One of my photos from last Friday's welcome home civic reception for Jessica Ennis in Barker's Pool, Sheffield has made it onto the OFFICIAL Jessica Ennis Facebook page (892,367 likes · 358,648 talking about this).
See more at: Andy Chubb Photography
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Monday, 20 August 2012
The wonderful Pete McKee
Pete starys off one of his blog entries with: "Living in Sheffield affords me some luxuries like having the odd pint
with Richard Hawley and being able to put Henderson’s Relish on my Meat
and Potato pie..."
It also allows him to meet the lovely Jessica Ennis and pass on some of his iconic paintings to her. One of these occasions was last Friday at a Civic Reception for Jess at the City Hall, Sheffield:
Jess had just enjoyed the applause from a crowd of 10,000+ in Barker's Pool. The ballroom in the City Hall was a relative oasis of calm, but not overly-well lit so apologies for the flash bouncing around all over the place. See more at: Jessica Ennis
It also allows him to meet the lovely Jessica Ennis and pass on some of his iconic paintings to her. One of these occasions was last Friday at a Civic Reception for Jess at the City Hall, Sheffield:
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Chris Mears, Olympic Diver, Google hero
Just been checking Google Analytics and it seems that a big part of the surge in traffic my website experienced over the Olympics was down to this picture:
Cheers Chris! See the original and others from the 2012 UK Diving Championships held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield at: http://www.peverilphoto.com/photo_9701911.html
Jessica Ennis - Golden Girl
Jessica Ennis was amazing on 'Super Saturday' in particular to win the Gold Medal for the Women's Heptathalon at London 2012, in doing so she achieved a British and Commonwealth record score of 6,955 points,
beating silver medallist Lilli Schwarzkopf by 306 points and bronze
medallist Tatyana Chernova by a further 21 points.
Tomorrow she will be given a golden reception in Barker's Pool Sheffield to welcome her home. Barker's Pool will be transformed into a golden arena for Jess and up to 15,000 fans who have been asked to wear something gold to commorate the occasion.
Check www.peverilphoto.com after the event for photos.
Tomorrow she will be given a golden reception in Barker's Pool Sheffield to welcome her home. Barker's Pool will be transformed into a golden arena for Jess and up to 15,000 fans who have been asked to wear something gold to commorate the occasion.
Check www.peverilphoto.com after the event for photos.
Monday, 13 August 2012
A personal take on the Olympics
Having been lucky enough to watch three Olympic sports, we (the family) enjoyed our once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Athletics stadium is fabulous - personally I would rather watch sport there than in the insipid (new) Wembley. It was also good to get into the Aquatics Centre and be part of a large crowd for a swimming event (ok, it was synchro swimming but more of that later).
Olympic football at Old Trafford was good as well (Egypt vs Japan) - 71,000 people cheering on a fairly good game. Old Trafford did give us a taste of what to expect at the Olympic Park. The crowds were just a crush and security was a real crowd-slower (as opposed to the Olympic Park where the Army was in charge and whizzed you through).
Lessons Learned for LOCOG.
1) Ticketing - not impressed at all. Why have so many tranches of applications? And why were so many people disappointed? Just get them all out in advance and let people have at least one sport from their application if at all possible. I know that you have to give x% to corporate and x% to dignitaries, but the sight of so many empty seats at venues (particularly basketball and diving) where we had tried time and again to get tickets was galling. Just as bad were all the corporates who were there for the business not the sport - you could tell who they were by the fact that they were always up and down in the seats in front of you, coming back 10 minutes later with the next round of beers and not really bothered about the sport. Please get them a hospitality tent where they can enjoy the sport on a big screen in the background and leave the seats to the real fans.....that meant many nights of chasing last-minute tickets: handball, no; volleyball, no; basketball, no; diving, no....all of which looked to have plenty of empty seats when we watched on telly, but synchronised swimming - yes!!
