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All photographs on these pages are the property of the photographer Brian Tuohey unless otherwise indicated.

They may not be re-published in any form without written permission, but may be downloaded for personal use.

Requests for commercial or charitable use of these or any other photographs will be considered.

Please do not link directly to pictures, but links to the main gallery pages are welcome.

2E Images Photography
About Me

This website belongs to Brian Tuohey.  It reflects my interests in photography and local history with a series of gallery and information pages.  The website is not set up to offer any sales, but if you'd like any prints, please do get in touch.  I am looking for opportunities to trade, especially with my photography, and during 2010 I will be setting up a separate website for this purpose.  I welcome enquiries and requests, including one-off sales for single prints and I am prepared to work with/for established commercial photographers or to set up my own freelance photography business as opportunities arise.  I have photographed a friend's wedding and two other events - a new year's ball and a birthday party.  I am also interested in supporting the work of local community organisations and some charities.

Photography

I have long been interested in photography, after getting my first camera on my 18th birthday, more years ago than I care to remember.  It wasn't too long before I upgraded to an SLR camera and I continued to use it until I finally entered the digital age about 2002, and my main camera is now a DSLR.

Today, I enjoy many aspects of photography, including scenery, sunsets (sunrises too, if I get up early enough), animals and plants, and macro photography.  Currently, I particularly enjoy using photography to support another of my interests, local history.  This website aims to provide a mix of material that reflects both of these interests.

I am currently looking to develop sales and commercial opportunities for my photography.  This includes:

• selling prints and other related products of stock photographs already in my collection
• licensing the use of my digital images, probably for local businesses
• undertaking specific freelance photography assignments evenings and weekends

I have contributed to photographic displays, provided images for community and church websites, some of my photos have been used by my employer in promotional material and on websites, and I have taken photographs specifically for a number of local organisations.  In addition, I was the photographer at the wedding of some friends, taking the photographs with the help of a colleague who organised the people into groups.

Local History

I can't remember exactly when I first became interested in local history, but it certainly started when I was at school and has stayed with me through the years since then.  I have a large collection of old books and maps relating to the areas of interest to me.  Currently I am very interested in the local history of Birchwood in Warrington.

I realised many years ago that local history doesn't just mean researching the past, although of course that is a big part of it.  It also means recording the changes that are taking place today, and recording remnants of the past as they are today.  Once a change has taken place, it always amazes me how quickly we all forget what it used to look like.  This of course is an ideal match for someone who also enjoys photography, which explains why one of my main photographic interests is anything connected with local history.

Birchwood is particularly rich in that respect.  At first glance, it seems fairly unremarkable, a former new town on the edge of Warrington, now maturing, with a thriving business community as well as a large established residential population, and with plenty of green spaces and woodland all around.  Most of the area has a modern appearance, but plenty of subtle and often hidden clues to the area's past abound and I enjoy the detective work in finding them and piecing them together to work out what they mean.  There are 3 phases in Birchwood's history:

• The modern era - and even within the 30 years, plenty of things have come and gone
• The former Risley Royal Ordnance Factory, operational for only a few years before closing in 1945 and then mostly left derelict for almost 30 years before being demolished, although some traces remain
• The pre-factory farming community - in spite of its abrupt ending with the compulsory purchase of the land for the building of the factory, even today there are traces of old lanes and streams that survived the factory days and the redevelopment years later

So that's the website.  A way for me to express my interests in photography and local history, and perhaps to lead to some sales or commercial opportunities.  As you can probably tell, my skills do not extend to modern website design, but during 2010, I am planning to launch a different website to promote my work professionally.

I hope you enjoy visiting the galleries and information pages.

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