Mar 262018
 

First Sunday afternoon of British Summer Time 25 March 2018 Copyright Paul David Drabble www.pauldaviddrabble.co.uk (Paul David Drabble)

Professional Photography

This image was shot in 2010 for The Co-operative Funeralcare who sponsor the World Bowls Tour. It was taken a few nights before the Final during a Pro-Am bowls night. I was rather pleased with the image because using only available light, so as not to distract the players, I have incorporated a good example of my clients branding and the actual world Bowls Tour Trophy on the back wall yet maintained a balanced composition.

Good knowledge and use of photography techniques allowed me to select a shutter speed that lets the players hand and Bowl to blur helping to convey movement yet maintain sharp focus on his face.  I have used an aperture that gives enough Depth of Field that the clients branding is still clearly visible.

While many of today’s modern cameras can produce an equally well exposed images shot under a wide variety of lighting conditions I believe you still need someone behind the camera who knows what the manual settings do, and can override the cameras automation to deliver the best result for my clients needs.

Dec 122017
 
Christmas Card Tree Decoration

Merry Christmas 2017 & Happy New Year. If you need a PR or news Photographer please do call 07831 853913

Christmas Tree 20 December 2016 Copyright Paul David Drabble www.pauldaviddrabble.co.uk (Paul David Drabble)

 

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Christmas Tree 20 December 2016 Copyright Paul David Drabble www.pauldaviddrabble.co.uk (Paul David Drabble)

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Christmas Tree 20 December 2016 Copyright Paul David Drabble www.pauldaviddrabble.co.uk (Paul David Drabble)

Mar 122016
 


Sheffield Saturday 12th March 2016:
South Yorkshire Police closed the M1 South Bound at Junction 35 after a collision between a black VW golf and a white Citeron DS4 on Saturday (12 March 2016). The driver of the back Golf, a 56 year old man from Barnsley, was airlifted to hospital but died later.
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Oct 292015
 


Sheffield Stabbing Halifax Road

Halifax Road in Sheffield was cordoned off by South Yorkshire Police from Kilner Way retail park to Southey Green Road on Thursday afternoon (29th October) after an 18 year old was stabbed in the leg and his scooter taken from him in a reported robbery. Police say the investigation is on going and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. The young mans injuries are not life threatening.

Sep 102015
 

Part of the London poppy display from the Tower of London massive art installatio,n marking 100 years since the start of the First World War. The Arch segment, also Know as “The Wave” has been installed on The Yorkshire Sculpture Parks Cascade Bridge. The installation was opened to the public for the first time on September 2015 and will remain in place until January 2016.


Jul 072015
 

A World War Two German Sd.Kfz 251 Halftrack named “Magda” that appeared in the new AA advert had to be towed away when one of its front wheels fell off in front of a packed audience at the “Yorkshire Wartime Experience” on Sunday Afternoon (5 June 2015). The event is billed as “The North’s Premier Military Vehicle & Re-enactment Event” and its venue at Hunsworth Lane Hunsworth West Yorkshire was also the location where the AA’s first new television commercial in almost ten years was filmed.
Weighing in at almost 8 Tons, the post war Halftrack, of the type that would have been used as German troop carrier, required a fellow collectors Scammell explorer, aptly named “Dooleys Dragster”, to drag the disabled armoured personnel carrier from the arena. When asked by the shows commentator about calling the AA vehicle owner Paul Hilditch replied “No I should have done” No one was hurt in the incident.

When Tweeted about the incident Edmund King President of the AA responded

Images and story Available for publication via Caters News Agency

Copyright Paul David Drabble


Jun 222015
 

Rotherham Armed Forces Day June 20th


Jun 222015
 

Doncaser Sexy Statue, a risqué sculpture of two naked, embracing lovers which caused outrage in 1967 when first erected in Doncaster’s Arndale shopping centre, found a new home in Doncasters Waterdale Shopping Centre on Friday afternoon (June 19 2015). St. Modwen Properties a British-based property investment and development business that specialises in regenerating urban areas, discovered the statue in storage and in need of repair, after purchasing Waterdale in 2013. Constructed from fibreglass and damaged after years in storage in the underground car park St. Modwen got together with Artfuel, a local art group, and took the decision to make a ‘considerable investment’ and have the artwork restored.
After repairs and restoration including the re construction of hands, feet, re-welding of the internal structure and recolouring the artwork Doncasters ‘Lovers’ sculpture returned in all it’s glory
to public view, almost 30 years after it disappeared. It now stands on a soon to be flood lit glass canopy in the Waterdale Shopping Centre close to the Staff Of Life public house.


Jun 032015
 

Made by Cake Artist Rose Dummer and depicting the Yorkshire Man of steel (a planned 35m high landmark sculpture overlooking junction 34 of the M1 and Meadowhall in South Yorkshire) this impressive Double Death by Chocolate Man of Steel Cake was produced for Oak Furniture Land to mark the opening of their new store at the Foundry Retail Park in Rotherham. At an in store celebration breakfast on Wednesday 3rd June the Yorkshire Man of steel, with the chocolate heart, was donated to Rotherham Hospice. His next appearance will be during the Hospice Summer Gala at Phoenix Sports & Social Club on the 7th June, where he will help raise funds for the Hospice


May 292015
 

A Chemical spill in an Asda Superstore Car Park at Chaucer Road, Parson Cross, Sheffield resulted in customers being evacuated, road closures and some customers being sent home in Taxis.
The incident was attended by Police, Firefighters, Decontamination Support and Ambulance crews on Friday Afternoon