2) Photography. Come on. We're not doing something that has not already been done before.....I was not assuaged by the lack of any real information beforehand about what kind of camera you can take. Lots of people have DSLRs these days and to only see bits that said "...nothing bigger than 30cm...." was no real guide at all. Andy Hooper wrote a nice little book called 'Capture The Moment' that seemed to be at odds with what LOCOG were telling or not really telling us. In the end we had the sight of Tom Daley asking for a re-dive due to all the flashes on a myriad of compact cameras, and instructions from LOCOG for us not to publish any photos taken. I'll have a look in a couple of weeks to see how many non-official pictures come up in a Google search. We're not terrorists, we just want to take a picture of an inspiring moment and share it. Will the athletes who took pictures at the Opening/Closing ceremony and have posted them on facebook be hounded?
3) Stadium design. Fab, though it is unbeliveable that you cannot see the top of the 10m diving platform from the top half of the top tier of seats in the Aquatics Centre. A little faux-pas in whoever checked the CAD on that one.
4) Prices. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people so although we baulked at £95 per head for the athletics, it was worth it. To then charge people £4.60 for a pint in a plastic glass or £8.50 for a dollop of Thai curry was making the world and his wife pay London prices. On the plus side, being able to bring in a bit a our own food was very welcome.
5) Sponsors. Top marks to Coca-Cola for their red-and-white block. A bit of entertainment in the queue, some stuff to play with on the way up, a free picture with the Olympic Torch at the top and a party in the basement. In a close second was Samsung with it's digital postcards and pin badges. Thereafter it was just unadulterated sales pitches for the captive masses, and the film by BMW was just mind-numbingly tedious. 7 years and a bootful of cash and the most exciting thing about your pavilion was the water cascading down the outside....?!?!?! oh, and EDF - everyone was impressed with their photo with a 3D Victoria Pendleton but has anyone actually managed to download a copy....???
6) Games-makers and the park. Absolutely wonderful. A nice bunch of helpful people that have given a very positive impression of GB. The wildlife park running through the middle of the park was also a touch of genius and a welcome sit-down and catch-up with the big-screen.
7) Security. G4S were conspicouous by their absence. Well done to the UK Armed Forces. They were efficient, friendly and got the job done. Personally, they should have been in on it from day 1 and monies spent on private security instead have gone to veterans charities. Overall the Games passed without an incident (that we know about) so congrats to all the efforts that made that happen and let everyone attending feel safe.
8) Information. Hmm, do I dare wear my Pepsi t-shirt and Nike trainers? Can I take a camera to the football? Could do better. All of this should have been sorted months beforehand and been clearly publicised.
9) Sustainability. Very good! Everything was well made (-1 for the Aquatics Centre...) and with a mind to the environment/what would happen to it afterwards. Someone will have to address how they take off the top tier of the athletics arena if West Ham are going to take it over...=:~)
10) Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Once you got over the thought that Danny Boyle was just making a favourites tape then it was very entertaining. Perhaps a little bit long on both occasions, but a great impression of GB which will stay with the world for a very long time.
Overall verdict: 9/10 and a seat on the IOC for Seb - well done London 2012!
Olympic football at Old Trafford was good as well (Egypt vs Japan) - 71,000 people cheering on a fairly good game. Old Trafford did give us a taste of what to expect at the Olympic Park. The crowds were just a crush and security was a real crowd-slower (as opposed to the Olympic Park where the Army was in charge and whizzed you through).
Lessons Learned for LOCOG.
1) Ticketing - not impressed at all. Why have so many tranches of applications? And why were so many people disappointed? Just get them all out in advance and let people have at least one sport from their application if at all possible. I know that you have to give x% to corporate and x% to dignitaries, but the sight of so many empty seats at venues (particularly basketball and diving) where we had tried time and again to get tickets was galling. Just as bad were all the corporates who were there for the business not the sport - you could tell who they were by the fact that they were always up and down in the seats in front of you, coming back 10 minutes later with the next round of beers and not really bothered about the sport. Please get them a hospitality tent where they can enjoy the sport on a big screen in the background and leave the seats to the real fans.....that meant many nights of chasing last-minute tickets: handball, no; volleyball, no; basketball, no; diving, no....all of which looked to have plenty of empty seats when we watched on telly, but synchronised swimming - yes!!
