The Shudehill Experience

Shudehill. A combination of short notice /NY / lucy 's lovely workshops and bad weather ensured a very exclusive turn out for the trip........Ahmani and I started from top of multi-storey and wandered back through town.

As a vantage point of Manchester it is great, like the wheel but cheaper. Recommend that if any of you can go this week you should, and then just 'flaneur' back and see what thoughts and ideas you may come up with. we will get together Monday 14th

Shudehill map here:

On Monday 14^th Dec we will run some sessions to bounce ideas and identify some themes and shoots, etc. We will run these room 111. Attend either 1.30-2.45 or 3.00-4.45. please aim to make one of these sessions, bring some ideas or thoughts about where your interest are (email me if you are not going to be able to make it, but still want to be part of the production)

From this small, cold but enjoyable session, some possible starting points thoughts/ locations came from this:

Hotel reception areas /waiting areas, Very much liked Britannia (the pic with a chandelier) :

and , perhaps the best idea of the day came form Ahmani's jouney to Shudehill, with her views of Manchester through steamy bus windows:

Back streets (possibly too grim but not if treated with care and aesthetic consideration .. sunny days, carefully shot, or shoot as silhouette

Markets (not Christmas), possibly Arndale ( Longsite more authentic?) treated from customers perspective, not a branding exercise

Panarama from shudhill ( top of Hilton?) that shows the edges of the city ( the hills that surround..)

Anyway these are early thoughts to begin with. Do please start commenting and adding your own.

To recap, that on Monday 14^th Dec we will run some sessions to gather thoughts and ideas from the exercises /bounce ideas / identify themes and shoots etc. Room 111. Attend either 1.30-2.45 or 3.00-4.45pm.