Poppies
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a very quick one. I just had to take this wonderful shot of these poppies growing up a wall by the bus stop. Inspiration can strike in the most random places in the city.
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Photography
All posts on the subject of my photographic practice.
Leeds Gardens
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is another little post to just report on and remind about the little things that you can do so close to your home. In Leeds we are very lucky to have lots of exciting pockets of beauty in the city, if you can find …
Light Night 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a missing year due to Covid19 it was exciting to get out to light night. I took my 1000D and got a few shots. However I fairly soon went back to my phone as it was easier and actually compared to the over a …
How Random
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s been a very long time… I think the last time I went out anywhere substantial was new year nearly 4 years ago, and it’s suffice to say I’ve been a little dormant on the photography front. This has been a combination of a few …
Meanwood Woods
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve never been entirely sure how to name and efine this place that I come to so often. The name “Meanwood” stems from the Anglo-Saxon “Meene wude” meaning the Boundary Wood. They have taken the name Meanwoodside before and apprently now are properly called Meanwood …
Phone Cameras again
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been lugging cameras around slightly less often recently – this is me, I go through phases of hyperfocus and then doing other things, and for a while have done a bit more with my phone. After crackng my Huawei during the stress of Covid …
Targeting groups – Antisocial Behaviour and Higher Education Students
Reading Time: 17 minutesI have been digging through some old files and folder while sorting out moving house, and have realise I have never got round to posting some of the academic work I completed, some of which I am pleased with and even enjoy re-reading. I hope …
Queen Victoria’s Arch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt still feels odd, just going for a walk. We walked up to Beckett Park and vistied Victoria Arch, somewhere I have actually never been in all my time in Leeds. The Arch was created by William Beckett as a way to flaunt his wealth …
Praktica TL-5B and Ilford XP2
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have quite a thing for Ilford XP-2 film. For those who don’t know this is a C41 (i.e. the colour process) film, designed to be printed as black and white – aimed at those who want monochrome images without black and white processing. However, …