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How the hell are we going to do this?
  • Oct 1, 2020
  • 1 min

How the hell are we going to do this?

This is The Grand in Birmingham. Several years ago, it was a wreck. Major roof and structural failures left the building unsafe, unused...
Drone photography limitations
  • Aug 25, 2020
  • 1 min

Drone photography limitations

Strict rules and regulations mean you can't just fly a drone anywhere! In this case, the ideal position was above a residential area, so...
This was a tricky one.
  • Aug 19, 2020
  • 1 min

This was a tricky one.

This was a tricky one. Oxford Street in London - as you will no doubt know - is one hell of a busy street. It might not be everybody's...
Virtual Vs Reality
  • Jan 7, 2020
  • 1 min

Virtual Vs Reality

I enjoy stumbling on projects we created the planning CGIs for - This one for Gardner Stewart at Parsons Green way back in 2006. Always...
Next series of Luther?
  • Feb 7, 2019
  • 1 min

Next series of Luther?

A site visit for our next project revealed an amazing warren of dark, mysterious spaces in the East side of London. I could loose myself...
Losing our marbles: strange projections
  • Mar 14, 2018
  • 1 min

Losing our marbles: strange projections

Images don't necessarily need to be flat. In fact, the 360-degree panoramas that we create are quite strange in that they are a...
Helena Kennedy Student Centre
  • Mar 14, 2018
  • 1 min

Helena Kennedy Student Centre

A public consultation was recently held to engage with Oxford Brookes University plans for the Helena Kennedy development. Blink Image...
Oxford: now in 3D!
  • Feb 5, 2018
  • 1 min

Oxford: now in 3D!

Google maps have updated their site to include Oxford in glorious 3D. We've been eagerly awaiting this for some time, and now we have it....
Distance haze and atmosphere
  • Sep 25, 2017
  • 1 min

Distance haze and atmosphere

Out on a park tonight on a beautiful September evening. There is a tangible quality in the air. A hanging dampness and the rapidly...
Autumn tones
  • Sep 25, 2017
  • 1 min

Autumn tones

Out with my camera over the weekend, I was trying to capture some of the beautiful autumn colours that fill our landscapes (both urban...
Shoot your photos before the leaves are gone!
  • Sep 20, 2017
  • 2 min

Shoot your photos before the leaves are gone!

A good proportion of our work is in creating accurate computer generated images for supporting planning applications. These come in a...
Always learning
  • Sep 8, 2017
  • 1 min

Always learning

Blink Image's Friday afternoon session learning from a talented film concept artist. Ok, it's a horror scene from an Alien film, but lots...
Render and model detail: imperfections
  • Feb 2, 2017
  • 3 min

Render and model detail: imperfections

This is a very small part of an image we are working on at the moment. I am sharing it to illustrate the sort of detail that a convincing...
Stereo photography isn't so new
  • Nov 29, 2016
  • 2 min

Stereo photography isn't so new

The 3D stereoscopic renderings we have been creating of late aren't actually that new at all as a recent visit to Oxford's Museum of the...
Floating Panoramas!
  • Nov 15, 2016
  • 1 min

Floating Panoramas!

Head over to our Facebook page here to view an example floating panorama from a famous sports training ground in Oxford. #360panorama...
Supermoon last night!
  • Nov 15, 2016
  • 1 min

Supermoon last night!

Sadly, cloud cover resulted in a bit of a disappointment for Oxford last night. For a brief few minutes, the moon appeared as a ghostly...
Supermoon tonight
  • Nov 14, 2016
  • 2 min

Supermoon tonight

The moon is something we are all familiar with yet it has rarely featured in our CGIs. In the back of my head, I thought we had used it...
The Grand Hotel: CGI vs Reality
  • Nov 10, 2016
  • 1 min

The Grand Hotel: CGI vs Reality

An email popped into our inbox just recently from our friends at Hortons' Estate. They kindly sent us a photograph - taken this month -...
Beautiful skies
  • Nov 7, 2016
  • 1 min

Beautiful skies

At this time of year - on a good day - the clarity in the atmosphere can be incredible - much more so than in the height of summer. In...
Microsculptures at The Natural History Museum
  • Sep 13, 2016
  • 2 min

Microsculptures at The Natural History Museum

Part of the Blink Image team took a couple of hours away from the office yesterday to visit a new exhibition at the Oxford University...
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