Author: Christian

Moor Music Festival 2009

Moor Music Festival 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s festival time again. I have been running the stewards for the annual Moor Music Festival up near Skipton and camping with the Northern Green Gathering crew. It’s been hard work, but lovely weather and a lot of fun. Here’s a taste of the crazy…

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Ilkley to Bingley Trek

Reading Time: 3 minutes We took a walk over the top of Ilkley Moor the other day. I’ve been a few times up to the Cow and Calf, but never really explored much of the rest of the moor. I was researching celtic stoneworks and ended up with various 

Threshfield Moor

Threshfield Moor

Reading Time: 3 minutes While visiting for my graduation, my mother has been staying up at a campsite in Threshfield, and we went up to visit here there. I took quite a few pictures, and for some of these played about with some editing ideas, something I haven’t really 

BA (Hons) First Class

BA (Hons) First Class

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Just a very quick post. After all the research, taking pictures of Hyde Park and so on, I have graduated with a First Class Degree. Here’s the obligatory “wizard” picture with my gown…

Rain, Rain, Go Away…

Rain, Rain, Go Away…

Reading Time: < 1 minutes It is a horrible, wet day. It is supposed to be July, and I have a new camera and it is chucking it down. Of course the rain and the urban grit can make some great visual statements, but for now, these will be through 

Kirkstall Festival

Kirkstall Festival

Reading Time: 2 minutes Having a new camera, and a big event to play at is perhaps both good and bad. Kirkstall Festival with its very varied mix of sights was a great chance to play, with the Tamron lens, to get in close to the falconry (and the 

I bought a DSLR

I bought a DSLR

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been toying with this idea for a while (and have already had a couple of people saying, “about bloody time”). I’ve got the bug here, I’m really enjoying learning properly about photography. So I have bought myself a Canon EOS 1000D with an 18-55mm 

Exploring The Docklands

Exploring The Docklands

Reading Time: 4 minutes For this month’s London extravaganxa I decided to go out a bit further afield and take a trek out to Greenwich and the Docklands. A long time ago I went on a scout trip staying on the Lord Amory and remember a night walk including 

A Visual Ethnography of Hyde Park

A Visual Ethnography of Hyde Park

Reading Time: 4 minutes So this is starting to bring together the ideas I have for my Dissertation, and the reason I bought this little camera last year. In the course of my life in Hyde park, I have been acting the role of ‘researcher participat[ing]’, as Herbert Gans 

Beardy Weirdies and Tornados!

Beardy Weirdies and Tornados!

Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve tried a new festival experience here, the oddly named Bearded Theory in Derbyshire. This was, in many ways, a very interesting experience! We took ther train down, while some friends carried the bulk of our kit, and (accidentally, honest) due to the discovery of 

Cable Street and Other Riots

Cable Street and Other Riots

Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in London again. Meeting again on St Mary Axe I wandered past the Lloyds Building and Leadenhall Market. I was struck by this mkeshift protest memorial to Ian Tomlinson, the newpaper seller murdered (and I will state my opinion here) by the police recently. 

Mornington Crescent

Mornington Crescent

Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in London again. I recall when I was very young and even more obsessed with the Underground that I am now, making my poor father take me on every line – possibly harder now with more gates and barriers – during the course of