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Bakerlite - that's me, Freelance TV Lighting Director and Trainer, Digital photography |
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| Hi, I'm Mike Baker, and this is my website. | ||||
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is my trading name as a Digital photographer, but also as a Freelance TV Lighting Director and trainer.
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| ...not the old radio cabinet material, which is incidentally, spelt Bakelite, although I remember it well! |
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Here you will find my C.V. career history, details of my involvement in TV lighting training as well as illustrated articles of assignments abroad that I have written for the Society of Television Lighting Directors quarterly journal. You can also see some Helium Balloons in action. | ||
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takes you to a page giving more details of my client base. | ||
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This is the
backbone of the site, in that there are a growing number of galleries (and
countries) that
cover some aspects of my life long interest in photography. England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Chile, Turkey, Cyprus, France, Germany, Barcelona, Boston, North America, New England, New York, Italy, Canada, Rumania, Poland, China and Syria feature with many sub categories below them. (Most images are 'clickable' to get a larger image. Then use 'back' on your browser to return to the page.) There's also my recollections of the Swinging 60's. Panoramic pictures and photos are also a particular interest of mine. I can print your own panoramas to order. Club Stuff shows some of my pictures that have done quite well in the Vale Photographic Club. Concorde at Cardiff and her last flight into Filton are also here. |
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...is self explanatory. Within this area, you can check out 'Through the Barbed Wire', Caroline's Graduation Ceremony, The big bike ride, cycle Wales 2004, home and garden and the Baker 'dynasty'. My place of birth and youth: Colne, Cottontree, Trawden and Wycoller feature here. | ||
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...are also self explanatory. There are also feedback pages where comments, good and bad are there for all to see. | ||
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in case you get lost. (not always up to date!) | ||
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Takes you to my contact page |
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For occasional visitors to my site, below is a list of recently added pages. Older pages have been filed elsewhere to keep the size of this page reasonable. This should help you know what's new without having to trawl through everything. I will keep this area updated. They are short cuts to the pages listed in the 'Banner.' Newest pages at the top. |
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Rhyader is pretty close to what I would
call the centre of Wales. It's also a pretty place in its own right with
a strong character and some excellent scenery all around. It is also
known as the home of the Welsh Red Kite feeding centre that was just a
short distance from our chosen accommodation. And, then there's the Elan Valley... |
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Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes is, or was, one of Britain's best kept secrets. 9000 people worked around the clock throughout most of World War 2 breaking codes used by the Germans. |
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Coton Manor is a beautiful 17th Century Manor house set in 10 acres of gardens. It is built of mellow Northamptonshire stone and set on a hillside. It's gorgeous! |
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Mid July and Jean and I took a short break in deepest Pembrokeshire. The National Trust's splendid Llanerchareon was on our hit list. |
| Mid June and I am off to
Istanbul
on a short, working trip.
I did manage to get a few more non work pics of this amazing city though. Surprise, surprise. |
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June 9th, and it's a day trip to the superb beaches of Gower. |
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The first day of June saw us
in the Kenfig
national nature reserve.
'It is one of the finest Wildlife habitats in Wales and one of the last remnants of a huge dune system that once stretched along the coast of Southern Wales from the River Ogmore to the Gower peninsula. The reserve is home to unique wild orchids, as well as insects and wildlife.' |
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Only two weeks after
returning from China, I'm off to
Las Vegas, once again on a work related
trip. 'Work?' my friends exclaimed. Well, yes, it was. To attend N.A.B.
a giant Television exhibition. That's the exhibition that's giant you
understand.
But there was also time to take a few 'snaps.' |
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A short but intensively pictorial look at my farthest travels yet: China. I had a few days visiting Yuyao a large provincial town in the province of Zhejiang in south east China. Fascinating and very interesting, especially for a photographer. |
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A tale of two
cities, Krakow and
Warsaw.
We took a short trip to Poland in which we see a great deal of that country's history and its people. We also visited Auschwitz, Birkenau and the 700 year old salt mines. |
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