Karen Strunks Professional Birmingham-based Freelance Photographer

Birmingham AND London photographer!

Hello!

I just wanted to update you about my news!

As well as offering my photography services in Birmingham, this year I will be expanding my photography services to London!

if you are looking for a photographer in London, check out my portfolio of photography services, and let me know your photography ideas!

Say Hello on twitter

4am Project & Project Brutal capture the sights & sounds of Birmingham Central Library

This year for the Birmingham 4am Project event I joined forces withMarie Foulstom from Project Brutal and hosted a photo walk in Birmimgham’s Central Library. The library had been on my to-do list for a 4am event before it’s proposed demolition, so it was great timing when Marie got in touch!

At this point I’ve got to say a BIG thank you to the staff at Birmingham Library for accommodating us! This includes Lee, Teresa, Keith, Arthur, Danny, Brian and Barry, who were all so well organised and made the event go without a hitch.

And not forgetting all the 4am photographers too! Thank you to everyone who gave up their sleep to attend the event. I’ve had so much great feedback about the event (thank you), and some have said that this was the best 4am Project event yet!

I will sure have to aim high for the next Birmingham event now! I have something in mind already which I think you will all love (I just need to get permission lol).

But enough from me. Have a look at all the wonderful photographs that came out of the event. And not ONLY images, but video and SOUNDS too! With access to some parts of the library not open to the public, such as the roof top, the Shakespeare Room (which will be dismantled and transported to the new library) and the basement/book store…Anyway, take a look and a listen!

Steve Cooper took a video of the basement area. As you can see, this area is huge! Every shelf is stacked high with books, documents, files, photos….. You could spend a year in there and still not see everything!

And the very clever Mister Underwood collected some amazing sounds from the library. Head over to his blog post, Sounds Of A Dying Library, to hear them all. Definitely worth a listen!

Thank you to Marie for being such a great collaborator! And thank you to Six Eight Kafe who kindly opened their doors at 5.30am to provide us with coffee, cakes and toast! 

I’ll be updating the 4am Project blog soon, and also blogging about organising the event with some ‘behind the scenes’ photos/videos on my personal blog, so keep an eye on those too.

The next global 4am Project date will be this Autumn.  Thanks again everyone! See you next time

My 4am Project interview as seen in Photo Professional Magazine April 2011 Edition

It’s fast approaching the 4am Project time of year! It’s all systems go behind the scenes here and I will be making an announcement very soon, so watch this space!

I was recently interviewed by Photo Professional Magazine about the 4am Project. April’s edition is in the shops now, and you can also buy it online!

I talk about how the 4am Project began, how I started in photography, what I like about taking photographs at 4am, and how running the 4am Project has changed my life!

Keep an eye on the 4am Project’s tweets and website for the latest news and announcements coming soon!

I am organising a VERY special event in my home city of Birmingham. I can say no more at the moment – I wish I could – but you won’t be disappointed with that I have lined up for this event!

You may view the large scale pdf of my interview on flickr