Some more photos taken at The Midlands Art Centre. I've met this lady on many an occasion at the MAC. She does voluntary work looking after the animals in the park and usually stops for a pint afterwards.
She was kind enough to allow me to take her picture and here are two versions. The first focuses on her. I like the direct eye connection and the reflections in the mirror. The second has more of a contemplative feel, observational even though the point of focus is on the MAC logo embossed on the window.
Dear Sheddists,
the venue for last week's Photo Group shoot is the site of Curzon Street Station, a famous but rather overlooked gem in Birmingham's architectural history. It's tucked away at the rump end of the city and is the oldest extant railway building in the UK. The station is now poised to enjoy a fresh lease of life as the gateway to the new HS2 train-line.
We start and finish in style at the legendary Woodman, just opposite. Fortunately this is also to be spared the bulldozers. Instead it will be incorporated into a massive new station development centred around the Curzon Street entrance.
Regular readers may remember a visit I made to the Woodman two years ago. It's reassuring to know the rich heritage of this great pub will be preserved for future generations to enjoy.
The Woodman's fine bar-man introduces us to a splendid collection of specialist ales, lagers and ciders. Before long our group is engaged in light banter with two delegates to a conference elsewhere in the city.
Another pint is pulled and another pint is enjoyed!!
All the best,
electrofried(mr)