2) Photography. Come on. We're not doing something that has not already been done before.....I was not assuaged by the lack of any real information beforehand about what kind of camera you can take. Lots of people have DSLRs these days and to only see bits that said "...nothing bigger than 30cm...." was no real guide at all. Andy Hooper wrote a nice little book called 'Capture The Moment' that seemed to be at odds with what LOCOG were telling or not really telling us. In the end we had the sight of Tom Daley asking for a re-dive due to all the flashes on a myriad of compact cameras, and instructions from LOCOG for us not to publish any photos taken. I'll have a look in a couple of weeks to see how many non-official pictures come up in a Google search. We're not terrorists, we just want to take a picture of an inspiring moment and share it. Will the athletes who took pictures at the Opening/Closing ceremony and have posted them on facebook be hounded?
3) Stadium design. Fab, though it is unbeliveable that you cannot see the top of the 10m diving platform from the top half of the top tier of seats in the Aquatics Centre. A little faux-pas in whoever checked the CAD on that one.
4) Prices. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people so although we baulked at £95 per head for the athletics, it was worth it. To then charge people £4.60 for a pint in a plastic glass or £8.50 for a dollop of Thai curry was making the world and his wife pay London prices. On the plus side, being able to bring in a bit a our own food was very welcome.
5) Sponsors. Top marks to Coca-Cola for their red-and-white block. A bit of entertainment in the queue, some stuff to play with on the way up, a free picture with the Olympic Torch at the top and a party in the basement. In a close second was Samsung with it's digital postcards and pin badges. Thereafter it was just unadulterated sales pitches for the captive masses, and the film by BMW was just mind-numbingly tedious. 7 years and a bootful of cash and the most exciting thing about your pavilion was the water cascading down the outside....?!?!?! oh, and EDF - everyone was impressed with their photo with a 3D Victoria Pendleton but has anyone actually managed to download a copy....???
6) Games-makers and the park. Absolutely wonderful. A nice bunch of helpful people that have given a very positive impression of GB. The wildlife park running through the middle of the park was also a touch of genius and a welcome sit-down and catch-up with the big-screen.
7) Security. G4S were conspicouous by their absence. Well done to the UK Armed Forces. They were efficient, friendly and got the job done. Personally, they should have been in on it from day 1 and monies spent on private security instead have gone to veterans charities. Overall the Games passed without an incident (that we know about) so congrats to all the efforts that made that happen and let everyone attending feel safe.
8) Information. Hmm, do I dare wear my Pepsi t-shirt and Nike trainers? Can I take a camera to the football? Could do better. All of this should have been sorted months beforehand and been clearly publicised.
9) Sustainability. Very good! Everything was well made (-1 for the Aquatics Centre...) and with a mind to the environment/what would happen to it afterwards. Someone will have to address how they take off the top tier of the athletics arena if West Ham are going to take it over...=:~)
10) Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Once you got over the thought that Danny Boyle was just making a favourites tape then it was very entertaining. Perhaps a little bit long on both occasions, but a great impression of GB which will stay with the world for a very long time.
Overall verdict: 9/10 and a seat on the IOC for Seb - well done London 2012!
It's like Tom Daley, only in reverse...
My old stats teacher (Mr Dobbs) would have a fit with me describing a graph like that (but then I did get an 'E' in A-level stats.....and the Olympics have had that effect on the old website:
a nice upward curve that went up and up and down and down and up etc, to settle back again at a lower level, but nice to have broken the 3000 visitors a month barrier. It'll probably be a long time coming again. Hmmm, now where did I put those pictures of Pele and Brazilian Carnival dancers for the next Olympics.....??
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