Tag: postaday
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Windows.
I’m always drawn to empty shops, empty hotels, any building in the middle of or in need of renovation. The interiors seem to hold a story and there’s something nostalgic about these windows when the light is just right and the reflected streets are empty.
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Reflecting the Pier in Blackpool.
Late afternoon light enhancing the reflections of these images taken in Blackpool betwee 2018/2019.
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Trying to stay afloat
Have been thinking and planning of taking photographs in water for some time now..always hoping to emulate the greats and get that perfect image of a sleek body swimming perfectly through the deep clear water… The reality however is a complete farce and very difficult to do.. While on holiday on the ‘Other Coast’ I…
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Horizontal
I saw these light fittings yesterday when, after a day of shooting dancers on Comedy Carpet and capturing the finishing touches of a new piece of urban art on a wall in a car park, I decided I deserved a brew. I ordered my cup of tea and as I sank thankfully on to the…
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Platform 5
Red leatherette seats in Preston Railway Station, caught from platform 4 just before the Glasgow to Manchester train rolled in to the station.
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Signature Signs
More meanderings around back streets and I happened upon this distinctive mark clearly indicating the identity of where I was. A characteristic sign reflected in the windows of yet another closed shop.
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Status Curlers
Well Blackpool is always full of surprises and great photo ops and yesterday was no different than any other Saturday…pink bikes, wall art, old signs, Stags & Hens everywhere and then I saw these two lovely ladies dressed up made up and curled up too! The Scouse ‘Fashion Statement’ of going out with your hair…
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Quarter past 8
Another shop in town has closed and passing there today I noticed all the chairs had been stacked and placed in the empty window space, of course this caused me to stop and ponder…the light , position of chairs, dirty window.. then I saw it..the wall clock was balanced on the chairs and had stopped…
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Mustard
Took grandson to Ramp City in Blackpool this afternoon so he could let off steam and frighten me to death while he ‘dropped in’ telling me he was going to ‘boost’ the bowl! But I soon lost interest in his death defying feats when I noticed this fabulous mustard yellow color on walls and woodwork…
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Hidden Treasures
I have been neglecting my blog for a while now..family, projects (2) new Independent Creatives group ..all sorts of everything leaving me little time to get out with camera. However I did get out for a day last week to shoot more unsuspecting public and strangers on the street for my Documenting Blackpool project. On…
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I see a (2) red door..
Out wandering and wondering again as am apt to do when mojo disappears and was happily surprised to see these red doors brightening up the back of a rather dull warehouse.
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lines lines & more lines
Anyone that knows me will know I have a thing about angles, lines and repetition so yesterday when I was in St Annes I was drawn once again to the fencing on the beach huts.. I find the linear perspective so satisfying, bringing order, albeit very briefly, to the chaotic thoughts and plans in my…