Site Revamp complete!
29th June 2016
I've now completed the revamp of the site - it's fundamentally the same as I don't want to tinker with the layout of the site at the moment, but following an upgrade by my hosting company Photium, I've now replaced all the photographs with bigger versions.
When I first built the site in 2007, the longest side of the picture was 600 pixels, and then this was changed to 800 pixels a few years after. Recently though the maximum size has increased to 1000 pixels, so I took the opportunity to revisit every picture in every gallery. Some have been deleted, some have been reworked and some have been replaced with new pictures but all have had the current watermark added and all are now bigger.
I've also reduced the number of black and white images on the site and have reverted back to colour in several galleries, e.g. Brymbo Steelworks, Pickle Factory, Ivy Bank Mill and a few others. I'm still experimenting with colour - it doesn't have the inherent flexibility that black and white does for creating the grungy, contrasty look that I like. That said, I'm quite pleased with some of the galleries as I think I've found an aesthetic I like.
Major changes to the following galleries:
Brook Dyeing - http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/brook-dyeing-meltham
Brymbo Steelworks http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/brymbo-steelworks
Buxton Lime Firms http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/buxton-lime-firms
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/chatterley-whitfield-colliery-stoke
Cheadle Bleachworks http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/cheadle-bleachworks-manchester
Edenwood Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/edenwood-mill
Grove Rake Mine http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/grove-rake-fluorspar-mine
Huncoat Power Station http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/huncoat-power-station-re-visit
Ivy Bank Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/ivy-bank-mill-haworth
Knoll Spinning, Wellington Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/knoll-mill-oldham
Leyland Motors Test Track http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/leyland-motors-test-track
Old Lane Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/old-lane-mill-halifax
NGTE Pyestock http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/ngte-pyestock
Pickle Factory http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/pickle-factory-blackburn
ROF Wrexham http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/rof-wrexham
Westwood Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/westwood-mill-linthwaite
William Blythe's http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/william-blythe-hapton
Bank Hall http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/bank-hall-bretherton-chorley
If you have any comments or feedback, please let me know!
When I first built the site in 2007, the longest side of the picture was 600 pixels, and then this was changed to 800 pixels a few years after. Recently though the maximum size has increased to 1000 pixels, so I took the opportunity to revisit every picture in every gallery. Some have been deleted, some have been reworked and some have been replaced with new pictures but all have had the current watermark added and all are now bigger.
I've also reduced the number of black and white images on the site and have reverted back to colour in several galleries, e.g. Brymbo Steelworks, Pickle Factory, Ivy Bank Mill and a few others. I'm still experimenting with colour - it doesn't have the inherent flexibility that black and white does for creating the grungy, contrasty look that I like. That said, I'm quite pleased with some of the galleries as I think I've found an aesthetic I like.
Major changes to the following galleries:
Brook Dyeing - http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/brook-dyeing-meltham
Brymbo Steelworks http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/brymbo-steelworks
Buxton Lime Firms http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/buxton-lime-firms
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/chatterley-whitfield-colliery-stoke
Cheadle Bleachworks http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/cheadle-bleachworks-manchester
Edenwood Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/edenwood-mill
Grove Rake Mine http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/grove-rake-fluorspar-mine
Huncoat Power Station http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/huncoat-power-station-re-visit
Ivy Bank Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/ivy-bank-mill-haworth
Knoll Spinning, Wellington Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/knoll-mill-oldham
Leyland Motors Test Track http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/leyland-motors-test-track
Old Lane Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/old-lane-mill-halifax
NGTE Pyestock http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/ngte-pyestock
Pickle Factory http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/pickle-factory-blackburn
ROF Wrexham http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/rof-wrexham
Westwood Mill http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/westwood-mill-linthwaite
William Blythe's http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/william-blythe-hapton
Bank Hall http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/bank-hall-bretherton-chorley
If you have any comments or feedback, please let me know!