No Commission	Bird's eye view
Down the tracks	Newcastle's tribute to M.C. Escher
Just a' wandering
Riverside ruins	Circle of life
Swing Bridge
Baltic

As always, comments and constructive criticism welcome

~Shepy

Sadly nowhere online that i can see is showing the new cover design yet, but as its just out of design it could take a while to be updated in most places.

The rest of the photos from that photo shoot can be seen in my Paton’s Mill gallery and in case you missed the last book cover post, it can be found here.

~Shepy

Scott Brown & Co (of Angus) commissioned the initial fireproof brick and stone mill building in 1808 which would go on to become the oldest iron-framed mill in Scotland and the fourth oldest known to survive in the world. Rather aptly this initial building would later to be known as the ‘Old Mill’ to those at Broadford works as others were added to the site. Scott Brown & Co would operate the company here until 1811 when bankruptcy forced the sale of the mill to Sir John Maberly MP, a man credited with the introduction of Jute (a fiberous plant easily spun into threads) to the UK, and also the gentleman after whom the street the mill is on is named after .

The mill underwent massive overhaul and improvements with Maberly starting with gas lighting being installed in 1814-1815, making it the first gas lit industrial complex in Scotland. This gas lighting installation was put in place by Boulton & Watt, a firm which employed William Murdoch who is widely recognised as the pioneer of the gas lighting process played a massive part in the industrial revolution (alongside the Watt Steam Engine, from the same firm) by allowing factories to remain open into the dark evenings, and eventually escalated him to partner in the firm of Boulton & Watt.

Maberly further expanded the production capabilities of the company with the construction of the South Mill from 1820 to 1830, adding a second fireproof spinning mill to the site. This new building was required in part to house the 200 power-looms installed for linen manufacture making it only the second power loom installation in Scotland, looms which continued to operate uninterrupted until at least 1911.

Sadly money worries would hit the mill again in 1834 when Maberly was also declared bankrupt after years of financial wrangling an misgivings, and the works were taken up by Richard’s & Co who already had several sites in Montrose and Rubislaw working in the manufacture of tarpaulins and fire hoses, and would operate the Broadford Works till its eventual closure.

Richards & Co operated a thriving business from the site, employing over 3,000 people at the peak in the early 20th century, and claiming it the title of the largest single employer in Aberdeen. The company made permanent changes to the Aberdeen skyline with the first of the three tallest structures on the site in 1862-1864 when they built the square chimney at the North West corner. Additional weaving sheds, flax warehouses, joiner workshops, boiler houses and more would all be built in the time of operation and expansion by Richards & Co, including a complete re-roofing of the three main mills in 1922-1923. The second tall structure, the red brick tower, was initially used in the extraction of dust from the brick mill, however later being converted for use in the lining of fire hoses with latex. To aid in this process, it would be later joined by a second tower of concrete construction in 1960.

Richards began also to fail financially, with a deficit of over £5m in their pension scheme in November 2004 they finally went into liquidation. The workers of the mill only found this out when their wages were not paid into their accounts and in the following days the supplies and deliveries to the site started to dry up too. There were stories in the press at the time of ex-workers of the site attempting to make a co-operative bid to buy out and re-open the site, a move which was backed financially by the mill’s suppliers and based on the assertion from the workers that the order books were full. Sadly this never occurred and the site, as with so many derelicts, has gradually decayed and fallen derelict since then, including a significant fire in one of the upper floors on June 20th 2009. Presently there are plans submitted to convert the site to an approximately 400 home ‘urban’ village, but this has not begun yet.

And so, on with the pictures:

The rest of the images from the day can be seen in my urbex gallery.

As always, comments and suggestions welcome

~Shepy

And here is a sneak preview of one of the pics:

Groom playing a song he composed for the bride

If you like what you see, and you’ve got a wedding or any other event needing photographing, then please get in touch via the contact page over on the site

~Shepy

The book is a crime thriller by Mandasue Heller named Two-Faced, and the image going to be used is one I recently took while walking along the Tyne on a foggy night (in fact I went out solely to take pictures, almost didnt, so I’m glad i did in the end)  Here is the image used, and a preview of the cover.

And more info can be found about the book on the publisher’s site.

~Shepy

Newcastle Skyline against the sunset
Sage & Tyne Bridge against the sunset
Tyne Bridge reflected in the Sage	Baltic from the Millennium Bridge
Millennium Bridge at night

As ever, constructive criticism welcome

~Shepy

Programme seller at St James Park
Brave glass collector at Shearer's	Black and white striped dress
Mohawk at St James Park
St James Park reflected in the headlight of a motorbike
Bird's eye view of a smoke break
Funky hair & shades near the Monument
Unusual choice of shades	Little kid collecting for charity at St James Park
Three promotion girls on the way back to St James Park
Pretty in pink	On the way back from chilling on the green
A few quick changes to the makeup
Wrapped in a Toon flag	Out for a spot of shopping
Cycling through town

As ever, constructive criticism always welcome

~Shepy

We ended up just catching the Golden Hour at Prudhoe Castle.  Here are a few of the pics:

Prudhoe Castle At Sunset
Reflections of Prudhoe Castle	Castle Wall at Prudhoe Castle
Prudhoe Castle Lake

As ever, comments and constructive criticism welcome

~Shepy

Operating with a couple of friends, I’ve spent most of this week pulling together the site for the new business, so if you’re looking for a Newcastle Wedding Photographer , someone to do a shoot with your family or perhaps some portrait shots for yourself then go to the site and have a look at our portfolio and packages

Look forward to working with some of you hopefully

~Shepy

Looking down onto Saltburn Pier

Under Saltburn Pier

Cheers for looking

~Shepy