Over the weekend I took great advantage of the good weather to head to Birmingham to Digbeth. An area that I simply love for all its street art and the buildings. Its been way over a year since I was in the area and I have idea’s for what I wanted to do while I was there but things didn’t quite go to plan for a few reasons.
HS2 have dumped a lot of stuff around the area that just doesn’t make for great video.
Lots of events / gigs happening during the day so quite a lot of people around and as the day got later more people arrived in the area.
I have never flown in such a built up area before so this was a bit of a first. Winds are quite unpredictable due to the updraft from the buildings / road and the heat so that was a new one to me.
It was quite an enjoyable experience be it a bit nerve racking at times but no one was fussed about me flying the Mini 3 Pro. I plan to go back again, but midweek I think and on my own so I don’t need to stress about the better half being entertained while I spend ages trying to get the shot.
A lot of these artists are sponsored as the cost of paint is just crazy. These big pieces cost 100’s up into the 1000’s when they start to higher cherry pickers etc too.
Also a fair few of them do this commercially too to help cover costs.
It’s just a shame that there are true vandals who destroy the true art that these guys do with mindless tags.
There is some amazing street art in digbeth, very interesting. There are crushed cars in cubes that make the entrance to a car park (wonder if the cars were people who did not pay). Digbeth is quite interesing.
That’s where I parked. They also have a fab wall with spiderman on it but it forms part of some arena / venue so when I headed back to film it and get some shots of my Jimny with it there were just too many people
