Karen Strunks Professional Birmingham-based Freelance Photographer

Londonderry at 4am

Earlier this year I took a trip over to Londonderry to visit my Dad. I lived there for a few years when I was younger and know the city quite well. It was a great chance to shoot a another city at 4am!

The city was so, so still. The temperature was just right and there was no wind, adding to the silence of the streets. By 5am the sun was rising. Such a beautiful morning. It’s these types of experiences at 4am that got the 4am Project up and running.

The Free Derry wall. This is the site of what has become known as Bloody Sunday.

The Guildhall.

Accidentally found this abandoned steam train whilst looking for somewhere to park and set up a shot of Craigavon Bridge. It has since transpired that this is part of the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, and not quite as abandoned as it first looked!  

Craigavon Bridge

Even though I had lived in Derry, and have visited it many times since moving away, I had never taken a walk around the city walls, which were built around the original town in 1613.  So I decided to document my walk with (lots of) photos and make a video.

 Not long after my return home, the Derry Journal got in touch and asked if they could write a piece about my visit  to Derry and the 4am Project.

 Next time I go over to Derry I will organise a 4am photo walk through the city! If this is something you would be interested in, give me a shout and I’ll keep you posted.

Welcome to my new website!

I’m so delighted to bring you my new and improved website! Make yourself at home and have a browse around. I’d love your feedback.

It’s great to have a website that is more ‘me’, and it’s all down to the wonderful web developer Andrew Yates (@Andy383). Thank you Andew!

I have a lot of photos and stories to share with you to bring you up to date!

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To kick things off photography wise, I am covering the Hello Digital event in Birmingham for the inspiring folks behind Aquila TV.

It’s a full day of events and panels about all things digital. I’ll be updating Aquila TV’s Flickr Stream throughout the  day, covering the event live.

If you are attending the event and/or the after party hosted by Screen WM, please come and say Hi. It’s going to be a very exciting day and I am very pleased to be part of it.

It’s time to pack my kit bag and get ready for a full day of photography!

Cityscapes