No. Not the high street store. A new look for my tired old blog.. which is now more website than blog... and is more photography than construction... So the site is no long the Construction Etc blog, it is the home of Andrew Kenyon Photography. The blog posts are still there but are less important …
It won’t fail because of me
I'm currently reading the book 'Into the Black' by Rowland White about the first flight of the Space Shuttle. I was taken by a particular passage. The author recounts the time when Appllo XVI astronaut T.K.Mattingly was up on the gantry taking a look at the rocket as it was being prepared and startled a …
Village Green 2016
This Saturday was the 8th Annual Village Green music and arts festival in Chalkwell Park, Southend. Chalkwell Park is half a mile from our house and we have been for the last few years. This year I decided to sign up as a volunteer photographer and get closer to the action. It was a great …
HARP 24 2016
Last weekend I spend a fair amount of time providing volunteer event photography services for HARP Southend at their HARP24 24hr running event attended by over 330 runners from near and far. You are here for the photos I guess so find below the links to my various albums. I retain copyright on all the …
Southend Half Marathon 2016
This weekend local amateur photographer Geoff Caten and I provided volunteer event photography services for the Southend Half Marathon on the request of the organisers Havens Hospices. We were more than happy to give up our time to capture the event and a few subsequent evenings to process and upload the results. Apologies in advance if some …
Moon 17.03.2016
Lovely moon this evening so tried a few shots from the garden. The moon was Waxing Gibbous 71.8% and a quite an elevation at 55 deg. Used my old crop sensor Nikon D5200 with my new full frame 200-500 zoom which gives an effective length of 750mm. Camera on sturdy tripod. 1/200s f/7.1 ISO 100. …
Bridge Collapse at the Big Bang Fair
Yesterday I was at University of Essex in Colchester supporting the local Big Bang fair representing the Institution of Civil Engineers. The event was more careers fair than the big STEM event of last year but over four sessions I still got to speak to many many yr 9 and 10 students many of who …
Allerton Waste Recovery Park
I paid a visit to our Allerton Waste Recovery Project in North Yorkshire last week to see first hand the progress that is being made. The project is an EfW (Energy from Waste) plant with additionally a MT (Mechanical Treatment) facility and a bottom ash) handling facility. The client for the project is AMEY and …
Southend Half Marathon 2015
I recently provided volunteer event photography services for the Southend Half Marathon on the request of the organisers Havens Hospices. I was more than happy to give up my day to capture the event and a few subsequent evenings to process and upload the results. You are here for the photos I'm sure so I …
EETC Kids & Off-road Triathlons 2015
Yesterday I was taking photos at the East Essex Triathlon Club's annual Kids and Off-road Triathlons held at the Basildon Sporting Village. I had been asked by the organisers if I would do the event photography and I was happy to oblige. I was very ably assisted by my daughter Lizzie who was based at …