Wall of Heroes

Football is a big deal in Bermuda and these five Bermudian players, honoured with a building-high mural on Court Street, Hamilton, are among the few Islanders to have played successfully at a professional level. Pictured from left to right are Clyde Best, who starred for English side West Ham in the  1970s; David Bascome, who won a US indoor league title with the Baltimore Blast; Shaun Goater, who played for top English side Manchester City, as well as Rotherham, Bristol City and Southend; Nahki Wells, currently a prolific goalscorer with Bradford City in England’s League One and the first Bermudian to score a goal at Wembley; and Kyle Lightbourne, whose English clubs included Stoke City and Walsall.

Local artist Manuel Palacio and a team of volunteers created the work this summer as part of a project to improve and brighten up North East Hamilton, a neglected part of the city, frequently blighted by drugs and violence. I shot this as part of an ongoing series on public art in Bermuda. It’s an awkward location as there’s a chain link fence in front of the mural which makes getting the whole wall on an iPhone 5 tricky without a wide angle lens. I used the AutoStitch app to get the panoramic shot.

Touch of the old west

To say Roudy is a character is an understatement. He’s been running trailrides out of Telluride, Colorado, for almost 40 years and looks like he stepped right out the Old West, which is why I took these Hipstamatic shots using the Tinto 1884 lens and C-Tye Plate film to give them a worn, vintage feel (apart from the ranch shot which was shot with Doris lens and Sussex film).

If you’re ever out west, I can highly recommend a ride with the dude! Check him out here.

Mining the past

The Telluride area is full of remnants of its historic mining heritage. I came across this structure, which I believe was used to load ore onto railroad trucks, while biking one of the stunning trails in the San Juan Mountains. I used Vintage FX HD to give the image an old-style photo look.

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Aspen grove

Two treatments of the same image, an impressive grove of Aspens taken during a hike along the Deep Creek Trail in Telluride, Colorado this summer. The first is blended with an Impressionistic style in Artista Oil HD while for the second I used Snapseed’s black and white controls to increase the dramatic height and contrast in the trunks.

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