and the skies were so clear! So I thought I would use this to my advantage in some of the photographs.
The first item of interest that I discovered on Bold Street was the 'Hug' statue. I have seen this statue many times before, but I personally thought that the trees looked luscious and the sunlight just creeping through made this a good scene to capture. The sculptor is Stephen Broadbent and the statue was unveiled 19th September 1990. It represents the slave trade and building bridges between different races, particularly aimed at students (Me!).
I thought that I should take a close up photograph just to show the texture and colour of the statue a bit better. I prefer the first image over this, however this does have a better quality due to the close foreground object.
Of course, you cant go into Liverpool city centre with a camera and not take a photograph of our iconic St. Johns Beacon (now the 'RadioCity tower'). The tower is 453ft tall and you can see it from pretty much anywhere in Liverpool! I love the tower because it is our very own 'Seattle space needle', being an infamous image of our city.
In the image, as you can see, the sun is just hitting one side of the tower, giving it a wonderful shade on the opposite side. the contrast of the strict shade and light areas make the tower almost look 2D. I cropped the image because unfortunately my foreground was very busy with people and traffic. The image is unusual because a clear blue sky doesn't usually surround to tower, never mind appear over Liverpool!
Bold Street. One of the busiest places in Liverpool. But to stand back and actually look at the street, it is a picaresque city centre image. With the busy shoppers and business people filling the street, and the various coloured signs of the shops, and to top it off, St. Lukes standing tall in the background of the image. St. Lukes, or as we local people know it 'the bombed out church', can from most angles seem dilapidated; however from this end of Bold Street it shows the intact spire which stands tall and proud.
This image is very poor quality I know, but the time of day and the busyness of the street just made me want to take the photograph. Hopefully I can improve on this image in the near future.
Not really a well know building in town, but I think that it is one of the best. Simply a Costa Coffee Shop; this building is at one of the entrances to Liverpool One. All of the surrounding buildings are grey, very bland and boring. This brings a lot of life to the street and shows the modern aspect to the shopping centre. It is very artistic and becomes more of an architectural masterpiece rather than just a coffee shop. I have always referred to this building as 'crayons' because that is exactly what I see when I look up at these fantastic steel poles.
Again I have taken a closer image just because the camera I am currently using seems to work better with this sort of image. The vibrant colours are even more visible in this image and the perfect measurements of each pole is clear.
Most people who visit Liverpool as tourists are looking for Beatles related locations. HMV have taken advantage of this iconic image by putting it in the biggest shop window in the city in the most popular area of the city; Liverpool One. The Beatles live on throughout the streets of Liverpool through various things such as hotels, exhibitions, etc. For my final photograph I thought this would be fitting, considering most of my photographs are iconic Liverpool related images.
Today has been a learning curve for me, because I am trying to develop my photography skills. Of course things can only get better, so I hope you will check back with me to see my progress! I love being from Liverpool and so taking photographs of things that I see day to day has been a good experience. I hope to do more days out like this!
Speak soon!
Speak soon!
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