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Preston in the Picture: Stella Hall

5th, February 2012 by Paul Melling

This week’s ‘Preston in the Picture’ photograph is a portrait of Stella Hall. Stella is the Festival Director for Preston Guild 2012 and while most of the pictures I take for this blog will inevitably be scenic shots of one form or another, I also want to include the occasional portrait. This is the second of the weekly photos to have a Preston Guild theme [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 31/01/12

1st, February 2012 by Joseph Stashko

Here are this week’s offerings for the Preston Photo Digest, collecting the best photographs of Preston on a weekly basis. All of these images have been compiled from the Preston Flickr Group, but if you’ve got a photograph that you think deserves to be included, get in touch at joseph(@)blogpreston.co.uk. I’ll also be updating and including a map of Preston (you can see it at the bottom [...]

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Preston in the Picture: The Museum of Lancashire

29th, January 2012 by Paul Melling

The completely revamped Museum of Lancashire opened its doors to the public again towards the end of last year and the good news is, it is completely free to visit for the first 12 months. The museum is much bigger than it looks from the outside. In fact it manages to house a fascinating range of exhibits and even finds room for a cafe [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 26/01/12

26th, January 2012 by Joseph Stashko

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Preston in the Picture: River Ribble Sunset

22nd, January 2012 by Paul Melling

Everybody likes a good sunset, right? Well I’m hoping that’s the case because this week’s photograph of Preston was taken from a spot that is popular with photographers and anglers alike – the Bull Nose at Preston Docks. From a fisherman’s point of view it is a good spot to fish the River Ribble with easy parking and it’s close to local amenities. They say [...]

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Photographer seeks funding for exhibition mixing the old and new faces of Preston

20th, January 2012 by Ed Walker

A Preston photographer who has been working on a project to re-create classic photographs of the city is looking for funding to stage an exhibition. Lea-based snapper Bernie Blackburn wants to show off his photos, which have involved re-shooting old black and white photos of Preston in the same place to contrast the modern day city with days gone by. His photographs have been displayed [...]

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Photo Digest 18/01/2011

18th, January 2012 by Joseph Stashko

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Preston in the Picture: Guild Year

15th, January 2012 by Paul Melling

One thing is for certain, 2012 is going to be an exciting year to be in Preston. You only have to look at the Blog Preston website to see just how much is planned for the City over the next 12 months in was is a Guild year. And the good news of course is that this means there will be plenty of opportunities for [...]

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Preston in the Picture: Red telephone boxes

8th, January 2012 by Paul Melling

As a photographer I am always looking for new challenges and with the start of the new year I thought it would be good to try and capture more images of my home town. So the challenge I set myself was to produce one image per week for Blog Preston. In the main I am aiming to create new images rather than uploading ones I [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 15/12/11

14th, December 2011 by Joseph Stashko

Here are this week’s offerings for the Preston Photo Digest, collecting the best photographs of Preston on a weekly basis, this time with a slightly Christmassy theme. All of these images have been compiled from the Preston Flickr Group, but if you’ve got a photograph that you think deserves to be included, get in touch at joseph(@)blogpreston.co.uk. I’ll also be updating and including a map of Preston [...]

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