From the City Guide to Valencia:
the Mercado Central is a masterpiece of modernist architecture. Designed in 1914 by Francisco Guardia and Alejandro Soler it was inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII in 1928. With a surface area of over 8000 square meters, inside you can find almost whatever in the more than 1000 selling posts: fresh fish, vegetables, meat, fruit... You must go inside to feel the atmosphere of the market, and being surrounded by the smells and colours of this place.So there was I, wondering around the market with a wide angled lens hoping to capture some rich candid shots. The demeur of the butcher, as he watched me approach with my Nikon was such that I didn't feel safe photographing him surreptitiously and I nervously pointed to my camera and made signs with my face and shoulders which I intended to say, "Would you mind terribly if I photographed you?" This is his pose and not a word was exhanged between the two of us! I hurriedly left the market, checking over my shoulder as I went.
Two more of my images have been awarded "Gold" in image competitions organised by the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographer (SWPP). Gold images are deemed to be images of the highest standard. They will go forward to the annual judging and winners are announced at the Society's Annual Awards Dinner in London in January. They are also published in "Professional Imagemaker" magazine. I have Gold images in the Landscape, Monochrome, Sport and Travel categories.
"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires."
A very prominent funnel shaped water tower occupies the high point in this riverless town, seen here in the distance from Drumballyroney Church.
This is a piece of driftwood which I spotted as we travelled the Great Ocean Road, Australia.
This is Dromore Cathedral. Of course this image wasn't taken 11 hours after the other, just the two places are 11 hours apart on the other side of the world!
The parade made it's way through Princes Street to the War Memorial at Market Square. After the Act of Remembrance the parade made it's way to a service at Dromore Cathedral.
Thoughts.....
Memories.....
Pride.....
From the City Guide to Valencia: the Mercado Central is a masterpiece of modernist architecture. Designed in 1914 by Francisco Guardia and Alejandro Soler it was inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII in 1928. With a surface area of over 8000 square meters, inside you can find almost whatever in the more than 1000 selling posts: fresh fish, vegetables, meat, fruit... You must go inside to feel the atmosphere of the market, and being surrounded by the smells and colours of this place.
