A Black and White Photo Walk Inspired by a video by Ian Robertson, I decided to have a go at taking some monochrome pictures using only my smartphone while on my daily walk. I am not sure if Ian had set his smartphone to capture images in black and white or if he had processed…… Continue reading A Black and White Photo Walk
Category: photography
Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
It struck me the other day that many of my photos seem to emphasise places to be alone in a busy urban environment. I’m not talking about loneliness but more solitude or somewhere for yourself. A place to be yourself, do or think what you want; a place for yourself rather than shared, or invaded, by…… Continue reading Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
Love in a City (a poem)
You may recall that I recently explored my attic and found a folder full of poetry from my teenage years. Here is another of those poems. Once more it is a ‘dark’ image; as so many of them seem to be. Again, it is crap but it is my crap. Love in a CityThe silver…… Continue reading Love in a City (a poem)
Sky View from Avebury
Sky view from Avebury
Photo Challenge Week 4: Black and White
This week, it has still been difficult to get out and about with the camera. This has been because of a gammy knee, which has continued to play up. Consequently, I have been forced to take images from the house. The image here is of the tree across the way from the front of our…… Continue reading Photo Challenge Week 4: Black and White
Photo Challenge Week 3 : Weather
The theme for week three of this year’s photo challenge was ‘weather’. To be honest, they could not have picked a worse topic for the week or a worse week for that topic. I had hoped for snow, wind, heavy rain, deep frost … anything which might make for an interesting image. Instead, the weather…… Continue reading Photo Challenge Week 3 : Weather
The Muddy Woodland Path
Early Morning Empty Coffee Shop
Photo Challenge Week 2: Signs
Sometimes there are simply too many signs! Signs are meant to clarify and to inform but when placed too close together, they can sometimes serve only to visually confuse.
Photo Challenge Week 1
Self Portrait: A picture of who you are but without you in the picture. Of course, this was a tricky task. How could I take a self-portrait without myself in the image? Another problem was to make the picture tell people about me and what I am about but how could I include the camera…… Continue reading Photo Challenge Week 1
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