Apologies for the lack of posts recently; a combination of the day jobs, and also the joys of the HMRC Self Assessment have rather curtailed creativity. To make up for that, here's some shots by me -Amy- from an evening out at the Blackpool Illuminations Friday just gone.
The annual pilgrimage to Blackpool Illuminations was canned last year because of Covid, and we weren't going to bother this year either until we found out that the season had been extended. So after work on Friday we headed off to the seaside...
We went up from Starr Gate to the Tower by tram, rather than walk all the way as we have in previous years (Long Covid means we're not as healthy as we were, sadly) so we could get to the most lit-up area nice and early. The new Christmas Tour tram was passing as we arrived.
New for this year, this dome of lights.
The point of the expedition was for me to test the settings on my new SLR; apart from a wedding in the summer and some train shots, I've not had chance to test it on long-exposure pics before tonight.
After some pics and a bit of a stroll to North Pier, we got back on the trams and up to Bispham.
The only Illuminated Tram running was the Frigate; usually we visit around the half term when there's four of them running, so we had to make do with just this one.
A bit of a walk to Cabin then we got the tram back to Tower, and I got some shots with the big wheel, one of my favourite spots on the promenade for photographs.
We were only there for a few hours, but it's at least allowed me to get a few more shots for the Light Trails body of work, and figure out the best settings for long-exposure shots with my new camera. Hopefully a return visit at the height of the season in 2022 will be on the cards...
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