London Pub Signs - Let's find ourselves a little hostelry - Paul McCartney Liverpool Oratorio
About 70 London Pub Signs including Euston Flyer, The Cock and Lion, The Salisbury, Angel in the Fields, Blue Posts, The Coach and Horses Dartmouth Castle, Old Coffee House, The Coach Makers of Marylebone, The Duke of York, Lemon Tree, Green Man, The London Pub, The New Moon, The Pride of Paddington, Punch and Judy, Goat Tavern, The Ship, Ye Olde Swiss Cottage, The Walrus and The Carpenter, Simon the Tanner, The Mudlark, The Viaduct Tavern, The Henry Holland, Old English Gentleman, Bunch of Grapes, Marquess of Anglesey, The Round House, White Ferry House, The Warwick Castle, The Nags Head, Woodin's Shades, Windsor Castle, The White Horse, Marlborough Head, Ship Taverne, Ye Olde Watling, The Smithfield Tavern, The Ship and Shovell, Town of Ramsgate, Two Chairmen, The Queens Larder, The Tipperary, Rob Roy, Hog in the Pound, Sherlock Holmes, City Tavern, Ye Olde Cock Tavern, The Colonies, The Doric Arch, Princess Louise, Ship, The Victoria, The Cask and Glass, Dirty Dicks, Comptons of Soho, The Glassblower, The George, The Leather Exchange, Mabel's Tavern, The Lord Moon of The Mall,T he Railway Tavern, The Hope, The Prospect of Whitby, The Greyhound ,Museum Tavern, Hung Drawn and Quartered, The Montagu Pyke, Horse & Groom, Anchor Tap, The Banker, The Brewmaster, Lord John Russell, Friend at Hand, The Bishop's Finger, The Beehive, The Chequers, Admiral Duncan, Chelsea Potter, Captain Kidd, Captain's Cabin, Angel & Crown,T he Brewers Inn, Coach & Horses, Travellers Tavern, Duke of Wellington, The Harp, The Grenadier, The Green Man, The Gold Portobello, The Plough, The Old Tea Warehouse, The Woodstock, The Admiral Hardy, Cittie of Yorke, The Cardinal, Coach and Horses, Duke of York, The Champion, Kew Chef & Brewer, The Chamberlain, The Iron Duke
How to photograph Pub Signs.
When you photograph a pub sign, you are inevitably shooting from below and pointing the camera upwards, and, more often than not, having to shoot at an angle as well. Unavoidably, therefore, what your camera records is not a rectangle but an irregular quadrilateral, with all four sides of the sign of different lengths and with no 90⁰ angles. Furthermore, there is bound to be a lot of extraneous detail. To correct these faults, you need to use photo editing software (PaintShop Pro / Photoshop / Photoshop Elements -- there may be others) and correct the perspective using a Perspective Correction / Transform tool followed by a crop. You can also correct for colour and/or contrast (especially useful where the sign has faded over the years) and possibly clone out distracting features (there are far better ways of doing this than using the clone tool, but that's another matter).
Ideal conditions for pub sign photography are overcast conditions to avoid unsightly shadows and as little wind as possible.
Music: (1) Let's find ourselves a little hostelry (Liverpool Oratorio) Paul McCartney / Carl Davis and (2) Picasso's Last Words (Drink to me) [Edited] Paul McCartney
News In A Nutshell (1936)
News in a Nutshell.
Intertitle - 'Boston' (America, USA) - L/S of firemen with their hoses trained on the burning high school. M/S of the tower ablaze. M/S of firemen trying to tackle it. M/S of the children watching from the side. M/S of the tower burning. Various shots of the firemen and the burnt out building.
Intertitle - 'Halifax' (West Yorkshire) - M/S of Yorkshire regiment standing to attention, Brigadier General Turner pulls curtain back on new engine named after them. C/U of nameplate 'The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)'. M/S of driver and fireman waving, they both served in the regiment. Various shots of the driver and fireman talking to the soldiers. M/S as the Brigadier inspects the engine.
Intertitle missing, should read - 'Scenes in Barcelona' (Spain) - M/S of troops riding on horses, and people applauding. Various shots of shell fire in the hills, various shots of buildings damaged by the war. M/S of refugees making their way to the French border. M/S of people gathered at a train station.
Intertitle - 'Colorado' (America, USA) - Various shots of snow storms in Colorado, buildings, cars and monuments are covered. People shovel away the snow in Denver, and a car drives through. Various shots as a man trudges through the snow as another pushes great piles from the top of his hedge and plants. Various shots of fallen trees, a car is crushed. M/S of a little girl making a snowman, she puts a hat on it.
Intertitle - 'Durham' - L/S of Durham cathedral, various shots of people waiting and watching outside. M/S of the bride, Elizabeth Allington, (the Dean of Durham's daughter) and the groom Lord Dunglass walking through the cloisters, the sun shining through windows has made lovely pattern on the ground as they walk through. They emerge from the cathedral with their bridesmaids. C/U of one cute page boy. M/S of the bridesmaids, the bridal party walk down the path towards their cars. Various shots of the guests following them.
Intertitle - 'Johannesburg' (South Africa) - M/S as the Governor General of South Africa cuts the magnificent tiered Jubilee cake, he smiles and bows to the mayor. The cake is disassembled. L/S of outdoor parade showing history of Johannesburg, covered wagons drive past and people wave from coaches. Native South African boys pull a bar of gold to represent the output 50 years ago, others draw one for last year which is a lot bigger. The procession continues with models and floats, boys dance and old cars drive through.
Intertitle missing, should read - Leeds University's new library opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury' - L/S of the new library exterior. M/S of the inscription above it. M/S interior of the reading room, M/S of people applauding. M/S of the Earl of Harewood entering followed by Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, along with other dignitaries.
Intertitle - 'London and Paris' - L/S of police at East End demonstration (of unemployed ?), people march along in the procession which has been banned. L/S of demonstrators in Paris, the police run after them, there are some scuffles and one man is carried off by his collar.
Note: the items 'Forest Fire on Pacific Coast U.S.', 'Germany's Big Battleship is launched' and 'Princess Royal at Windsor' are missing from this edition.
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