Jack_Kastor
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« on: May 01, 2012, 09:19:30 pm » |
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I am looking for an authentic steampunk setting in the Birmingham area for a professional photoshoot in around a month's time. Does anybody have any favourite Victoriana haunts in these parts?
Something like old factories, train stations, dancing halls etc.
It's going to be in aid of a calender for a very good cause, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kind regards,
Jack
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 11:33:04 pm » |
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Moor Street Station has recently been massively refurbished and is now very Victorian looking, not 100% authentic but pretty close.
The Old joint stock pub, near Victoria Square has a very elaborate Victorian neoclassical/baroque interior, they also have a small theatre in an upstairs room.
There are a lot of nice building frontages around the Colmore Row and Victoria square area.
Digbeth is good for old industrial locations.
The Anglican Cathedral off Co,more Row is a nice Romanesque building with lots of interesting tombstones around it (tends to be very busy though), there is also a particularly Gothic churchyard in the Jewellery Quarter, an area which is also good for old industrial buildings.
All these locations are within reasonable walking distance of each other.
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James Harrison
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2012, 04:59:25 pm » |
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There is, somewhere in the Jewellery Quarter, a factory that closed down and has been preserved exactly as it was the day the workmen clocked off for the last time (even down to the metal filings littering the workbenches). http://www.bmag.org.uk/museum-of-the-jewellery-quarter |
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Flightless Phoenix
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2012, 05:27:27 pm » |
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The cemeteries in the Jewellery quarter are called Warstone lane and Keyhill.
There are other nice pubs too, like the Gin Parlour upstairs at the Jekyll and Hyde.
For outdoor locations how about the Botanical gardens?
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The Governess
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2012, 11:42:57 pm » |
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lots of nice locations in the model village of Bournville, including the Carillon.
Bit of a lack of pubs though.
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2012, 12:42:35 pm » |
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lots of nice locations in the model village of Bournville, including the Carillon.
Bit of a lack of pubs though.
That's Quakers for you eh? Bournville is lovely though. How about canal-side locations for photoshoots? We do have more miles on canal than Venice. |
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James Harrison
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2012, 04:10:38 pm » |
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How about canal-side locations for photoshoots? We do have more miles on canal than Venice.
Now there's a good idea! I walked along the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigation) from Bournville down to Gas Street one Sunday morning just over a year ago. There's plenty of locations along just that one bit that would fit the bill. There's even the railway line right alongside it, and good views of the Edwardian buildings of the University.... |
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2012, 05:53:04 pm » |
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The university on Margeret Street near Victoria Square. You could ask permission to do some shoots in there. Its a Victorian gothic building built exclusively for the arts. I studied there until 2008. I am guessing it hasnt changed in this respect but last I heard they were talking about moving the art courses else where.
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James Harrison
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2012, 06:05:35 pm » |
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Last time I was there I think they had moved the art courses. Sadly the RIBA bookshop in the same building has closed down... so the opne excuse I always had to go in has gone  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2012, 03:25:12 pm » |
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No, they're still at Margaret Street, my daughter's doing fine arts there. Nice building. Also theres the Watt steam engine on the A38 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_steam_engine |
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Flightless Phoenix
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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2012, 12:22:09 am » |
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Ooh, seeing your username reminded me of another good location:
Winterbourne Gardens. I think they were created in the Edwardian era- they even have an Edwardian themed open day coming up soon, although I can't remember the exact date off-hand.
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2012, 01:27:30 pm » |
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My home town of Malvern is a Victorian Spa Town. The rail station is still pretty authentic, as are many of the buildings close by.
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