Palace Theatre, Swansea 2018
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Notes on Palace Theatre, Swansea 2018
The Palace Theatre... tall awkwardly shaped and difficult to photograph - mostly due to the usual problems with photographing in busy cities; cars, the proximity of other buildings and street signs!
Palace Theatre is no exception. One can see from overhead views on Googleearth that it is triangular in size (the roof also looks to be in good condition) and how this is a natural shape of the theatre/cinema.
It is currently surrounded by a high fence and access seems all but impossible. I did not try. Maybe a few years ago I might have. I have seen pictures inside and it is in quite a mess. I would also have not been able to
photograph it with my wooden film camera unless I used flash - this is something I very seldom do since I do not like the unnatural look it lends the image. To break in just to take a few colour digital images is not worthwhile, the trouble not worth the result. Nonetheless the thought of what I'd find inside still lingers. As is, the images taken, are, I hope, a slight improvement on my previous efforts. My camera has
an array movements but these were not enough to capture the building satisfactory. I was either too close with a wide angle or not far enough away with the standard lens. It might have been nice if I could have elevated myself a little but the other way to do this was to stand on the roof of my car (tempting) or to knock on someone's door and ask to see if I could use their living room for a better viewpoint.
The Palace Theatre... tall awkwardly shaped and difficult to photograph - mostly due to the usual problems with photographing in busy cities; cars, the proximity of other buildings and street signs!
Palace Theatre is no exception. One can see from overhead views on Googleearth that it is triangular in size (the roof also looks to be in good condition) and how this is a natural shape of the theatre/cinema.
It is currently surrounded by a high fence and access seems all but impossible. I did not try. Maybe a few years ago I might have. I have seen pictures inside and it is in quite a mess. I would also have not been able to
photograph it with my wooden film camera unless I used flash - this is something I very seldom do since I do not like the unnatural look it lends the image. To break in just to take a few colour digital images is not worthwhile, the trouble not worth the result. Nonetheless the thought of what I'd find inside still lingers. As is, the images taken, are, I hope, a slight improvement on my previous efforts. My camera has
an array movements but these were not enough to capture the building satisfactory. I was either too close with a wide angle or not far enough away with the standard lens. It might have been nice if I could have elevated myself a little but the other way to do this was to stand on the roof of my car (tempting) or to knock on someone's door and ask to see if I could use their living room for a better viewpoint.
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