This is a competition that’s open
to everyone, it does cost to enter and you can pay for extra images to be
included and you get allocated a time slot that one of the images must be taken
in.
Last year was the first time
the competition was run and photographers had from midnight on the Saturday
till midnight on the Sunday, I got the slot from midnight till 1 am! The weather
was terrible with it being cold and raining added to the torment.
Like most I decided to
photograph in the city centre and around the docks, a lot of photographers did
same thing, and one of the finalist actually took a photo from the opposite
side of the docks from me.
Hundreds of photographers
took part in the event and were from all over the country and from Europe as
well, it was a great event and I knew that if it was to happen again that I
would take part.
There are lots of
photographic competitions to part in, and in my view it worth having a go to
gain experience and having the chance to have your work in a gallery for all to
see.
This year the event is being
run from the midday on the Saturday till midday on Sunday, I think this is a
better way to do it and makes life slightly easier for all. We didn't have much
of ID to say we were doing the event but this year supplied with proper ID's so
that if anyone gets stopped by the police in the early hours of the morning,
they will know what their up to as the council and police are made aware of the
event and the Bristol Lord Mayor, is very much behind the event.
I'm not sure if this kind of
competition is run in others cites in the UK or abroad, but it’s a great thing
to get involved in and helps to promote your city. Over a thousand images were
taken last year and I'm sure that a lot more will be taken this year.
For me, I want to have images
that cover the morning, afternoon, evening and night. So over the last couple
of weeks I've been looking and Google maps and travelling around all over the
place to try and find something new and part of Bristol. I guess I'm lucky as I
live in Bristol and have the time to look, while others maybe are just coming
along for the weekend will find it slightly difficult to maybe get outside of
the city centre and know where to go.
Last year images where
landscape and street photography images, but I'm looking to try and find
something different or to maybe photograph something in a slightly different
way that’s more creative.
One tool that I've found
fantastic to use for knowing where the sun is going to set or rise is called
TPE - The Photographers Ephemeris App, there’s also an Android version as well
as a desktop version. Where ever you are in the world, you can drop a pin on
the map and it will show you where the sun will rise of set as well as when
there's a full moon. You can even go to a date in the calendar and see what
time and where the event will happen. The app cost about £4.00 but worth the
money as you can work out before you turn up at a location where sun will be at
that exact time of day, its brilliant.
There's still time to
register for the event and to find out more you can visit their website which
is http://www.24hoursinbristol.co.uk.
Thanks for reading,
AndyD
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