Month: September 2015
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The benefits of not sleeping
The benefits of having a bad night and not sleeping very well is that you get to go out in what feels like the middle of the night but is really 5:30 on a lovely Sunday morning..it was quite chilly and crisp this morning so in anticipation of the supermoon eclipse due tonight I dragged…
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cut out and pasted
Manchester is always a pleasure to visit and this ‘retro televisions & filing cabinets’ cut out and paste urban art certainly caught my eye in the northern quarter last weekend. Love the little ornaments too!
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she’s in love…the writing on the wall
more street from the Northern Quarter in Manchester…the city is fabulous for street photography, there’s an image everywhere and the writing on the wall in this image made me stop and look twice…a little bit sinister I think, have tried to find the author but had no luck.
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beautiful disaster
I just had to get a shot of these fabulous legs while I was out ‘on the streets’ in Manchester..how could I resist, I did manage to make out the words ‘beautiful disaster’ tattooed just below her bottom and loved the guy sitting on the steps with the expression of not really knowing where to…
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My brother Simon and Scotland
Years ago I asked my brother Simon why he loved exploring Scotland so much… after a short pause his answer was simple -“God lives there”- and I think he’s right. Like everyone I love sunrises and sunsets but very rarely photograph them because am usually in awe of the beauty and know that a photograph…
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UrbanArt in London
Another great piece of urban art on the streets in London this time by British artist Stik
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Blackpool
Someone once said to me “Blackpool?…. isn’t that like a sad Brighton? How do I answer that? It’s my hometown and I love it.
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Music & Movement …staying connected
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Connected.” A music genre completely unknown to me until last week was the soundtrack to a recent photoshoot held in the art studio of a friend. Death metal, thrash metal, hardcore punk, grindcore… all unknown and unheard of and I never imagined I would get to…
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The man in black
Just another day in Blackpool..love his Johnny Cash style and the look he’s giving me…he really is the main character in this image but I wonder if he was on his own or on a different street would the image still be as good?
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chairs
Just somewhere to sit…the simple lines and repetition of these beautiful chairs in the magnificent castle in Bratislava just had to be captured in an image.