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Demolition begins at Copperas Hill postal sorting office

Photographs of the demolition of former post office sorting office in Liverpool, Copperas Hill. This follows on from a personal project documenting the inside a few years back.

Top 6 tips on writing a killer brief for photographers

As an experienced photographer, trust me, I’ve seen loads of brief documents and drawing on my experience I thought I would blog my tips and advice.

Tinariwen - live photographs from gig in Liverpool

Tinariwen are poet-guitarists and soul rebels from the Southern Sahara desert. Their music expresses the aspirations of their people, the Kel Tamashek or 'Touareg' of the southern Sahara desert.

Industrial photography in the North West

With over 10 years experience working at manufacturing and industry locations I've worked with some great companies, both large and small to get some killer images for both advertising and trade / press usage. Here is the latest from a factory on the Wirral.

The best clothes to wear for portrait headshots

Tips on what you should wear for a Spotlight style head and shoulders photo session for professional actors, actresses, musicians, singers, writers and presenters

Maritime shipping simulator photography

David was at the launch of a new addition to the Maritime Knowledge Hub facilities at Liverpool John Moores University.

Liverpool photographer reviews 2016

Merseyside based professional photographer David J Colbran looks back at 2016 and reviews the years photography commissions and a couple of web projects.

RIP: Leonard Cohen - file picture 2008

I covered the Big Chill Festival in 2008 and was lucky enough to witness and photograph a legend. RIP Leonard Cohen

Beatles stock photography Liverpool

50 years on and the Beatles are still big news in Liverpool. Thousands of tourists and millions of pounds are spent as visitors come to the city in search of their idols.

Wordpress web designer Liverpool

This is our latest responsive Wordpress web development project for a start up construction and maintenance business here in the North West.