New Vivian Maier website

Although not a street photographer myself, I am a huge fan of Vivian Maier’s work and the people who have gathered and correlated most of her amazing output, have launched a new website featuring some her best pictures. Maier has been gaining importance as one of the great 20th century street photographers and rightly so. … Continue reading New Vivian Maier website →

7 January

I took a few different images of repeated motifs throughout the day today,and then when I got home, I noticed the way that the light was falling on the stairs from the landing. I set the camera up on a tripod and took several pictures. I then processed as usual in Lightroom and Photoshop and … Continue reading 7 January →

6 January

This is a shaving mirror in my bathrooom which I angled to show the window blind behind and to try and make it look like there was no glass in the frame. Nikon P300 CM

5 January

The weather once again was atrocious and another trip to the outside world became just a figment of my cabin-fever imagination. So, I again looked around the house for a subject which I could use as a square crop. This is a form of frame that I use quite a lot and can be seen … Continue reading 5 January →

4 January

My idea for this was quite simple. The comparison of format between a reading object that began hundreds of years ago, and one of the new types available today. Nikon P300 ©live

3 January

I mean how can a good whiskey be an indulgence? It surely has to be a necessity? Olympus E-1 ©live

2 January

The second shot this year involved the use of my daughter's knee partially encased in those types of jeans that you pay a lot of money for just to get the holes - what in my day would be called 'gardening' or 'decorating' jeans. Nikon P300 ©live

1 January

For the first of the 365 images this year the title was 'Pieces', and it just so happens I was emptying the cracker container when I realised I could use the bits of broken biscuit. Olympus E-1. ©live

365 Project 2014

I've decided to do another 365 project this year starting on January 1. This will be the second one that I have done. Once again I have some friends who are going to attempt it with me, from last time: Martyn and Carol and a '365 newbie', Rod. Like last time I have prepared daily … Continue reading 365 Project 2014 →

Out and About – Draycote Water

The weather since the start of the New Year has simply been dreadful – almost constant rain. Although where we are in the midlands, we rarely see the worst of the weather (unlike those poor people on the coast at the moment), the rain has been hammering on windows – driven by gale force winds, … Continue reading Out and About – Draycote Water →