Royal Albert Bridge

After many years of neglect work has started to refurbish the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash Cornwall. Much investigation been done to find out the original colour that Brunel chose. This though is not to be the colour and time will tell what that will be, it has to look better than it does now though.

I intend to regularly photograph the progress of the refurbishment programme over the coming months and upload the results to my web site at www.alanpackerphotography.co.uk/Local%20History.html

I hope this will be an interesting project and will document it for future history.

Close of business

After many happy years trading as Alan Packer Photography, I have decided to take early retirement, but I am retaining my website as a personal showcase, if you would like to see what I have now included on my site click on this link www.alanpackerphotography.co.uk

This is where I shall be placing any new images, hopefully on a regular basis, if you would like to be informed about any new image updates, please use the contact page to show your interest.

Also, if you have any questions on photography, please feel free to join the forum.

Atlantic Rowing Race 2009

I was pleased to be asked to photograph an ocean rowing boat that is being entered into the Atlantic Rowing Race 2009 http://www.atlanticrowingrace09.com/ as it was being loaded onto a trailer at Wood Vale Challenge based near Landrake Cornwall, for transportation to Poole for onward transit to the South Atlantic for the race to start on 6th December from La Gamera Canary Islands to Antigua. See also http://www.woodvale-challenge.com/

It was a challenge to get any images, as the boat was only taken out of the workshop at the last minute and I could only photograph it from 4pm onward, 45 minutes of fading light meant an iso speed of 1000 and eventually flash had to take over as the main lighting.

Website update

Today the website has had a few things added.
Six new images on the Landscape page http://www.alanpackerphotography.co.uk/landscapes.html

I have also added a Forum for any questions anyone has on photography.http://www.alanpackerphotography.co.uk/forum.html Please keep the queries to photographic subjects and keep any posts relative to these queries.
As this feature is new it is still being built upon, so don't worry if there does not seem to be a section for a specific question, just ask away.

Fireworks Championships 2009

This week I had the pleasure of viewing the championships from a boat for the second year running. It was a fantastic trip with beautiful weather, pick up and drop off from Saltash, front row seats and no traffic jams! Lovely to catch up with a few friends from Saltash too. Hope you enjoy looking at a couple of pictures from the first night.

Brighten Your Walls This Summer

I'm offering a great rate on portraits to beat the recession with a free 10" x 8" print included for you to display, no obligation to buy more. I've built a reputation for a high quality, reliable service and love what I do which is reflected in the images I create. With the summer weather how about an environmental portraiture shoot?

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Summer Fairs Aplenty

I was delighted to be invited along to the Plymouth College Preparatory School Summer Fair this month. For anyone wishing to order further prints or cards please see my website gallery: http://www.alanpackerphotography.com/portfolio52320.html and click on individal photographs to order or alternatively email me for an order form.